I am a camera
by Dogun Hong
Taking pictures throughout my life,
Always trying to look for the best things in life,
Searching through different environments,
Capturing the all the different situations that I go through,
Focusing on what I love,
because a blurry picture is a bad picture,
Needing help from each compartments,
A tripod to keep steady,
As well as maintaining the same height,
The flash to help me in the dark,
Different lens that help me look through different perspectives,
With out these, my life would fall apart,
I help others capture their moments,
Giving them a memory to look back at,
Letting the curious see,
While being curious myself,
Filling the memory card to the top,
Trying to choose what to keep
Being indecisive on what to keep and what to delete,
Always picky on what is the best,
Holding the shutter till the last second,
Waiting for the right time,
Not wanting to mess up,
Being afraid of failure,
Not wanting to mess up,
Being afraid of failure,
Needing to keep clean,
Even a dust in the lens messes up everything,
Needing constant care so that nothing goes wrong,
Learning how to take the perfect picture,
Adjusting all the settings so that taking a picture is a piece of cake,
Needing constant care so that nothing goes wrong,
Learning how to take the perfect picture,
Adjusting all the settings so that taking a picture is a piece of cake,
Overall, great poem. I liked your connection with your life and the camera and I felt like you were very clear and through with your connection. I also liked your use of metaphors because I can visualize how you can relate to a camera. One thing that I would change is your concluding sentence. i feel that you could use a better sentence because I feel like that sentence doesn't fit well with your poem. But overall, great poem and interesting comparison.
ReplyDeleteYou're poem was awesome, and I love how you portrayed yourself with the features of not only the camera, but as well as the lens of it. There was only a very minor thing that I found when I was reading your poem, and it was that extra "the" after the word "capturing" in your first stanza. I don't really know what else to say but maybe explain and elaborate a bit more on why these things portray you, and your poem will be even better.
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