G is for Gustatory Imagery

Gustatory Imagery allows the readers to imagine the sense of taste while reading a poem or text.

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Yummy! I’m going to pull out an example from the archives. The below very short story was originally published in Monty’s Very Short Shorts, which is a compilation of illustrated very short stories and poems based on the #vss365 prompt from Twitter back in 2020. This was my first writing project.

“G” in Zapfino Typeface
Zapfino “G” Found Pattern

Be well,

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Published by Monty Vern

Personal blogger, author & illustrator, and overall fallible human being.

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  1. Nilanjana Bose's avatar Nilanjana Bose says:
    April 8, 2023 at 10:34 pm

    Visiting from the A-Z and enjoyed the post. Happy A-Zing.

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    1. Monty Vern's avatar Monty Vern says:
      April 9, 2023 at 7:10 am

      Thanks so much for visiting!

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  2. Catsandcoffee's avatar Catsandcoffee says:
    April 9, 2023 at 1:31 am

    Okay, the sweat part made me say “Eeww”.

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    1. Monty Vern's avatar Monty Vern says:
      April 9, 2023 at 7:11 am

      😂

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  3. serendippitysays's avatar serendippitysays says:
    April 9, 2023 at 2:34 am

    “…savory to the flavor” has a nice ring to it.

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  4. Ula's avatar Ula says:
    April 10, 2023 at 5:29 am

    I didn’t realize this had a name

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    1. Monty Vern's avatar Monty Vern says:
      April 10, 2023 at 7:45 am

      I didn’t know either

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  5. murisopsis's avatar murisopsis says:
    April 10, 2023 at 1:12 pm

    Such a vivid memory!!

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