METAPHORS Updated May 12th 2009 MUSCULAR PEAKS A SHOWPLACE OF EVOLUTION'S SLOW MAGIC GRACEFUL DUNES AND GOLDEN SANDS SEA OF SAND HILLS WORN TO THE GREY BONES SUN BLEACHED LAND LAND BLEACHED IN THE FIERY SUN THE SCENE IS IRRESISTABLE A PAINTING COME TO LIFE DUSTED WITH NEW SNOW AN OASIS RISING FROM A SANDY WASTELAND EMPTY DRIFTING DUNES THE LOST CITY FROZEN FRONTIER COLD STRANGE PLACE THE BLAZING DESOLATION - LONELY DESOLATION A CLUMP OF OLD COTTON WOOD TREES RED DUST SWIRLED GREEN DRAGON MOUNTAIN A WRETCHED PLACE OF SOLITUDE GREEN FINGER OF LAND OOZING WETLAND THICK GREEN WILDERNESS THE LAND IS FULL OF SONG UNTAMED SPLENDOR STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL BONE SHATTERING - AXLE BREAKING BUMPY THE LAND BREATHS MAGIC THE EARTH IS MY MOTHER THE SUN IS MY FATHER YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE GRASS GROWING SEASON OF DUST IN THE SPINDLY ARMS OF A MANGROVE TREE A WHITE CRESCENT OF BEACH I HEAR THE LAND SPEAKING TO ME OTHER WORLDLY APPEARANCE BIG BAD CITY THE WIND SWEPT FRONTIER A FENCELESS BORDER FRESH DRIFTING SNOW A MIRACLE OF A DESERT IN BLOOM HOUSES HUDDLED CLOSE TOGETHER THE RUMBLE OF THE WHEELS THE LAND OF PERFECT BLISS MUSIC IN THE LEAVES PLAYING WITH A BROKEN TWIG IN THE MORNING COME TO THE EDGE OF THE EARTH WHITE SILVER - SHINING GOLD WHERE THE FLOWERS BLOOM THE DESERT OF TEPENTAR THE BLACK FRINGE OF THE FOREST SUN SCORCHED HILLS THROUGH THE TWISTING STREETS ON THE EDGE OF EARTH AND SKY WEB OF STREETS BLOOMS OF THE DAWN LAND IN THE NIGHT THE ISLAND OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS THE SHADOWS COWER UNDER THE TREES THE LEAVES RUSTLE IN THE WILD WIND STRANGE LANDS OF AUTUMN LAND OF 100 CROSS ROADS DUSTY STREETS THAT SEEM TO LEAD NOWHERE BENEATH SUN DRENCHED PALM TREES A MAGICAL VILLAGE THE LAND IS ALIVE WARPS AND TANGLES OF ROCK AND SKY UNEARTHLY FORMS THE LEAVES FLUTTERED AND TOSSED IN THE BREEZE WRITTEN IN THE ROCKS EARTH MEETS THE SKY GREEN TANGLE OF A FOREST FLOOR AT THE FOOT OF WHAT HILL I WANDER THROUGH NAMELESS LANDS INFINITE EXPANSE OF PRISTINE LAND A FLAT, STONY PLAIN THE HARD, PEBBLY GROUND A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS ARMIES OF ALIEN BEETLES MARCHED TANGLED GREEN ISLANDS THICK TWISTED TRUNK TANGLE OF LEAVES DANK, EERILY ECHOING PASSAGEWAY WIND SWEPT PEAKS OVER THE NARROW WINDING STREETS PASTURES OF EMERALD GREEN A GREAT CHUNK OF THE WORLD ROCKY FOREST ROAD SEA OF SAND THE WIND SWEPT DESERT THE SILENCE OF THE DESERT NESTLED IN THE COOL GREEN MOUNTAINS FLAT MEADOW RINGED BY HILLS THE GREEN AND RED ROOFS OF DISTANT COTTAGES AN OCEAN OF YELLOW SAND THE LAND ROLLS SOFTLY TO THE SEA IRON GHOSTS FROM THE