1. Sensory Poems Warm-Up
Work with a partner and go to each poster around the room. Brainstorm ideas and add your words to the list.
Examples:
Emotions: anger
Colors: red
Nouns you can Hear: fire engine
Nouns you can Smell: fire crackers
Nouns you can Taste: jalapeno peppers
Nouns you can See: flames
Nouns you can Touch: knife

2. How to Write a Sensory Poem
Line 1: Emotion + Color
Line 2: It sounds like…
Line 3: It smells like…
Line 4: It tastes like…
Line 5: It looks like…
Line 6: “Emotion” feels like…

3. Example 1 Anger is red. It sounds like a fire engine.
It smells like firecrackers.
It tastes like jalapeño peppers.
It looks like flames.
Anger feels like a knife.

4. Example 1 with Sensory Adjectives
Anger is red.
It sounds like a squealing fire engine.
It smells like pungent firecrackers.
It tastes like spicy jalapeño peppers.
It looks like jagged flames.
Anger feels like a sharp knife.

5. Example 2 Cheerfulness is yellow.
It sounds like the cooing laughter of a baby.
It smells like the fragrant lilies of the valley.
It tastes like a sweet pie a la mode.
It looks like a brilliant field of sunflowers.
Cheerfulness feels like the warm sun.