For Poetry Month 2014, I'm searching for metaphors and similes. Join me! Here's a bit more on this month's project.
April 11STAGNANT WATER metaphor
Happy Poetry Month Day 11!
Can you guess what the title of
my work-in-progress poem is? Answer below.
At first they rained down
and I stretched my dry palm
opened my mouth
welcomed each drop
they filled
my well
Pitter-pat pitter-pat
on and on
the well overflowed
I slogged through mud
now unhinged commas
swim in circles
and there’s a
dank dangerous stagnant smell
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Could you guess what the metaphor of
stagnant water might be in disguise?
The title of my poem is OLD EMAILS.
Ick, right?
I just slogged through a pile–whew!
from morguefile.com
poem © 2014 April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved
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- Blog entries
- April 30
WHAT’S A METAPHOR FOR AGING, I ASK MY 91-YEAR-OLD MOTHER - April 29
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile - April 28
CLUTTER metaphor - April 27
DOORBELL metaphor - April 26
RASPBERRIES metaphor - April 25
WALKING TO THE OCEAN metaphor - April 24
DOG AND MASTER metaphor - April 23
POMEGRANATE SEEDS metaphor - April 22
FENCE simile - April 21
CROW simile - April 20
VIOLIN/BIRD metaphor - April 19
TISSUE metaphor - April 18
BEAST metaphor - April 17
SNAKE metaphor - April 16
CANDLE metaphor - April 15
SHATTERED GLASS metaphor - April 14
MY MAMA’S TEETH metaphor - April 13
EYEGLASSES metaphor - April 12
COMPOST BIN metaphor - April 11
STAGNANT WATER metaphor - April 10
A WASHING OF HANDS metaphor - April 9
DIGGING DOG simile - April 8
BIRDS metaphor - April 7
SHAMPOOING simile - April 6
LAYER CAKE metaphor - April 5
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? simile - April 4
FLAG metaphor - April 3
MORNING GLORY simile - April 2
WHITEWASHING WALNUT TREES metaphor - April 1
TANGERINE metaphor