You missed creative writing class today,
but don't worry about it. It's okay.
Similes were on today's agenda,
and I took notes which I will lend ya.
I'm happy to be of assistance.
Let me give you a "for instance".
The ocean is like the desert, friend,
Like my poems, they have no end.
Of course, the desert is a little hotter,
and the ocean has a lot more water.
Sailing makes you sick? Okay, smartie,
riding on a camel ain't no party.
Both of these are the kinds of places
where you get lost and leave no traces.
You just want to get home for dinner.
How's that for a simile beginner?
*** Life’s Journey ***
Life’s an orbiting
Around reality and imagining
On chosen roads
So much all a coming or a going,
In times of waiting or flowing,
Loving and forgiving,
Along a range of highs and lows,
Venturing the known and unknown ~
Life’s forever a crawling,
Hoping to rise and run —
Perhaps someday
To ride a song and fly!
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(c) sally young eslinger 12/7/2022
Thanks be to God…
Abacus yacht boats pleasy
Banana boats are queazy
Catamaran boats squeezy
Dinghy boats all out easy
Eagle Craft boats too cheesy
Fishing boats yet so breezy
Game boats crazy uneasy
Houseboats creepy sneezy
Inflatable boats fizzy
Jet boats so smokeeasy
Kayak boats much so creasy
Lifeboats namely are busy
Motor boats mainly teasy
Narrowboats are but woozy
Origami boats leasy
Pontoon boats namely weasy
Q-Ship boats likewise greasy
Rider boats rather wheezy
Sedan bridge boats are flimsy
Trawler boats just as queasy
U-boats notably dizzy
Vessel boats sure are squeasy
Wakeboard boats easy-peasy
Xebec boats rather frenzy
Yacht boats are indeed sleazy
Zille fish boats funny fuzzy
I
Beloved
Your name is like perfume poured out
Take me away with you - let us hurry
Lover
I liken you my darling to a mare
Harnessed to one of pharaoh's chariots
II
Beloved
My lover is to me a sachet of myrhh
Resting between my breasts
Lover
How beautiful you are, my darling!
Your eyes are doves
Beloved
How handsome you are, my lover
And our bed is verdant
III
Beloved
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley
Lover
Like a lily among thorns
Is my darling among the maidens
Beloved
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
Is my lover among the young men
My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag
Source: Bible (NIV) CHAPTERS 1&2
the words sting on the way down
burn my throat
like tequila without a chaser
and slosh in the belly of my soul
"I don't want you anymore"
awaken the dull ache
salt the wound that never heals
but like rain on a cloudy day
it's a familiar feeling
SIMILES
The rich soil in my garden is blacker than my wife’s hair
The delicate velvety peach is soft as her skin
Delights of rose and ruby are less than her lips’ freshness
The sunset today is as radiant as her dress
When darkness falls the stars are like her eyes within
And spring breezes make the icicles tinkle like her laughter