{"id":1318,"date":"2020-02-29T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2020-02-29T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T18:35:40","slug":"poetry-challenge-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/29\/poetry-challenge-127\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Challenge #127"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tell Me How it Feels, How it Really Really Feels?<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Poetry often deals with emotions: how we feel, what emotions an incident evokes, and too, how words\u2014the placement of words, word choices\/combinations\u2014make us feel. But now, today, let\u2019s go beyond those feeling and get really touchy feely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take out one of your already written poems. Don\u2019t spend more than 30 seconds of your 7 minutes choosing\u2014it\u2019s not really about that poem, this challenge is about what feelings can do to\/for that poem. When writing, we often focus on describing things through dialogue and action. We also often set the scene by describing what can be seen in a scene. However, we often overlook the physical, even though our tactile memories are strongest and reactions evoked shared. Try \u201cchewing glass\u201d for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reread your poem, and ask yourself, \u201cWhat does it feel like?\u201d And by \u201cfeel\u201d think literally: What does each image actually feel like? Is it rough? Squishy? Smooth? Glassy or sandy? Does it slosh? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try changing\/adding feeling words to that image to conjure those tactile feelings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your poem doesn\u2019t seem to have a tactile feeling to it, can you add one? Even more, try adding a tactile feeling to every line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now reread your poem. How does it feel now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Start writing! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Bennett\u00a0<\/a>and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1400 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tell Me How it Feels, How it Really Really Feels? Poetry often deals with emotions: how we feel, what emotions an incident evokes, and too, how words\u2014the placement of words, word choices\/combinations\u2014make us feel. But now, today, let\u2019s go beyond those feeling and get really touchy feely. Take out one of your already written poems. … Continue reading “Poetry Challenge #127”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}