AGE OF STEAM EMERALD CARPETS OF SPROUTING WHEAT RIVERS OF GOLDEN CORN A ROSE IN THE MUD THE LAND HAS GONE TO WEED THE COLOR OF HONEY IN THE SHADOW OF LUSH GREEN MOUNTAINS LOCKED IN A CHANGELESS SETTING LAND OF RICH SOIL AND MOIST FORESTS THE WARM GLOW OF OIL LAMPS BRITTLE RUINS OF A PRUSSIAN CASTLE GHOSTLY MOUNTAINS THAT RISE FROM THE SEA SHELTERED BY TOWERING PINES CLOSER TO HOME THAT NIGHT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE BARREN PLAINS ROCK STREWN HILLS SAND-CHOKED GULLIES SHEER EDGE OF A CLIFF THE BIRDS FELL SILENT A FIELD OF STUBBLE WHEAT UNTRAMMELED BEAUTY A GREY LONELY PLACE NAKED SWEEP OF EARTH ON THE EDGE OF TOWN COARSE SAND BEACHES WALK THE SOFT EARTH EMPTY OF ALL THINGS HUMAN THE MAGIC OF THE TROPICS SUN-SWEPT PLAINS SANDY PLAINS OF AFRICA AN OLD TREE SHADES THE EMPTY LAWN THE SOUND OF TEMPLE BELLS LAND OF FIRE AND ICE ICE - ROCK AND SKY CHAOTIC STREETS THE DRY AND DUSTY GROUND PUSHING THROUGH RAW WILDERNESS ON NATURES GRAND STAGE GLACIER HUNG MOUNTAINS - STILL FREE OF NAMES MISTY VALLEYS DOTTED WITH CARIBOU FLOWERING JUNGLES ACROSS THE FRIGID BEACHES WHERE RAIN IS A PHANTOM RUST- COLORED MOUNTAIN RANGES ODD SHAPED LAVA FORMATIONS WIND SCULPTED DUNES SUNBURNT COUNTRY SUGAR WHITE BEACHES CONSTELLATIONS OF LAND IN A UNIVERSE OF SEA CLOUD COVERED VOLCANIC PEAKS SHARK-TOOTHED VOLCANIC SKYLINE NATURE KEEPS ON REINVENTING ITSELF THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE THE ENDLESS CAVE HARKEN... TO THE LAND'S TIMELESS RHYTHMS A WILD MOUNTAIN JUNGLE THE GROUND DAPPLED WITH CRIMSON FLOWERS LOVELY HILLS AND TURQUOISE WATERS FALL SETS MAPLE AND BIRCH AFLAME THE OLD RAILROAD BRIDGE ON THE LOW SUNNY HILLS THE GENTLE GREEN SLOPES SUN WASHED VALLEY TREE SHADED VALLEY SHOUTS ECHOED DOWN THE CANYON IN THE DRY COUNTRY SIDE ROLLING FARM LANDS AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA THE CRUNCH OF SAND UNDER BARE FEET THE CRIES OF THE GULL AND PLOVER PERPETUALLY FROZEN THE CLATTER OF CHARIOTS TRIUMPHANT GATEWAY OR ENTRANCE THE OLD STONE WALLS THE TYRANNY OF GRAVITY SCATTERED AMONG THE WEEDS THE TURQUOISE COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FIRE IS THE FATHER OF STONE VOLCANOES ARE THE MOTHER OF THE VALLEYS THE STEEP GRAVEL ROAD ALPINE FLOWERS AND MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY DEEP GREEN FOREST INFINITE SHADES OF GREEN MOUNTAINS CROWDED THE GRAY SKY A TWISTED PINE GRIPPING A RIVERINE CLIFF A TOUGH AND LONESOME PLACE THE CRUMBLED STONE RUINS CLOUDS OF MOSQUITOS IN THE WARM FRIENDLY LIGHT OF THE BONFIRE IN THE NARROW CROOKED ALLEYWAYS A LONG NARROW CORRIDOR A COOL DAMP FOREST COOL MISTY RAIN FOREST A BUMPY GRAVEL ROAD IN THE