The Twelve Senses: A Book of Poems
Our senses—the means by which we come to experience the world around and within us.
But why twelve and not five? Because viewing the world through five senses alone misses much of what we actually sense and experience.
The twelve senses presented here give us a far more rounded picture of who we are. It’s an expanded perspective that equips us to understand the world better—to “see into the life of things,” as Wordsworth put it— and to be better prepared to see our way through the challenges and opportunities of the digital age.
About the Author
David Donaldson was born in England and won a scholarship to read English at Cambridge. He taught with VSO in Sri Lanka and worked with homeless people in London before becoming a Waldorf teacher. For some twenty years he taught at the Steiner Academy Hereford, where he composed a wide variety of verses for the children of his class, and he later served as a trustee of the school. His books of poetry include Poems for Younger Children, More Poems for Younger Children, A Treasury of Trees, A Treasury of Plants, The Twelve Senses, Common Wealth and A Season’s Treasury. He lives in rural Herefordshire.
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