The frog picture originally came from Palestine Rose.
Here’s a few metaphors to get the juices flowing.
The human book.
Pages of arms and legs.
I need to find the word ‘sight’ before I can read a single word of this.
I hope these fireworks don’t go off until dark.
The aperatifs grew and escaped to a bigger party.
There are too many cocktail sticks in my drink said land looking at his lake.
Shake a leaf.
The roof is leaking.
Move, green hoarder of moisture.
Penny wrote a poem on her blog from last weeks picture. It’s so nice to see Metaphor Monday spreading its metaphorical wings 
There’s a great metaphor post today on Swagger blog by Kim Van Sickler. Please check it out.
Well, this is the last week before school holidays here and life is busy with summer activities already but I’m managing to write a bit so that’s a bonus. I’ve started working on a new book of poems about the Everglades using lots of characters and ideas from my Big Al picture book. I’ll be talking all about picture books in Wednesday’s post which is the big 12×12 blog party!
Poems
Green hoarder of moisture
rain dropper
particle bombs
on innocent amphibian.
Fireworks and water works,
Giant shish-kebab
Who will eat thee?
Or paint the landscape
with crayon bait
and water picks.
I see write through you
and read you like a book.
Special thanks to the poem contributors: Penny, Erik and Julie 
A melange of metaphors
Green hoarder of moisture,
giant shish-kebab, crayon bait,
I see write through
your water works.
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Great pics, Catherine! I love your metaphors!!
Here are a few inspired by the pics.
Man and a book-
I have digested this book
Reader’s digest (LOL)
Read me like a book
Colorful Boat-
Lollygag on a lake in a lifeboat full of lollipops
A very vibrant vessel
Froggy having fun-
You can’t inhibit
A creature with a ribbit
Webby finger digits
Are special little widgets
Shake, Shake! I will not stop
Until I savor every drop.
Penny they are so fab. I especially like your digest ones. You get to wear the lake party hat all day as your prize lol.
So readable.
Giant Shish-Kabab.
Must get the water.
Brilliant Erik! I’m going to make a poem up of all these and add it to the post.
Love theses Erik!!!
See write through him
Character reference
Character bared
Tipsy tidbits
Crayon bait
Water picks
Rain dropper
Wet sheets
Particle bombs
Thanks, I need to play this morning!
They are so fun, Julie. I love crayon bait.
Awesome!!!
It is Metaphor Monday! I wrote about a metaphor exercise I picked up from Twila Tharp on the Swagger blog today too! Love them!
Ooh I’ll check that out, thanks Kim.
Neat pictures and great use of metaphors.
Great use of metaphors. I love the pics, too.
Cheers Elizabeth and Ciara.
This is so cute
I love ‘the human book’ 
An interesting read
Catherine…this is the best week ever I think. Lots of fun contributions! I can’t wait to see what you come up with
They were fun pictures this week, my poems are up there
I saw them :•) I thought you may make a combination poem with the comments….haven’t you done that before or am I thinking of someone else?
I used the comments but didn’t combine into one poem. You guys are slave drivers