But lots and lots of writers (and poets!) are happy to go for jarring effects :) I wonder if a single one of them has ever used a sound-word to describe a flash of light. Even ambiguously. (for example, I said we could say "I saw a flare pop in the distance" - and it could be about the sound/act of firing the flare, rather than what thd sight "sounds like". (so 80% of readers could misunderstand.) so can anyone quote an example from poetry or literature?