Time as a hovering hawk
I am fascinated by perspectives of time, and here it’s memorably described as a rough-legged hawk, or, when it implodes,...
The ground beneath your feet…
Having just re-read a beloved book about the Arctic, this resonates. The fear, loneliness and disorientation of a young girl...
A fine physique
A perfect simile for a man of lean and sinewy build.Â
He was made of bone, muscle, and nerve,...
A circular accent
Seamus Heaney describes a circle to convey the sounds of the Ulster accent, drawing an image of tangential consonants and...
The threads of love
A simple yet rich metaphor for love, and I liked the multiple threads of different colours - the various skeins...
All for me
The writer's friend and travelling companion, Edward, is a motor man. All things car and bus related thrill him and...
Stars like apples
Distant stars appearing so close you could reach up your hand and pick them, like apples in a tree. One...
Off the peg thoughts
A fine metaphor for a mind incapable of original thought or phrasing. The lady has a stock of ready-made comments...
A visitation from a minor god
The past is a place which enriches me in almost all I do, and I love travelling there as much...
From pantheon to palate
A piled up commentary of poets on poets: Heaney on Mandelstam on Dante. Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), who died in uncertain...
Accordian-like adjustment
An obvious though unusual and simple metaphor for a flexible adaptation to things.
Source: Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams, p. 213
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As permanent as …
The meringue as a simile for impermanence, which prompts me to invent a new sweet bake, the melt in your...
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