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Summary

The web content presents a poetry prompt celebrating the sense of smell, featuring a haiku, a personal memory, and links to related articles on Medium.

Abstract

The website showcases a creative writing prompt titled "The Scent of Reminiscence," which encourages readers to reflect on and celebrate their sense of smell through poetry. It includes a memory haiku that evokes the warmth of Christmas with scents of fresh bread and pine-tree candles. The author, Lucy The Eggcademic, is credited for the prompt, which resonates with the writer's own holiday memories involving festive candles and fresh cinnamon rolls. The page also directs readers to further reading on Medium, with an article titled "Awaken Your Nostrils" that continues the theme of olfactory celebration, and another piece by Synthia Satkuna, MA Candidate, which

Poetry Prompt: something to celebrate your sense of smell

The Scent of Reminiscence

A memory Haiku

Photo by Dilyara Garifullina on Unsplash

The scent of fresh bread and pine-tree candle on the table breathed home for Christmas

Thank you, Lucy The Eggcademic (she/her), for this sweet prompt. Reading this prompt brought me back to holidays at home with fragrant and festive candles (one of my favorites — Birchwood pine — fresh and uplifting — imagine a blend of white pine, fir balsam, and birch along with some musk base) and fresh cinnamon rolls with a cup of coffee :) To everyone reading this: Happy reminiscing and Happy Holidays!

Also, check out this one from Synthia Satkuna, MA Candidate, about scientific insights surrounding our sense of smell.

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Holidays
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