Imagery Quotes

“And the stars in the night were the eyes of his wolves, and the wind itself was their song.”

“Snow is falling on town, on hill, on plain, on sea, and the whole world is turning to snow.”

“The gas was on in the Institute, The flare was up in the gym, A man was running a mineral line, A lass was singing a hymn.”

“Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled and yet magnified all things.”

“The sun, a fiery orange, was balancing on the edge of the hills, and the sky was a bruised purple.”

“The sun, a glob of hummingbird nectar.”

“The air is like a butterfly with frail blue wings.”

“The boat rides, sitting like a swan on the water.”

“A curtain of gulls, a scrim of cormorants.”

“The sea raised up a campanile... The wind I heard, was made of iron.”

“The sun is a-waitin' for to switch on the light, The moon is a-hidin' her face in the night.”

“Quietly a red flame leaps in a dark room.”

“A rip-tooth of the sky's acetylene...”

“The crow goes flopping on from wood to wood.”

“The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.”

“...and the sun is a smudged butter-pat in a grey sky.”

“The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth.”

“A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the earth's sweet flowing breast.”

“God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.”

“The sky was lit by fleeing stars, As horses plunging bite the champing bars.”