Blessings and Bane #179

Gina L. Ryan
Jun 14, 2024

Simile

Photo by Jennifer Kalenberg on Unsplash

She smiles like the sun,

bright and shining warmth that burns

into hearts of men.

Mary Karr, author of The Liar’s Club (1995), is a genius at this literary device which she expertly employs to replace the often overused metaphor. Gina.

June 10th, 2024

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Gina L. Ryan

Indie writer currently journaling online as a companion piece to my WIP (Dear Asher, Love Mom), a tragicomedy autobio. Sometimes a radical poet.