"There was a snowstorm that lasted three days / and a cavern of monochrome memory"
— Burt, Stephanie
Author
Date
2017
Metaphor
"There was a snowstorm that lasted three days / and a cavern of monochrome memory"
Metaphor in Context
There was a snowstorm that lasted three days
and a cavern of monochrome memory. There were board games, and a
pencil-and-paper game
where the object was to figure out the object of the game.
There was a stack of broad-rule writing paper, and a stapled calendar,
and a 64-pack of sparkly rainbow crayons, to make each week look different
since they all started out black and white, and all the same.
and a cavern of monochrome memory. There were board games, and a
pencil-and-paper game
where the object was to figure out the object of the game.
There was a stack of broad-rule writing paper, and a stapled calendar,
and a 64-pack of sparkly rainbow crayons, to make each week look different
since they all started out black and white, and all the same.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Stephanie Burt, "Inside Outside Stephanie," in Advice from the Lights (Graywolf Press, 2017). Republished by the Poetry Foundation <Link to www.poetryfoundation.org>
Date of Entry
02/05/2019
