Open your eyes
And see the California Wildfires
That took over 100 people and 20,000 buildings
Where people are still recovering
Open your eyes
The Parkland shooter that killed 17 students
And lead to 23 school shootings just in 2018
Open your eyes
To see the Government Shutdown
That lasted 35 days
35 days of work with no pay
Open your eyes
The #metoo movement that spread worldwide
That got R. Kelly concerts cancelled and Harvey Weinstein arrested
And justice for thousands of women
Open your eyes
Democrats won the house
47% of eligible voters voted this year
That’s the highest turnout since 1966
Open your eyes
In this assignment, we were asked to write a repetitive poem repeating a phrase with a meaning. For my poem, I used the phrase “Open your eyes.” I enjoyed this assignment because I could include current events in my poem. When I wrote this poem, it makes me think about the changes we have made this year. I hope from this poem people understand how these events changed people.
Dear Piper,
First of all, WOW your poem, was really good. The part i liked or that stood out to me the most is the part of the #MeToo movement because women should be respected and your publication will now make more and more people aware of all of these topics. For sure this post brought awareness because here I am commenting. And that is what I perceived this poems message to be a form of bringing awareness to certain topics and to make people woke about realtry and you show that by the title, ¨Open Your Eyes¨. Your poem reminds me about a poem I once wrote and like mine, I love the use of repetition because it is a way to make your point visible. Since this seems to be your first post on my end, I encourage you to keep writing because tice piece of art was great. Good job.
Dearest Piper,
I appreciate how your poem uses 3 words repetitively to signal the things happening in our world recently. It was really telling that you put much care and depth into this poem of yours and how you didn’t just put the big bad stuff thats happened into your poem but also the decent and good things that happened just to show that the world isn’t the worst place to be in recent years. Overall, your poem is very great in the fact how it just tells the people that good and bad things are happening in the world and how people should see all of them.
Dear Piper,
I was very excited to read your poem because i am into poetry kind of like a hobby. I liked how you talked about real life issues like the wildfires and school shootings in 2018, it sort of mae]de your poem serious. You also used a form of literacy writing called “Anaphora” which means that you repeated the word “open your eyes” which made your poem pop. I also like hoe you talked about the government shutdown and how it impacted the government’s pay. Something that also have your poem interesting is you talked about R Kelly and how he molested thousands of women. One last thing that made your poem interesting is how you talked about a shooting at the park that injured multiple people. You poem was very interesting in many ways, and I am glad that I have read it.
Dear Piper,
I am am very happy that I got the opportunity to read your poem ¨Open Your Eyes¨ because it is truly inspiring and the topics that you mentioned were very powerful. To me the main message of your poem is that people in our society and communities have to become woke about these world wide issues that people face everyday and that it’s absolutely time to do something about these harmful events. I know this because of the way that you continually repeated the phrase ¨Open Your Eyes¨. This phrase instantly made me think about realizing the harm that’s caused and that we have to fight against it, It was truly and eyes opener not only to me but other people who will read your poem. I really liked how you used the literary device of anaphora because the way you repeated phrases made you poem sound and flow really good. Also, by using this device you made your poem very engaging for your reader. Thanks for your poem. I look forward to seeing what you make next. Keep making more beautiful poems you are truly a very inspiring writer with a strong gift of writing!
Dear Kenya,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment on my first post. I am glad you liked it and hope to read some of your writing soon.
Dear Piper, I am fascinated by your poem. To me, the main message of your poem is all the bad things that are happening right now and how we should realize it. I think this because you pointed out a lot of events that has happened recently. I like how you use the literary device of anaphora with “Open your eyes”. Using that literary device made me understand your poem better. Thank you for your poem, I would love to see more of your poems, and your writing about unfortunate events that happen in the world.
I like the art where you say open your eyes because it gives the reader to see what they are going to see. I think your poem might be better if you try to use similes and metaphors to make your poem better. But I like your poem its looks good.