As cold as …
A letter from Keats to his beloved Fanny, with a kindly injunction to wrap up warmly. I loved the solicitude...
The coming of the simoom
This lovely word, which echoes its opposite, a monsoon, refers to a soughingly dry desert wind. Yet another superb simile...
As hard as …
I like this simile for an implacable nature, though in this case, let us mention that Poyser is only implacable...
Seldom-failing blessings
A lasting impression from Leigh Fermor's Mani is inescapable heat, from which any respite is a gift. I also like...
Wind-ruffled water
A lot of dipping and splashing in water in this beautiful book, by otters at play or as prey, and...
Wind-borne portent
May you be spared all but the most benign of wind-borne portents. Here a northern image of skaters scattered as...
The chill of indifference
Philip is a sensitive and admirable character in George Eliot's classic novel, who devotedly loves Maggie Tulliver. He is hampered...
Sea-drenched wind
I re-discover this triologism as we emerge from days of rain-drenched wind, waking up to a lush-verdant garden and landscape.  ...
Wide as the wind
Another pithy metaphor that deserves to enter daily use: 'as wide as the wind'. Â So, let me wish you this:...
The rustling wind
A se is a 25 stringed instrument like a zither, so I like the doubling up of this character to...
Boughs uplifting
A novel simile for a gentle breeze soughing the branches until they rise and fall like waves.Â
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