A Set of Kennings

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A kenning for structure … repetition.

Whale-road is a kenning for sea. Time-machine
is a kenning for the mind. Alive is a kenning
for the electrified.

Terrance Hayes
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

And so for day 3146
23.07.2015

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