Sport 39: 2011
VELVET
VELVET
I think I must have been about 14 when I realised what metaphor was.
I was reading a review of a Cliff Richard LP in Truth.
Anyway, they described his voice as velvet. Astonishing: something you could see and touch (but not hear) was the perfect way of describing a sound! I think that helped me realise what poems could do. I didn’t know about metaphor, but when I was told about it, probably later that year, it made total sense.