[stylist] Perception Pantoum

[Lynda Lambert]

Bravo! Barbara!
You did a really good job of the Pantoum form, as well as writing a poem 
that is personal and educational at the same time. You chose words 
carefully, and they all work.  It has a nice flow through the imagery.
I would not touch it - it is really good just as it is.

Wasn't it fun?
I think it is fun to explore new genre in poetry - challenging, and that is 
how we grow as writers. I love to read what others are doing - we all share 
in our love of poetry and writing, and I always learn new things this way.
Lynda






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:18 PM
Subject: [stylist] Perception Pantoum


Here is my first attempt at writing a pantoum.  (And I didn’t even make it 
rhyme.  Though I may try my hand at that sometime for a REAL challenge.)
Barbara

    PERCEPTION PANTOUM

 By Barbara Hammel



The experts call it synesthesia,

When the senses join together.

For me it's colored words and numbers.

My alphabet is rainbow-hued.



When the senses join together

Some folks have colored taste or sound.

My alphabet is rainbow-hued,

Plus days, months and some numbers, too.



Some folks have colored taste or sound,

Others see words or names in hues,

Plus days, months and some numbers, too.

Some even feel shaped sound or taste.



Others see words or names in hues,

As balls or spirals or lines.

Some even feel shaped sound or taste

With real texture and dimension.



As balls or spirals or lines

Of colors or just in shades,

With real texture and dimension,

Inside or outside the body.



Of colors or just in shades,

We'd be lost without this gift.

Inside or outside the body,

Our mingling senses join.



We'd be lost without this gift,

For me it's colored words and numbers.

Our mingling senses join.

The experts call it synesthesia.



Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg


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