-Synethesia- 1/ A psychological medical condition where colors appear when certain sounds are heard, and tastes evoke sounds, etc. In grapheme synethesia, numbers and letters are associated with certain colors.
-2/ In literature, the description of sense perception using words that describe another kind of sense perception in cross-sensory metaphors, so that sight, sound, taste, touch and hearing are mixed and not separate. For example:
- A feast for the eyes.
- A loud color.
- The syrupy sound of violins.
- A musical tapestry.
- A soft sigh.
- A prickly laugh.
- Bass notes of perfume.
- Spicy Spanish eyes.
-Using the above definition, give me your best poems that blend the senses as described.
-Pre-writes allowed.
-All styles welcome.
-300 for gold.
-200 for silver.
-100 for bronze.
-8 HM's awarded.
-Have fun.
-2/ In literature, the description of sense perception using words that describe another kind of sense perception in cross-sensory metaphors, so that sight, sound, taste, touch and hearing are mixed and not separate. For example:
- A feast for the eyes.
- A loud color.
- The syrupy sound of violins.
- A musical tapestry.
- A soft sigh.
- A prickly laugh.
- Bass notes of perfume.
- Spicy Spanish eyes.
-Using the above definition, give me your best poems that blend the senses as described.
-Pre-writes allowed.
-All styles welcome.
-300 for gold.
-200 for silver.
-100 for bronze.
-8 HM's awarded.
-Have fun.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 16, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 8 people
- Final notes: Thanks everyone for entering my contest. These were all wonderful creation, and you were all deserving of at least an HM trophy.
D.M.
Contest Winners
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In the back room of your local club, The manager loads up on wine and tylenol drugs,by Southern Darling 60 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 8 3:43 PM 2007. In Society, Lost in thought, Lyrics, Jazz/Blues
Bronze trophy winner
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Northern lights
Echos of silent lights swirling, / dancing, surrounding this sky / so calm / So many stars lucky enough to / be witness toby workingharleylady 39 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 30 6:26 AM 2007. In Nature, Contest
Honorable mention
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Lake on Fire / Red volcanoes spewing plume
Horizon peeping swoll full moon
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by luvdrkchocolate 31 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 2 11:09 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Thoughts Honorable mention
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by risewiththesmoke 13 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 13 6:19 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Weird, Other Honorable mention
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THE CANDLE MUST HAVE A WICK, A WICK MUST HAVE A LIGHTER, SO THEY MUST WORK TOGETHER!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Rejection:
the most repulsive taste.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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There's a book I once read in which the main character has the condition, synesthesia. It's a young adult book. If you're curious, I could try to find the title and author.
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That sounds interesting. I'd love to know what it's called, if you don't mind. I read a book where this guy experimented with acid a bunch of times and logged everything that happened to him while he was on the trip and synethesia appeared pretty much every time. And then I was researching LSD and I read that some people's mental illness may be caused by very small amounts of LSD that their brains naturally produce. I thought it was all very intriguing.
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Look down the left side column of this page; the book is called "A Mango-Shaped Space".
http://www.wendymass.com/
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Thank you.
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Thanks everyone for entering my contest. These were all wonderful writes, and were all deserving of at least an HM trophy.
D.M.
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