ThePfromtheO“like a good metaphor for the current world”
Sasu (he/him)@ReadingFaithfully_org Curious about two things, if you happen to know:
1. Whether there's a similar or contrasting #simile based on #aptitude, #skill, or #talent rather than #position, #commitment, or #faith.
2. Whether there's a similar or contrasting #simile dealing with which qualities to cultivate within oneself. Maybe something to the effect of "When X is already well-developed, cultivate X still further; when Y is (already) well-developed, cultivate X first or together with Y, &c."?
Matt
Craig ConstantineThe tentative sound
Shyness is the tentative sound of the orchestra tuning up before the symphony begins. It is a beautiful, fractured piece of music in itself. It is the orchestra attempting to find its shared intent and is over all too quickly if you ask me.
*hunh*
That’s a really striking simile. (That’s a simile, right?) This goes on the pile of things I wish I’d written.
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Stan CareyDriving the perfect length of Ireland,
Like a worn fold in a newspaper
—Medbh McGuckian, from "To a Cuckoo at Coolanlough"
https://textworksite.com/2009/05/09/a-saturday-woman-poet-medbh-mc-guckian/
#poetry #Ireland #metaphor #geography #IrishPoetry #MedbhMcGuckian #simile
WIST QuotationsA quotation from Terry Pratchett
His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Night Watch (2002)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/pratchett-terry/5030…
#quote #quotes #quotation #cat #pratchett #terrypratchett #dexterity #lithe #simile
Andrew ShieldsI made my first simile
Someday I Will Play a Duet with Garth Hudson
Justin Evans
#Poetry #JustinEvans #GarthHudson #TheBand #Simile #ExposedBone #Music
https://www.exposedbonemag.com/pieces/someday-i-will-play-a-duet-with-garth-hudson
@ReadingFaithfully_org What a wonderful #simile ! I especially like that #refinement or #purification is a clearly implied possibility without direct mention that that relies on the hearers' (or now more likely, readers') knowledge about gold so that they have to do the rest of the work themselves (and are thereby more likely to remember).
#fiveHindrances #5hindrances #hindrances #hindrance #sensualDesire #illWill #slothAndTorpor #restlessnessAndRemorse #doubt
Madeleine Begun Kane#Simile #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Humor #Humour #LightVerse #Poets #PoetryCommunity #Language
Alan SummersJapanese haiku breaking the rules that other countries impose on it!
寒月へ導火線めく終電車
looking like a fuse
to the deep winter moon
last train of the day
Masayo Adachi
Magao #haiku collection, Furansu-dō, Tokyo 2024
https://fayaoyagi.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/todays-haiku-february-4-2025/#like-22865
