Attention
I’ve got your attention once again
It’s a rather simple task
And it works every single time
Are you simply just weak minded?
Like a dog deciding between barking at that squirrel outside or not?
Or am I just a master at what I do?
Like Jigsaw
You play my game
And I’ve got your attention once again
You’re suppose to be doing all your work that you pushed back in the past
But now it is adding up
And I’ve got you attention once again
You fell in my trap
With a sound or a buzz
I reel you in
And I’ve got your attention once again
I bare fair warnings
This will not help you
And you are aware
Yet you continue to stare
And alas
I’ve got your attention once again
Attention Composition:
The poem ‘Attention’ by Cole Russell is an open word poem about captive technology which uses literary devices such as similes, satire, and repetition. In this poem, Cole Russell uses the point of view of a cellular device that is distracting you, the reader, whilst you are supposed to be doing work. Cole Russell took inspiration for this poem from the story “A Season Of Calm Weather,” which shows how social media, your cell phone and other forms of technology can be massive distractions in day to day life. This poem is an open word poem, Cole Russell intentionally did not make the poem rhyme but instead focuses more on the literary devices and languages used in this poem. A good example could be: “Like a dog deciding between barking at that squirrel outside or not?” this is an excellent example of a simile that paints a picture in the reader’s head. Another good use of literary devices is the heavy repetition in the lines: “I’ve got your attention again.” Here, Cole Russell reminds the reader that the device is constantly distracting the reader and it almost mocking them for their inability to focus.
What A Poem Can Do Composition
I find the world of poetry boring, and I don’t really care for it. And I felt like in the modern day that most people agreed with me, and that poetry was a thing of the past. But after reading ‘What A Poem Can Do’ by poet Darius V. Daughtry, I was exposed to a world where one person in a community of people who don’t particularly like poetry, wishes that these people liked and cared poetry. In this open word poem, Darius describes all the things a poem can’t do, which is ironic because the title is what a poem can do. Then it transitions into all the things a poem can do, relating back to the title. In the end of the poem, Darius talks about how he wishes more people in the dangerous area he grew up in, wrote poetry. Darius uses lots of in-depth literary devices in this poem such as repetition, we see that in the lines “but there were few writers on my block, mostly fighters on my block, dropouts that pulled all-nighters on my block, they’d blue and red light us on my block, then indict us on my block, what if there were more writers on my block.” The word ‘block’ is repetitive throughout the end of the poem. Darius also uses satire in his line “A poem can make you butterfly, not fly, you already fly,” because clearly humans are unable too fly. My personal connection with this poem comes towards the end where Darius talks about wishing that people on his block would read into and write poetry, I felt like that part was directly aimed at me even though I am not on his ‘block.’ I don’t read or write the stereotyped ‘poetry,’ but I do listen to music which I believe, in todays standard, is considered poetry. Concluding my project, I cannot imagine myself being inspired to get into reading and writing poetry, but I have had my eyes opened to the world of modern poetry and the poets trying to get other people to simply give it a try.