Tag Archives: metaphor

Stray Thought 9

Posted on November 9, 2017 by 1sojournal

“You are very good with metaphors, but I want to know what the butterfly sucked up, in all that fluttering around, and did the fiercely focused hawk find the prize that would satisfy her hunger?” Elizabeth Crawford 11/9/2017 Posted to … Continue reading →

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Metaphorical Mapping

Posted on December 10, 2016 by 1sojournal

For Creativity Challenge Day 20: Water http://1sojournal. wordpress.com Metaphorical Mapping If the human body was flat, seen as a map, it would appear as a small island fed by a concourse of red rivers. Constantly moving, flowing from one junction … Continue reading →

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Mythopoesis 27 – A Mentor’s Magic

Posted on April 27, 2015 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo Day 27 A Mentor’s Magic Mama! Mama! What a wonderful day it has been. I read my poem. A man came out of the forest, a traveler. He sat to listen and really liked my poem. Clapped and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mythopoesis 27 - A Mentor's Magic | Tagged Boomerang poem, Counsel of Bards, Darien, magic, mentor, metaphor, myth-making, mythopoesis, NaPoWriMo, poem, teacher | 2 Comments

Mythopoesis 26 – Unraveling The Poem

Posted on April 26, 2015 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo Day 26 And For The Sunday Whirligig: Whirligig #4 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ mottled, velour, purse, ink, dissonant, shade, stain, lace, diaphanous, clip, iridescent, weather Unraveling The Poem But, Darien sir, I still don’t understand how a poem can be a … Continue reading →

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Metaphorically Speaking

Posted on November 15, 2014 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl poetry prompt: wordle #187 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ tends, sex, yields, palate, toasty, fresh, soul, lingering, subtle, mix, hints Metaphorically Speaking Writing poems can be a bit like having sex with a stranger. Words tend to emit a mixture of … Continue reading →

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Winds of Rebellion

Posted on November 3, 2013 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #133 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ And Poets United: Poetry Pantry #174 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Winds of Rebellion Like invisible wind wending through tall prairie grass impulse to rebel can hit human psyche. Attempting to bend will, make it kneel, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Winds of Rebellion | Tagged impulse to rebel, metaphor, poetry writing prompts, Poets United, prairie winds, self-rule, The Sunday Whirl, whisperings, wordle | 25 Comments

Fencing With Words

Posted on January 23, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Poets United Verse First poetry prompt: Fence http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Fencing With Words Sometimes crouches there behind her fence of words: nouns and verbs placed with care like wooden slats where sunlight seeps between cracks to do intricate line dance with newly mown … Continue reading →

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Torn By Words

Posted on July 10, 2009 by 1sojournal

that rattle around inside head and chest, give no rest, instead want to explode from traces meant to keep proper places, deepening desire to stampede forward, smack hard ground with iron hooves, leaving all polite moves to the timid. Prefer … Continue reading →

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