The Five Senses Poets want to share their feelings and experiences with us, and they try to make them as vivid as possible. In order to develop this keener awareness, poets delight whenever they can in engaging our five senses sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. As you read through each of the following poems. let the poet's imagin ation and power over words take control of your senses. Sight Even though this beautiful description of a stallion was written more than a hundred years ago, the poet's word-painting is so effective that we can creature standing beside us now. imagine the magnificent A GIGANTIC BEAUTY OF A STALLION A gigantic beauty of a stallion, fresh and responsive to my caresses. Head high in the forehead, wide between the ears. Limbs glossy and supple, tail dusting the ground, Eyes full of sparkling wickedness, ears finely cut. flexibly moving. His nostrils dilate as my heels embrace him, His well-built limbs tremble with pleasure as we race around and return. WALT WHITMAN