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What can YOU say in six sentences?
Like ... whatever (Challenge)
Similes might just be my favorite literary tool. Stumbling across the perfect analogous description is -- to my palate -- like finding the sole chocolate-covered cherry in a Whitman’s Sampler.
The late Robert Ruark was a word carpenter extraordinaire. Among his best similes were likening the sounds of a pack of hyenas to "date night in the female ward of a madhouse," and of a Cape buffalo’s glare: “He looks at you like you owe him money.”
I offer the following painting as a challenge to my fellow wordsmiths. Choose the visual or your imagination (sounds, smells, setting or take the beholder’s perspective), and let your words flow like coital sweat on a hot summer night; just somehow tie it to this Cape buffalo.
NOTE: Be sure to preface your titles with “Simile Challenge:” Post them as you would any other six. The prize will involve a piece of original art. The deadline is Aug. 1.
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Comment by Anita Saran on July 29, 2010 at 2:28am
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Love your art and thanks for making us think
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Comment by Robert Crisman on July 26, 2010 at 6:09pm -
Just don't make your coital sweat depend on the buffalo...
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Comment by Angela on July 26, 2010 at 5:57pm -
It has been quite some time since we were challenged last. Thanks, Sir.
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Comment by Teresa on July 26, 2010 at 4:53pm
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Damn! "...like coital sweat..." I can't type.
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Comment by Jenny on July 25, 2010 at 5:34pm -
M- Are you sure you haven't used all the good one's up? Thanks for the challenge.
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Comment by bolton carley on July 25, 2010 at 4:52pm -
coital sweat. love it all. and i think i'll be in, too!
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Comment by Allie on July 25, 2010 at 2:16pm -
I'm not sure I can beat "he looks at you like you owe him money," (a fab line) but I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the cool challenge; haven't seen one in a while.
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Comment by Jeanette Cheezum on July 25, 2010 at 1:54pm -
Wow! Nice prize, your artwork is as good as your writing. I just loved the line ( the sounds of a pack of hyenas to date night in the female ward of a madhouse). I'm looking forward to everyones great talent!
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Comment by Bonnie on July 25, 2010 at 1:42pm -
Joe - I have Vettriano's dance - and love it! I will try to come up with something appropo as well.. thanks Mike for the challenge!
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Comment by Joe Gensle on July 25, 2010 at 1:26pm -
If I win, I would like Jack Vettriano's "Dance Me to the End of Love," or "The Singing Butler." Thank you.
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