ext_88293 ([identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] writercises2008-07-09 11:57 am

exerCISE: what is like...

original posting: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 20:43:00 -0400

Okay, here's the simile -- what's the comparison?

xxxx is like an ocean.  The surface waves and sprays, while the deeps run silent and strong.

What do you think is like that?  What would you compare to an ocean, with that frothy top, and the deep silence?

(a fish?  how did that get in there?  oh, it's part of the package?)

write!

"Good morning, daddy!
Ain't you heard
The boogie-woogie rumble
Of a dream deferred?"  Langston Hughes

a dream deferred... and out of its time... tink