What a Metaphor for Aging, I Ask My 91-Year-Old Mother
A thief. A thief takes all your assets,
she says lying on the couch,
looking thin, grey, and so very small.
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile
My sister and I are pushing a big aluminum tub
across our brick patio to the grass
sounding like a tank rolling towards war.
Clutter metaphor
Here are two versions of one of my poems
(with a metaphor that hits you over the head with a hammer).
Doorbell metaphor
Is anyone answering YOUR doorbell today?
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 …
Dog and Master metaphor
What if the whole story is a metaphor?
Pomegranate Seeds metaphor
Every class is different. How best to describe my students?
Fence simile
I found this in my files from 2005 … here’s today’s rewrite.
Crow simile
His wings are as wide as the sky
They blacken the whole schoolyard …