SHADOW OF A SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN ECHOING HALLWAYS EMPTY WIND SWEPT BEACHES SPRING WAS BURSTING OUT ALL OVER HOMES - SPRINKLED ACROSS THE HILLSIDES A PLACE OF MYSTERY AND WONDER THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD A SPECK IN A DUSTY IMMENSITY OF SAVANNA GRASS THE VAST DRY PLAINS GRITTY LITTLE OIL TOWN EMPTY CANYONS AND ARID HILLS A PLACE OUT OF TIME THE GOLDEN MARCH GRASS UNDER STURDY LIVE OAKS A NO-MANS LAND OF ETERNAL WASTE THE FROZEN PRAIRIE SHADY SPOT UNDER A TREE DEEP INTO THE UNIVERSE A STARK BARREN PIECE OF EARTH TOWERING BLADE OF GRANITE BLANK SPOT ON THE MAP COLD, WIND-RACKED RANGES A LAND DEVOID OF LIFE THE DESOLATE BEAUTY ABLAZE WITH COLOR FRAGRANT PASTURES SEA OF SAND ON THE EDGE OF TOWN A SEDUCTIVE PLACE THE ROAD KISSED THE COAST A WEEDY GRAVEYARD COOL GREEN VILLAGES GLASS AND STEEL CANYONS UNCHARTED LATITUDES A LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS CITY OF THE FUTURE RAW BEAUTY A LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD WATCH THE CITY AWAKEN THE MAIN STREET OF AMERICA HE SHOOK THE DUST FROM HIS BOOTS CLOSE TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN THICKLY KNOTTED JUNGLE ACROSS THE FROZEN LANDSCAPE THE CRUSTY SNOW SUN DRENCHED BEACH SUN BAKED PLAINS STEEP GREEN MOUNTAINS METALLIC BLUE WINGS OF BUTTERFLIES A LEAFY, NARROW COUNTRY LANE FIELDS AND FORESTS A LIVELY SUMMERY GREEN THE CRUSH OF TRAFFIC EMBRACED BY THE WILDERNESS MIND NUMBING TRAFFIC VELVET SOFT THE SMELL OF THE EARTH TREE COVERED VALLEY A GRAND AND LONELY LANDSCAPE ROSE PETALS FALLING WHERE BUTTERFLIES DANCE THE DUSTY ROAD RIVERS OF PEDESTRIANS GLISTENING BEACH GREEN COAST THE CALL OF DISTANT LANDS CHOKING DUST THE LONG RUGGED ROAD A BLIZZARD OF LIGHTS THE BLAZING CITY THE LONELIEST HIGHWAY IN AMERICA IN THE SOFT FIRELIGHT THE MOONLIT PATHWAYS OF THE VILLAGE SHADOWY LANES IN ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY GREEN AND GRACEFUL HILLS MIST SHROUDED FOLIAGE SYMBOLS OF WEALTH EXPLOSION OF COLOR EMPTY HILLS FORGOTTEN VALLEY THE THUNDER OF UNMUFFLED ENGINES THE SCENT OF BALSAM AND PINE A LOON'S CRY - THE SPLASH OF A BEAVER A SPECIAL PLACE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD A PORCH WITH A VIEW THE OLD ROCKER ON THE PORCH THE POWER OF THE PLACE THE WINDING TRAIL WINTRY BROWN GRASS DEEP GREEN MEADOWS WHITE STONE CHURCHES GOLDEN BARLEY FIELDS THE SHADOWY FOREST DIMLY LIT HOTEL JUST OVER THE HORIZON A WINDOWLESS ROOM THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN (PLACE OF HOPE) BURIED IN THE SAND VALLEY OF THE KINGS AUTUMN LEAVES COLOR THE COUNTRY SIDE RAIN WASHED / WIND SWEPT AN UNFORGIVING