A Washing of Hands metaphor
Sometimes it seems I’ve died and gone to Metaphor Heaven.
Digging Dog simile
Practicing poetry “scales.”
Birds metaphor
I have a friend who works in the TV biz. I started writing a poem about how tired she was after such long hours.
Shampooing simile
I was at the hair dresser today and in my current state of must find a metaphor, I wondered how I would describe the delicious feeling of her fingers scrubbing my scalp. As she moved me from the shampoo sink to her chair, I scribbled in my little notebook: Scrubbing my soapy head, Mommy’s strong fingers […]
Layer Cake metaphor
The opposite of hunger
What Are They Looking at? simile
It’s working! In searching for them every day, metaphors and similes have started singing in my brain!
Morning Glory simile
Hand and hand. What’s something to compare that to?
Whitewashing Walnut Trees metaphor
Whoever thought that trees could get sunburn?
Tangerine metaphor
I used tangerine as a metaphor for my day.
I’d planned to spend it happily alone.
Instead, I shared part of my day with my friend.
The 2013 Progressive Poem by 30 Poets of the Kidlitosphere
This Progressive Poem has been moving from blog to blog, growing poet by poet, for 29 days until it’s come here for one final line.