Snow-blind sands
Eye dazzling whiteness of sand - I remember such a place in Brazil, where you could hardly gaze at the...
Whiz-kid’s attic
I love this image of a tech-clever kid's attic. Could be computers, train sets, microscopes, anything. May every whiz-kid have...
Hollowed-out pineapples
Having had refreshing cool drinks out of hollowed-out coconuts, I like hearing of the equivalent in pineapples, and of course,...
Well-heeled pain
Three words and somehow you have a sense of a quietly marred and even agonizing life.
'My last memory of...
Cloth-capped gents
Having just spent a few days in the north of England, I can see them, the cloth-capped gents, in a...
Deep-wooded creeks
An evocative image of deep-wooded creeks, especially when you imagine people bound for America, often forced to leave, looking upon...
New-peeled light
Like a fresh, dazzling morning after a long night, a new lease of life, an awakening … I like this...
Toast-warm brick
A reference to Dublin, and another angle on the colour of bricks.
'Largely built by the English as a place...
Heavy-headed chrysanthemums
I love heavy-headed flowers, hand-span broad and beautiful. And yes, I also love daises, small, compact and resilient.
'Beneath the...
Silver-antlered deer
A striking metaphor for bicycle handlebars ranged alongside each other against a wall, like the interlocking of deers' antlers.
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Like sticks of barley sugar
It's years since I saw a stick of barley sugar, and this perhaps dates Donald Hall's otherwise quite timeless writing....
Wing-pointed leaves
Laurie Lee depicts a magical, medieval aspect, with creeper leaves reminding him of pointy eared devils.
''s-Hertogenbosch is no tourist...
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