Field guide No. 391
Stone pages over a black shore
The coast, fanned open.
Above a black pebble beach, layered red sea cliffs fan out like the pages of a giant book being flicked through. The sea is reading over its shoulder.
Field noteStrata are layered like pages, which is as far as rock and books usually go.
Also possible, also breaking category
A stamp of deep timeA rubber stamp can print a picture of strata. Printing the strata themselves is the stamp overreaching.
Black starlings burst from a bowling ballA bowling ball is solid all through. Being a flock as well is a second career.
Whale swimming through golden wheatWheat is a crop, not a current. The whale is swimming in the wrong kind of field.
Downhill unspoolingThread is white and laid in lanes; so are pistes. The groomers have merely taken the hint.