Category Archives: use of metaphor

Lunatic

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lynne • 6 Comments

Sometimes I remind myself of the Don Quixote of our yard. He’s a lunatic robin doing valiant battle through this long and glorious spring. I can’t believe he hasn’t killed himself yet. When morning is only a soft charcoal suggestion, he begins flying into the first window in which his reflection becomes visible, fighting off a ubiquitous rival in his territory. He keeps at it,… Continue Reading

Mercy (an excerpt from a novel-in-progress)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Lynne • 0 Comments

I hope the deer was the last thing Cory saw, not the pickup truck careening toward him, and I hope his eyes were wide and soft with pleasure. We’re here to teach our children and grandchildren, I know that. But sometimes we see things through their eyes and everything changes. Every November for ten days… Continue Reading

On Hunting and Metaphor

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lynne • 5 Comments

IN SEASON I need bullets, he said, only one left in the chamber, and headed toward the house when by chance I spotted it in the back field, near the woods that drop down to Rush Run, the creek like a vein through our farm, and shouted to him, though a shadow hid whether… Continue Reading

The Mystery of Metaphor

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Lynne • 1 Comment

“To a poet nothing can be lost.” Samuel Johnson Something happened a few days ago that got me thinking about depicting emotion when I write, and how often I find my way to it through metaphor. Winter had reasserted itself, so Hannah’s forest hike was on icy sloggy mud that sucked at boots and… Continue Reading

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Category Archives: use of metaphor

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