PLACE A VAST, EMPTY PLACE FORESTS DARKEN THE HORIZON AN OLD WOOD FENCE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WIND IN THE TREES IN THE THICK OF WINTER A BLANK SPOT ON THE MAP THE GREAT OPEN PLAINS THE BEAUTIFUL ROLLING HILLS A SMALL BRICK HOUSE ANCIENT SANDS OF EGYPT TRACKS IN THE SAND WIND SWEPT FIELDS THE EMERALD CITY WIND SCOURED LANDSCAPE SUN FRIED STREETS GRAY SKELTONS OF RUSTING STEEL RED AND PURPLE SILK SHADOWY STREET LIFE A FROZEN SEA UTTER DESOLATION FIRST SIGNS OF LIFE A MEAGER FIRE HISSING IN THE RAIN NATURE RULES WITH A VENGEANCE A FORETASTE OF WINTER CITY OF STONE NATURES SOOTHING POWER EMPTY GRAVEL ROAD PINE SHADED ROAD THE HEART OF THE CITY IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS A LIGHT IN THE FOREST THE WORLD OF SAND AND SEARING SUN ICE CUT MOUNTAINS A ROCKY WASTELAND PINE - SCENTED SLOPES DESERTED CITY STREET A NARROW MUDDY TRAIL A NEW LAND BRICK RED SAND DUNE AN OPEN ROLLING PRAIRIE DISTANT RIVER VALLEYS WINDSWEPT EXPANSE TANGLE OF SHRUBS AND VINES WINDSWEPT GRASSLANDS LANDLOCKED ISOLATION IN THE DISTANT HILLS FURNACE OF SAND THE HOME FIRE BURNS THE SUN AND WIND THAT SHAPED THIS LAND LIVE OFF THE LAND NATURE IN ITS PUREST FORM HEAVILY TRAVELED PATH DEEP IN THE HEART OF "TEXAS" WINDING THROUGH HILL COUNTRY A COOL MISTY LAND SUN BLASTED LOWLANDS A SEA OF GREEN ALL THE WORLD WAS GREEN THE DARK CROWDED STREETS AN ISLAND IN THE SKY DRY AND DESOLATE A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT DUSTY BROWN MOUNTAINS OASIS OF LIFE RUMPLED TERRAIN AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST TWISTING CANYONS THE DUSTY SOILS OF EGYPT WHERE THE RIVER RUNS CLEAR LEGENDARY BEAUTY VELVETY GREEN HILLS HILLS STRETCHED TO THE SEA ALIEN WORLDS THE EDGE OF THE WORLD TREE COVERED HILL THE SHADOWY MOUNTAINS DEEP DARK FOREST A LONELY CABIN STEEP NARROW STREETS WIND - SCOURED DESERT OUT OF SUNSHINE - RAIN AND AIR STONE BY STONE DUSTY RIVERSIDE TOWN FAR SIDE OF THE MOON EAST OF THE SUN - WEST OF THE MOON HALF FORGOTTEN TOWN WIDE OPEN SPACES THE TANGLED SWAMPY JUNGLE FADED INTO THE FOREST SHADE OF OVERHANGING TREES OCEAN OF SAND STONE COLD BOTTOM OF THE WORLD UNFORGIVING MOUNTAIN ICE, SNOW, MOUNTAIN AND SKY NARROW GREEN VALLEYS ANCIENT FACE THE DUSTY BACK STREETS BRIGHT GREEN RAIN FOREST THE SECRET GARDEN BACK AMONG THE TREES THE GOLDEN PLAINS DIM - STEAMY FOREST THE DUSTY SCRUB SOFT BEACHES SURGING FLOOD OF GREEN TORTURED LANDSCAPE OUR TWISTING PATH LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE LOST CITY THICK WITH MOSS AND GNARLED TRUNKS THE GREEN VASTNESS OF THE JUNGLE AN ANCIENT - RAW FRONTIER LUMPY FORESTED UPLANDS A RAW MOUNTAIN LOGGING TOWN THE PINE