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Welcome to Poetics! This is Michelle (Mish), your host for today.
We know the importance of using the five senses in our poetry and how it enriches the imagery for the reader. A scene of nature, for example becomes more alive with the scents of wildflowers wafting in the wind or the high pitched trill of a songbird. We use the senses regularly to describe a physical setting, person or concrete object. Presenting something abstract becomes a little more challenging.
What does blue taste like?
What is the texture of anger?
Describe the scent of contentment.
What are the sounds of perfection?
What does hope look like?
I know that you can come up with many more of these and so I leave you to it! Choose something abstract such as a colour, emotion, idea, concept, a quality, trait or situation…and bring it to life using one or more senses. You could also choose something more concrete, as long as you are use senses that are not normally associated with it. For example, “moonlight”. How does it sound? I think you get the idea. Find new ways to dabble with the poetic magic of the senses.
Photo: Michelle Beauchamp “Peace of mind” – the way it looks to me
Whether you are new to dverse or not, here are the rules
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- Write a poem about something abstract using one or more senses.
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- Read and comment on other poet’s work since we all go here to have our poems read.
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- Enjoy!
- Write a poem about something abstract using one or more senses.
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Good evening everyone… I hope you love to play with all your senses… I know that I did.
Hello everyone ~ What a delightful prompt ~ I wrote mine with still the food prompt from yesterday ~
Mish will be here in a bit ~ Keep yourself cosy with our selections of wine & cupcakes ~
Yes I can see how it would work together… 🙂
Good evening, everyone! I’m afraid mine is a little maudlin, although it does perk up at the end 🙂
Thanks for an inspiring prompt, Mish, and thanks for the offer of wine and cupcakes, Grace – alcohol and sugar free for me, please.
Good to see you Kim… I think maudlin works well… (love that word by the way)
Maudlin works for me, Kim. 🙂
🙂
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Good evening or afternoon or morning, whatever it may be for you. I’ve added a poem about patience trying to describe it using colors.
Here it’s soon bedtime… I will just make a last round before bedtime.
Sounds wonderful, Frank! Will be soon to read. 🙂
Good evening everyone and thank you for a wonderful prompt Mish! I have linked a sijo and will swing by to read in a moment :o)
Nice to see you, Xenia. Glad you can join in. 🙂
Hi all…Thanks for the prompt Mish. Fascinating idea. Brain needs warming up first. I’ll get to it shortly.
HI Paul…yes, I think this one does need a little warm up, taking our senses to new places. 🙂
Hello everyone! Thanks to Bjorn and Grace for tending bar in my absence. 🙂
A sunny, sunny day here in southwestern Ontario although it began a bit drizzly.
I hope you enjoy(ed) the prompt. Will add mine to Mr.Linky a bit later.
Beautiful spring with flowering trees ~ Gorgeous day to be out, smiles ~
How nice to enter the bar and find a warm fire and friends! This prompt for me suggests many possibilities. I find I used more of the sight and sound senses than the other three, but I had something partially written. Thank you.
Hi Kathy…it really IS a cozy place, this pub of ours. 🙂 I thought it would be challenging to describe something intangible with the senses, but I think the prompt could go other directions as well.
I loved this exercise, Mish. Thanks so much!
🙂 Happy writing, all!
So glad that you did, De. See you on the trail. 🙂
Delaina, I can’t figure out how to comment on your blog. I LOVE this line:
“thumbing across the rows
of your laugh lines”
Sigh. So beautiful.
Thanks you so much. It was a fun poem to write. (Oh and my comment problem has been fixed. Thanks for the heads up.) 🙂
What a wonderful prompt, Mish!
Thank you, Ryan. 🙂
Welcome to the pub.
Thank you, Mish. I’m so happy to have found my way here 🙂
🙂
Great prompt Mish! It is a great night of poetry in the pub. Cheers Everyone.
(oh and my comment problem has been solved)
Thank you!
Cheers, Delaina! Thanks for joining in. 🙂
Hello dear friends! We are currently heading via cruise ship for Belfast, our last port of call on this remarkable month long journey: TransAtlantic with stops in our beloved Bermuda, Lisbon and Southampton UK; then the Norwegian fjords; and just finishing remarkable Iceland and Ireland. Took me several hours to post for this as Internet is really tough from ship and when on shore we are exploring these magnificent places. We return home late the 19th so I will be delighted to get back to regular writing, posting, hosting, and mainly reading again! Please do forgive me for not reading again this time — had all I could do to get this post up!
Sounds incredible!
I posted a second poem because the prompt is so rich! Thanks Mish 🙂
Thanks so much, Jane. Will be by soon to read. 🙂
I loved this prompt 🙂
This sounds like fun! I’ll try and come up with something today the prompt is wonderful. I’m trying very hard to keep up lately I just seem to get busy. I’ll be better about getting around to read I missed out last time and only got to read a few poems. My biking has been so exciting lately the weather is so nice. Group hug!
I will always take a hug, Bekkie. Thanks. Hope you can join in, but I understand “busy” very well. Thank you for dropping in.
I am flatstrapped timewise of late but I found an old one which I think fits.
Phew! Just made it. Though I’m not sure it quite fits the remit, but there you go. I tried something else and couldn’t make it fly. Nice prompt. I’d quite like to do this one again, but I only have 65 minutes until Mr Linky slams down the security gates! Thanks, Mish.
Thanks Mish 🙂 I loved this prompt 🙂
Thanks Mish 🙂 I loved this prompt 🙂