Eager anticipation of the grand spectacle of the spring migration.
AWAKENING TO SPRING’S GRAND SPECTACLE OF WINGS
March 11th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: flycatchers · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · spring · thrushes · warblers
Random Act of Metaphor: The Howling Wind and a Solitary Feather
March 4th, 2012 No Comments
A flight of fancy with the wind and a willing feather.
Tags: feather · love · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · symbiotic · wind
In Praise of Mystic Summer Swallowtails
February 27th, 2012 No Comments
A tribute to the mystic summer swallowtail butterflies.
Tags: Black Swallowtail · butterfly · Canadian Tiger Swallowtail · Eastern Tiger Swallowtail · Giant Swallowtail · metaphor · Michael Dyet · Spicebush Swallowtail
Random Act of Metaphor: The Interplay of Light and Shadow on A February Night
February 20th, 2012 No Comments
Looking for meaning and significance in the interplay of light and shadow on a February night.
Tags: February · light · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · shadow · significance
Truth: A Blinding Flash or a Glittering String of Beads?
February 12th, 2012 No Comments
Surrending the hope for a blinding flash of illumination in favour of gathering truth along the way.
Tags: Anais Nin · Emily Dickinson · Learned Hand · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · phoenix · Robert Frost · truth
The Wonders of a Few Square Feet of Meadow
February 5th, 2012 No Comments
A different take on solitude and the wisdom it can bestow.
Tags: Barbara Kingsolver · butterfly · Crossline Skipper · Little Glassywing · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · solitude
Precocious Memories of Small Scale Miracles
January 29th, 2012 No Comments
My memory is partial to metaphors – especially those of small scale miracles,
Tags: Giant Swallowtail butterfly · Hickory Hairstreak butterfly · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · Silvery Blue butterfly · Unicorn Clubtail dragonfly
Alone on Top of the Mountain
January 23rd, 2012 No Comments
Why I prefer the valley below to being alone on the top of the mountain.
Tags: competition · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · mountain · survival of the fittest
Ransom Heart
January 17th, 2012 No Comments
My short story “Ransom Heart” is a finalist – along with two other stories – in the Second Wind Publishing Short StoryContest. Your votes decide the winner!
Tags: metaphor · Michael Dyet · Ransom Heart · Second Wind Publishing · vote
Frost Etchings on the Palette of My Window
January 15th, 2012 No Comments
Find an expression of the softer side of winter in the artistry of frost etchings.
Tags: deep freeze · frost · January · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · winter