Do you know the definition of synesthesia? I've heard this question twice ever since it was announced that the prompt for the Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai was synesthesia in oneness of all things. I guess not everybody has heard about it. To answer the question of a dear friend of mine, I cited a haiku that I wrote last year.
floating on water
the scent of magnolia
summer breeze
According to Chen-ou Liu, this is an effective use of synesthesia. Honestly, it came as a surprise to me as I wasn't even aware that I was using a certain technique or device in my haiku writing. I had to look it up in the internet so I could comprehend what he was talking about.
For the second person, who posted her inquiry on Free Haiga, I took the liberty of researching for her. Here was the article that I found - Thoughts on Juxtaposition . Ed Bremson also jumped in to help her by giving this site - Sensing Tanka: Perceiving Life Beyond the Ordinary
If you want to read more about synesthesia, here are some interesting articles.
