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...
Intimate with hugeness
A wonderful way to describe bobbing on the sea close to the sheer cliffs of the islands, and edging towards still,...
Moon as feather
A lyrical description of the sun, the moon, and the dreams of an otter - that he might swim, unhunted...
Million-fingered responsiveness
Nicolson captures the single signal transmitted through a vast flock of geese, yielding a 'million-fingered responsiveness'.
'They are...
Body-gulping Charybdis
If ever there was an argument for steering a middle course, it is the horrific pair of sailor slayers, Scylla...
Crab-green water
I think I can imagine the shade of 'crab-green', a deep dark place where this wily old conger eel escapes...
The tide running with you and the sun out
How many times I've read about exploration, about getting in a boat or a ship and chancing it, and yet...
Fish-haunted seas
Loved this sense of ichthyo-abundance in seas now widely depleted of fish stocks. And the idea of a gift for...
Frogs around a pond
I liked Socrates' image of the Mediterranean, that great big watery basin, as a pond around which we live like...
Wave-girt land
A little old-fashioned, this 'girt', but still an unexpected way to speak of an island, focusing more on its surrounding...
As seamless and faceless as…
What could be more seamless and faceless than a U-boat surfacing and submerging, grey and impersonal? Apologies to all naval...
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