STUBBLED RIDGELINES A VANISHED WORLD DUSTY LOGGING ROADS GLEAMING WITH SNOW A WALL OF MOUNTAINS MARRIAGE OF OCEAN AND ROCK RAIN - ROCK AND SEA THE BIG COUNTRY OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS WHICH REACH TO THE HEAVENS THE CITY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND OF STONE ICY KINGDOM BLEAK AND ROCKY LANDSCAPE TITANIC FORCES OF THE EARTH BACK DOWN TOWARD THE SEA DEEP IN THE OUTBACK A SIMPLE BRICK BUILDING WITH WINDOWS VOID OF GLASS THICK TROPICAL VEGETATION GIANT ISLAND NATION FORGOTTEN TRAILS THE TIMELESS FOREST REVEALS ITS SECRETS A SEA OF ANCIENT DUNES THE SOLACE OF UNTRAMMELED WILDERNESS THE MOUNTAIN PEAK SNAGS A PASSING CLOUD FAR SIDE OF THE PLANET A DREAM WORLD OF MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THE QUIET STONES ISOLATED AND UNCHARTED WILDERNESS OCEAN OF TREES BEAUTIFUL SPOOKY FOREST THE GREEN ABYSS NOWHERE ON EARTH THE VAST UNBROKEN PLAINS THE LUXURIANT CARPET OF GREEN GRASS NEAR THE EVENING FIRE A SLEEPY TOWN DARK AND EMPTY BACK ROADS TREELESS HILLSIDE - UNFORGIVING LAND THROUGH THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT LAND DENSE FOREST CROWD THE HILLS TENDER GREEN A BIRDS EYE VIEW ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD A SEA OF LUSH GREEN GRASS THE END OF THE EARTH FURIOUS FORCES OF NATURE A THOUSAND SHAPES OF GRAY LAND OF EXTREMES STRANGE AND VIOLENT BEAUTY BITTER AND WINDSWEPT REALM LONELY BEACHES AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA TRACKS IN THE SAND WINDOWS OPEN WIDE TO THE BREEZE SECRETS IN STONE A RESTLESS LAND A MAZE OF TREES SOME OF THE WILDEST CLOUD FORESTS LEFT ON EARTH THICK BAMBOO CARPETS THE VALLEY FLOOR THE SHIFTING SHADOWS OF THE JUNGLE THE BALANCE OF THE JUNGLE THE MIST RISES GENTLY OFF THE HILLS HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD I PEER BACK THROUGH THE DUSTY WINDOW OF MY JEEP CARVED THEIR HOMES FROM THE FOREST SOME OF THE WILDEST JUNGLES LEFT ON EARTH THE BRUSH DREW CLOSE AND THE TWINKLING LIGHTS ALONG THE RIVER DISAPPEAR WIND WHISTLES THROUGH THE BROKEN WINDOWS OF EMPTY BUILDINGS HOUSES OF MUD AND STONE SNUGGLE INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE WIND TOSSED THE TALL PONDEROSAS AROUND US CARRYING THE SCENT -OF PINE SAP MIST MUTES THE SHARP EDGE OF THISTLE AND STONE WAVES CRASHED INTO RAGGED CLIFFS, SCULPTING NEW CURVES INTO THE WEARY ROCK THE EARTH AND THE SEA FURNISH US WITH ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR LIFE. AMONG SHADOWS OF THE FOREST - DIMLY LIT WITH ENCHANTMENT THE RIVERS CARRY THE LAND INTO THE SEA BIT BY BIT THE BISHOP PINES WHISPERED IN THE SALTY BREEZE TRANQUIL FARM COUNTRY STIPPLED WITH RED