For a writer of any type the senses are very important, to describe the sensations, and through the senses draw the reader or audience in. But it is also important that you have all five and sometimes even the obscure and probably mythical sixth – sense in your piece.

So what we are setting as an exercise today is capturing the process of making biscuits.

Think about the feel of the dough as you mix it.

Think of the smell as they bake.

The way they look golden brown in rows on the tray.

The sound they make when you snap them in half to dunk in your tea.

Finally, the taste.

Mix this all up with memories and feelings the process of making biscuits invokes.

Well, go on then – start writing and if you have never made biscuits then go and make some – now go on! Once the poem’s finished… omnomnomnom….