Sun-splashy ripples
You can feel the warmth of a summer day with diaphanous wings darting over glittering ripples.
'She heard the rustling...
Lamps like eyes
Glittering as though sugared
Ah yes, that's how it looks when you have those dancing sparkles on the sea's surface. I like the extension...
Of fire and fizzle
This Hungarian historical novel spans the 19th century including the European mid-century revolutions which pretty much burned out, as summed...
A bright guarantee
Many who have seen hope return and fears dissolve under the bright light of morning may appreciate this notion of a ‘bright guarantee of God’.
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Sunlight dripping
Durrell's various Greek island books and Miller's Colossus of Maroussi enchanted me with their marvelous descriptions of people, places and...
High-tempered light
Something bright and uplifting about this light, as long as you have protection from its blinding effects. And what a...
Genius as lighthouse beams
An interesting metaphor to describe the haphazard workings of genius, appearing like a beam illuminating the surrounding darkness at intervals,...
Dawn as liquid copper
I can see that bright and rosy metallic light glancing along a morning street, making it hard to discern more...
Cloud-born apotheoses
The triologism caught my eye, but I like even more the play of light bouncing from a Venetian canal up...
Onion-outlined turnmoil
Such a detailed description of a passing light effect created by a boat moving through night waters. Particularly original is...
Sleep and scimitars
What a keen metaphor for the bright light piercing of shut-eye night.
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