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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread descriptive writing #11786 12/01/2000 10:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia For the sheer joy of descriptive writing, may I share this sentence with you all?: " … Barbara was standing beside the car on the other side of the road, teaching the street lamps to shine tenderly." [Amy Witting, The visit] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: descriptive writing #11787 12/01/2000 6:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA Brandon enthusiast Brandon enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA teaching the street lamps Wow. I've always found street lamps to be a little hardheaded. After reflecting on it a few moments, I'd argue that though there is a light on upstairs, it doesn't mean anybody is home. Illuminating metaphor, is it not? Or perhaps I am not convincing. Maybe I should switch my approach. Brandon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: descriptive writing #11788 12/02/2000 3:29 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 tsk, tsk Brand. That wasn't too bright. Let Paulb have his moment in the spotlight. It'll give him a chance to shine. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: descriptive writing #11789 12/03/2000 10:06 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >tsk, tsk Brand. That wasn't too bright. Let Paulb have his moment in the spotlight. It'll give him a chance to shine. Or to come down off from Macchu Pichu. An incan-descent??? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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