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By Ingrid Adams

Wonder is an experience of amazement that captivates the mind and leaves us speechless.
Just as in any genre, poetry can use wonder for this purpose by highlighting everyday
experiences in life.

The use of detail will set the stage of wonder in your writings; therefore, drawing your
readers into the mood or emotion you are trying to express through your work.

Here’s a simple way to create wonder through your poetry:

Reveal hidden worlds: By creating or setting a scene in your poem that humans are
typically aware of can create an experience of wonder. How might you describe your
topic or subject in a way that readers would never consider your concept as reality?

By using the action of the poem’s theme try comparing an abstract thought to an everyday circumstance, hence revealing a hidden world. You can accomplish this by relating your
poem’s theme or main thought to such human experiences as the soft touch of a newborn’s
skin or the warmth of a sunny day. These are actual experiences that we as humans can relate to.

By using such choice of words your readers will develop the human sensory of touch and
feel which will inevitably reveal the hidden world of wonder in your writing. Let’s examine
the following statement:

Seagulls live in a world of wind currents like the pensive thoughts that swirl through my
troubled mind. With this statement, most folks don’t know a lot about seagulls but
suddenly your choice of words has created the wonder needed to translate the life of
seagulls into some form of reality your readers can understand.

Through the transition of words expressed in your poetry you can reveal hidden worlds
of wonder at your fingertips. As with any great writing, the key to success is keeping
your readers attention. The use of wonder is all around us if we know how to find it.

© Ingrid Adams 2025