on Writing Forward:
Ah, the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. How do they relate to poetry writing?
We delight in the pleasures of the senses, but infusing poetry with sensory stimulation is not an easy task. It takes a deft and creative writer to forge images — using text — that engage a reader’s senses.
So why bother?
When you engage your readers’ senses, your poetry becomes more compelling and more memorable.
Some scientists say smell is the strongest of the senses in terms of memorability. If you get your readers to physically experience scent (or any other sensation), you’ll have them hooked. Surely you’ve read a passage that described the delicious scent of home-cooked food and found your mouth watering?
Today’s poetry writing exercises are designed to help you write with more sense. Below, you’ll find a series of short poetry writing exercises that culminate with making a poem that is peppered with sensory stimuli.
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Great post.
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Hey, Kev, loooong time no hear from, hope you’re keeping well 😃
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Hi Chris, nice to hear from you. Not so bad. Just started blogging again in April… Still getting used to some of the wordpress changes. It must have been a few years now since I last did anything. I can’t even remember when it was. Hope you’re doing well my old friend. 🙂
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Glad to hear you’re back over here in the WP Dark Side, Kev 😂 I’d lost track of you somehow, but have re-subscribed to your blog and looking forward to seeing what you come up with. 😃
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Thanks, Chris. This is a whole new blog. We had some rough patches and I terminated everything out of madness… WP, all social media platforms and even my Amazon and KDP accounts. So, I’ve had to start over. Just recently, I lost my son. WP is helping me stay distracted. I’m keeping away from KDP and social media platforms though.
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Sorry to hear about your son, Kev, and staying away from social media is probably best, especially nowadays with so many trolls and other assorted idiots spoiling it for everyone else 🙄
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Thanks, Chris
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Interesting article. I find the sense of smell harder to express/describe than the other senses.
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