[stylist] the synesthesia poem ... finally!

[Barbara Hammel]

No, Bridgit, it's 10% of the total population. Sighted folks who have it sometimes see their colors or shapes inside of their heads and sometimes they see them out in front of them. Some folks even feel shapes or textures in their hands or arms. In a book I read about synesthesia, there was a guy who tasted shapes. His chicken wasn't round enough to be done.
Barbara

Me

> On Oct 17, 2013, at 11:56, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So it's not specific to people who've always been blind or those
> *totals*? So can sighted people see like this too? Like Chris, I don't
> have this ability, and I barely understand it, smile. I assumed it was
> something unique to those who have never been able to see visually, or
> those who lost their sight young enough. I'm obviously wrong.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
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> Leslie Newman
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> 
> Barbara
> 
> I too see as you describe.  
> 
> Good job helping others to see as we see.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Pollpeter
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:14 PM
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> 
> Barbara,
> 
> You always have a lot of visual elements to your poetry as well as
> something to ponder. You take a deeper look at life. Thanks for sharing.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barbara
> Hammel
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:53 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [stylist] the synesthesia poem ... finally!
> 
> 
> Remember last spring when I wrote that pantoum on synesthesia?  Well,
> here's a basic description of some of what goes on in my head.
> 
>  SYNESTHESIA
>  By Barbara Hammel
> 
> The colors float in intricate ballet,
> Weaving and unweaving a rainbow,
> From the darkest night of letterr D,
> To J, as bright as new-fallen snow.
> 
> And all the oranges, pinks, reds, blues, Purples, browns, yellows, greys
> and greens Swirl majestically with every word, Each sentence bringing
> forth new scenes.
> 
> "Why are you so good at anagrams?"
> When letters are read or told to me
> The unfamiliar color pattern
> Whirls till a familiar one I see.
> 
> When called, they lightly trip to center stage, And share the spotlight
> till I set them free, Then back into their proper place they go, Always
> neatly arranged from A to Z.
> 
> The numbers don't perform their dance so well, They stand in wrong
> formation and miss cues -- Perhaps this is because Math.'s not my thing
> -- But they're also adorned in rainbow hues.
> 
> Is there any wonder now of my love
> Of rainbows and how colors are wed?
> You see, I need to be surrounded
> With as much color as is in my head.
> 
> Some days I wish I could open my brain,
> And spill out the excess colors in the air.
> Writer's block for me is just so bright, Too many colored thoughts are
> floating there
> 
> Weaving and unweaving a rainbow,
> From the purest white of letter J,
> To D, as dark as the darkest night,
> But I'd be lost if all the colors went away.
> 
> 
> 
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert
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