The Circle Prompt 1: ROAR
As I prepare to teach the upcoming Somatic Writing as Healing class, I’m considering senses such as sound that are underutilized in writing. Sound may include poetic techniques such as alliteration, assonance, and slant rhyme. It can also refer to actual sounds in what Mary Karr calls the “carnal world.” Zipping your reader into your narrator’s meat suit by using the 5 senses will enchant them! Although Mary Karr is not officially a witch, her emphasis on embodiment is one that witchcraft shares. The magic happens in the body for you and for your reader.
I decided to share “My Life with Cheetahs” by Brendan Sheehan because of their strong use of sound. Also, big cats align with the lion on the Strength card (see my post on Writing Lessons from the Strength Tarot Card Part 1) in the Tarot. This piece was originally published in the journal One Complete Sentence.