Pithy, evocative imagery in three-legged microcosms of meaning. Having coined the term ‘triologism’ I believe this to be the only collection of these tum-tee-tum phrases in the universe. Updated Tuesdays … triologism day!
Diplodocus-filled hall
A diplodocus is a huge herbivore dinosaur; perhaps it once in a while crashed into early human habitation. Could such ancient...
Cactus-haunted emptiness
One of the features that vibrates through Leigh Fermor's writing on the Mani is the blinding light and heat, compounded...
Twice-baked bread
Paximadia is clearly a Greek name for a traditional Greek bread, but it has a pacific Latin echo in that...
Water-logged air
I have only once or twice experienced levels of humidity that could be described as 'water-logged air': years ago during...
Slow-drifting years
Something memorable fresh and sharp in the mind even after many 'slow-drifting years'.
An unusual concept as for me, and...
Sponge-bag trousers
As I clearly move in the wrong circles, this was a revelation to me. 'Sponge-bag trousers' is the name given,...
An opiate vista
A curious vista of 'tallow-coloured' images floating before an opium-steeped lord.
'Laudanum' was the name for various opium-based preparations and...
Heavy-headed chrysanthemums
I love heavy-headed flowers, hand-span broad and beautiful. And yes, I also love daises, small, compact and resilient.
'Beneath the...
Sweet-garlanded lady
None other than Artemis, or Diana, Apollo's twin, and goddess of wild animals and hunting. Struck by Ever Angry Hera (or...
Woad-covered Britons
Definitely my ancestors, no getting away from it.
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Athene’s disguise
Here Zeus spurs Athene to intervene in the Trojan war, and she descends to earth in the guise of a...
Dark-named destiny
Another term for death, the fate of Asios who, horse-proud, insisted on driving his chariot into the fray where he...
Straw-bonneted mothers
A warm, lively image of a Sunday morning family stroll to church.
'Dandy fathers and brothers, and straw-bonneted mothers, shepherd...
Hag-ridden night
A sense of a wakeful, traumatic night, ridden by witches and haunted by demons.
'... explains the distress of that...
Sun-trap warmth
A haven of calm and enveloping warmth in places blasted by wind and cold. A place where a monk arriving...
Worm-channered posts
This suggests woodworm tunneled posts and I imagine that 'channered' refers to the tiny channels they carve on the surface...
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