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.
These Dog Poems
It’s always fun to throw an unanswered question or two into a poem.
What I Hope Will Never Happen
If you’re my agent,
you tell me my writing stinks
and not to call you
or email
or send you a box of chocolates
or take you to see another Broadway show
ever again.
Says the Tree in the Dog Park
I’m just a small tree
trying to be
healthy and green and alive.