ROOFED VILLAGES FALL BRIGHT WILLOWS HEAP THE RIVER BANKS WITH GOLD MAGNIFICENT WRECKAGE OF CONTINENTS IN COLLISION THE CHAOS OF HONKING CARS AND WHINING MOTOR BIKES FROM THE ICY HILLS OF SCOTLAND TO THE SANDY SHORES OF THE NILE WIND AND ICE ARE THE RODS OF DISCIPLINE THAT SHAPE THEIR offspring IN THE GREEN - GREEN HEART OF THE DRY - DRY COUNTRY SIDE TUMBLEWEED SCUDDED ACROSS THE WIDE EMPTY ROAD AMID THE SNOW COVERED CORN FIELDS OF NEBRASKA THE LONG DRY GRASS STEMS SWISHED, CRUNCHED AND SNAPPED THE WHITE CURTAINS FLUTTERED IN THE EVENING BREEZE THE WEIGHTLESS BLUE PEAKS FLOATING ON THE HORIZON TUMBLING EMERALD LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE HEART OF THE DESERT HYPNOTIC SANDS SEDUCTIVE GREENERY FIERCE MONOTONY OF SKY AND SAND RULE THE DESERT DRY YELLOW MOUNTAINS THE EARTH IS ROCK HARD THE FRAGILE LAND DUST HANGS THICK WINGS OF STONE MOUNTAIN OF GOD LIFE CHISELED FROM LIMESTONE CURIOSITY CAST IN BRONZE IMPRESSIVE EMPTINESS A SEA OF GRASS THE DESERT SMOTHERS ROLLS LIKE A FIREBALL CRISSCROSSED CHAOS CLOUD CATCHER PEAKS THE RANGE SEEMS TO BURN IN SCARLET AND GOLD AUTUMN PAINTS TUMBLING SLOPES WITH THE VIVID GENIUS OF A MONET A MAZE OF ISLANDS VIRGIN JUNGLE A LOST PARADISE THE GRASS GLISTENS ITS MAGIC THE LANDSCAPE LEFT ME BREATHLESS A LIFELESS VOID GREEN GRASSES BECKON FROM THE FAR SIDE OF THE RIVER SEA OF FORESTS AWASH WITH LIFE DUSTIER THAN THE ROAD TO DEATH DRIER THAN DOROTHY PARKER'S MARTINI COLDER THAN THE DEVILS KISS LAND OF THE LIVING WIND THE AIR IS ALIVE WITH ... MAPLE TREES DRESSED IN AUTUMN HUES DRAMATIC SEASHORE, THICK FORESTS, AND MUSCULAR PEAKS

SIMILES Updated May 12th 2009 SHINE LIKE COINS STREWN ACROSS THE DARK SAND A VOLCANO - LIKE A SNOW - STREAKED PYRAMID THE HILLS ROLL AWAY LIKE SLEEPING LIONS FROM A DISTANCE THE HILLS SEEM TO ROLL LIKE WAVES IN A STORMY SEA A FROZEN OCEAN THAT STRETCHES TO THE HORIZON LIKE A WHITE DESERT THE MOUNTAINS SHIMMERED LIKE A MIRAGE IN THE DISTANCE PEARLS AS BIG AS THE RAINDROPS AS BIG AS BOULDERS POOR AS DIRT AS BUSY AS AN ANT FARM BRIGHT AS NEW SNOW SMOOTH AS POLISHED MARBLE AS WILD AS THE JUNGLE WHITE AS ANTARCTIC ICE SHARP AS GLASS LIKE A PYRAMID OF SILVER SAND DUNES RISE AND FALL LIKE SOMETHING INCARNATE, PEACEFUL AND YET TERRIFYING AS BARE AS A BEACH AS FRAGILE AS A CHILD'S SAND CASTLE IT LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN LIKE A RIVER OF MELTED CHOCOLATE A BIT OF THE MOUNTAINS MAGIC BULGING LIKE A GIGANTIC HORNET'S NEST VINES AS THICK AS ANACONDAS THE VOLCANOES FLOATED BEHIND THE LOWER HILLS LIKE STAGE DRAPERY FALLING LIKE A STONE LIKE A FRAYED WHIP, LIGHTNING CRACKS OVER THE DRY LAND AS LUSH AS ANY HOBBITS REALM