So, on the second of two sticky, sleepless nights in a row, I’m lying in bed, trying to tame the jumble of words swirling round in my head. (Could be the heat, could be the fatigue, or could just be my strange mind…) Similes and other grammatical concoctions are fun games for me, akin to counting sheep for others. Anyway………..
I started playing with similes and thought it would be interesting — for anyone who wants to play along — to “fill in the blanks” so to speak, with inspirations from your own gardens. (Similes are figures of speech that express a resemblance or comparison between things of different kinds, usually formed by using the words “like” or “as”.) For example: quick as a fox; smart as a whip; homely as a bouquet of elbows. :-) You know the sort.
I’ll create a list that you can just cut and paste and leave in comments, if you like. Let’s try to take our answers from the flowers and plants that we have in our own gardens…and don’t forget to use all those five senses! Use as many or as few words as you want. Have fun!
Straight as _________________
Crooked as ________________
Soft as ____________________
Delicate as _________________
Sharp as __________________
White as __________________
Bright as __________________
Pink as ___________________
Blue as ___________________
As round as ________________
As sweet as ________________
As green as ________________
As reliable as _______________
As frustrating as ____________
As breathtaking as ___________
For those who want to have some fun with this, I’ll leave my answers after you’ve had a chance to share the “similes” in your gardens. :)
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Either no brave souls want to give this a go, or no one is seeing my posts since I changed feeds. I’ll start, shall I?
Straight as a sunflower stalk…
Crooked as a Harry Lauder walking stick…
Soft as dandelion fluff…
Delicate as spider silk…
Sharp as rose thorns…
White as a midday cloud…
Bright as Tomato Soup coneflowers…
Pink as Gail’s PPPP! …
Blue as Jodi’s blue poppies…
As round as ______________
As sweet as a white hyacinth…
As green as lettuce sprouts…
As reliable as geraniums!
As frustrating as ____________
As breathtaking as the first open rose…
Nothing came to mind immediately for ROUND and FRUSTRATING, but I’ll keep thinking on it!
Okay, here’s mine
Straight as (nothing is straight in my yard)
Crooked as a water hose
Soft as a baby wash cloth (I use one to wipe my face when I am in the yard)
Delicate as new roots
Sharp as briar thorns
White as a moonflower
Bright as an orange geum flower
Pink as Sunrise or Sunset Coneflowers
Blue as ___________________
As round as a gazing ball
As sweet as tea olive blooms
As green as new ferns
As reliable as stoke’s aster
As frustrating as weeding
As breathtaking as the morning light on the garden
Hi Melody! Wow, what terrific choices you’ve made! I especially love the “morning light in the garden”. Great job!
Straight as an arrowwood viburnum stem
Crooked as the lilies reaching for the sun
Soft as fluffy seed heads
Delicate as the sweetest butterfly
Sharp as the spider plants thorns
White as Queens Anne’s Lace
Bright as the brightest daylily
Pink as zinnias
Blue as the true blue dayflower
As round as coneflowers cone
As sweet as spring phlox
As green as the sea of Susan leaves
As reliable as PPPP
As frustrating as invasives.
As breathtaking as the rosy glow of a morning sunrise.
This was fun Nancy…Have a great weekend and I hope you can sleep un-interrupted!
gail
Here’s mine….now you’ve started something…I’ll be doing this all night.
Straight as a single tulip
Crooked as a walking stick bug
Soft as a new petal
Delicate as a seedling
Sharp as a bee sting
White as a clover
Bright as a sunflower
Pink as a rose
Blue as the sky
As round as a toadstool
As sweet as nectar for the bees
As green as my thumb
As reliable as fall mums
As frustrating as a Japanese Beetle
As breath taking as God’s world
This was fun…maybe we should do “Saturday Similes” :)
Not everything is in my garden…
Straight as a ridgepole pine tree.
Crooked as a crook-neck squash.
Soft as a mullein leaf.
Delicate as fern fronds.
Sharp as a cotoneaster thorn.
White as a dogwood tree in blossom.
Bright as a sunflower.
Pink as a coy carnation blossom.
Blue as lobelia blossoms.
As round as a cabbage.
As sweet as peppermint tea.
As green as the Pacific Northwest.
As reliable as rain.
As frustrating as blackberry brambles.
As breathtaking as an old-growth forest.
Good jobs, everyone! You’ve listed some things I’d have never thought of — which is the beauty of an exercise like this…we all see something uniquely different in our own particular areas. This was fun…perhaps we’ll do it again next week as Balisha suggested and make “Saturday Similes” a regular thing. Up for it?
How did I miss this, it sounded like fun. Great seeing what folk came up with.
K
Yes, it would be neat to have ‘Saturday Similes’! Not sure I can always participate but I will try to when I can. Just like GBMD…I completely forgot about it this month. Oh well…there’s always next time!
I ma a tutor of three grade levels. I want to tutor two of my fourth graders on similies. I am certain that they will like this site. Thanks!!