The Big Picture
The dirt is a loamy red.
My shoes will need a cleaning, I think.
Or maybe I’ll leave them, a soft-stained souvenir.
Raspberries metaphor
The “raspberry collective” metaphor I used reminded me of the miniature world in Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who.
Walking to the Ocean metaphor
It didn’t seem that far away
when you started …
Pomegranate Seeds metaphor
Every class is different. How best to describe my students?
Crow simile
His wings are as wide as the sky
They blacken the whole schoolyard …
Snake metaphor
Here’s a poem I wrote in 2010.
I’ve just spent an hour rewriting it.
Compost Bin metaphor
Sometimes it’s good:
sliding the tines of the rake under a big pile …
Stagnant Water metaphor
At first they rained down
and I stretched my dry palm
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 […]