I was lucky with my English teachers.......they hammered home the point that the language was infinite in its variety, and that it was important, when describing something, to make the subject come to life through the use of appropriate and evocative words. I tried to do this all the time, and the results were sometimes offbeat.
Imagery (1985)
The growth of a tendril
towards a source of light;
that is the meaning of existence
A thread of cotton
on a sea of quicksand;
that is the power of flattery
The action of a flame
The purposeful crawl of a black widow spider
Imagery (1985)
The growth of a tendril
towards a source of light;
that is the meaning of existence
A thread of cotton
on a sea of quicksand;
that is the power of flattery
The action of a flame
on a candlestick;
that is the price of degenerationa
across its web;
that is the folly of love
The frenzied flapping of a flamingo
adrift in a slick of oil;
that is the futility of hope
Picturesque.
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