Driving 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/
@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).
Japanese 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
Japanese 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
https://www.europesays.com/1792970/ Suica, ‘il Piano Mattei dell’Italia un esempio per l’Ue’ – Ultima ora #ANSA #area #commissaria #intervista #Italia #italy #Mediterráneo #MediterraneoDubravkaSuica #meglio #notizie #paese #PaeseMembro #PianoMattei #simile #viaggio #VisitaUfficiale
Brava, Alexandra Petri!
From her spoof of Raymond Chandler's detective stories, in this (fun) book:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/alexandra-petri-s-us-history-important-american-documents-i-made-up-alexandra-petri/18515349
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#PennedPossibilities 335 — Do you use metaphors in your writing?
Of course. Here’s one from my novella “The Temperance Ridge Runaways” -
“Johnny Cash was singing “Ring of Fire” when the truck shuddered like a hen that just got humped by a rooster.”
Today's poem:
Clarity
- by Vievee Francis
Sorrow, O sorrow, moves like a loose flock
of blackbirds sweeping over the metal roofs, over the birches,
and the miles.
One wave after another, then another, then the sudden opening
where the feathered swirl, illumined by dusk, parts to reveal
the weeping
heart of all things.
#poetry #sorrow #grief #understanding #simile #recognition #VieveeFrancis #birds #red #sunset
Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 8.34 Khettasutta: The Field
“A seed sown in a field that possesses eight factors does not bring forth abundant fruits…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 35.238 Āsīvisopamasutta: The Simile of the Vipers
“Suppose there were four lethal poisonous vipers.…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
Dhp 144–5 From… Daṇḍavagga: The Rod
“Like a fine horse under the whip…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 47.6 Sakuṇagghisutta: The Hawk
“Once in the past a hawk suddenly swooped down and seized a quail.…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 23.2 Sattasutta: Sentient Beings
“Suppose some boys or girls were playing with sandcastles.…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
Dhp 58–59 From… Puppha Vagga: Flowers
“The disciple of the Supreme Buddha shines brightly with wisdom.…”
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Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 4.105 Ambasutta: Mangoes
“And how is a person ripe and seems ripe?…”
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