A remembered voice
After losing her mother, a daughter recalls her voice and finds the memory catching at her heart the way bedstraw...
The past as precious
The opening lines of a less well known novel, Mary Webb's engaging Precious Bane. Â She opens her foreword with a...
Of speed and stillness
A beautiful evocation of swiftness resembling stillness, of things moving so fast that they seem stationary.
And...
A predatory gaze
A penetrating gaze likened to the steadfast unblinking focus of an owl about to swoop for its targetted lunch. I...
As silent as … (III)
Blackbirds, as anyone who has been woken by their loud, hearty and varied song early on a summer's day, knows...
A song to skip to
A charming ditty I found in Mary Webb's engaging novel. I wondered if she was quoting a rhyme or song...
Lustre-coloured damsels
This seems to refer to damselflies, and I liked the idea of 'lustre-coloured' as lustre is a quality of light...
Stillness on the soul
A touching metaphor for stillness, not one of calm and security, but rather a stillness born of despair of escape.Â
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And now for the news
A vivid image of a girl running to bring the latest news, like a French frigate sailing in.Â
Beguildy...
Boughs uplifting
A novel simile for a gentle breeze soughing the branches until they rise and fall like waves.Â
There was...
A laughing owl
No idea if owls laugh, but I like this phrase. Next time someone says something too daft to credit, feel...
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