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Date: 1946

"Just as the ties recur beneath his train, these underlie / his rushing brain."

— Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979)

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Date: 1972

"as the Whale dives / snapping our mind / like a lifeboat ?"

— Plumb, David

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Date: 1999

"The insomniac's brain is a choo-choo train."

— Simic, Charles (b. 1938)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.