Collected turns of phrase, totally incomplete
“wish embroidering” - Eugene Lim, Dear Cyborgs
“the air quicken before rain” - Robert Glück, Margery Kempe
“His ears and tongue felt carbonated” - Samuel Delaney, Trouble on Triton
“The sunset came intrepid I remember like a trousseau of butter rats running in the wheat” - Caren Beilin, Spain
“the newt part of the twenties” - Caren Beilin, Spain