cheering and whooping
onomatopoeia
Piano, my silent mother...
metaphor
As we walked together side by side, in the swell of the dust...As we walk together side by side, in the sole-deep dust,
repetition
My father was more like the sod.
simile
it rained, steady as a good friend
simile
heaven's shadow crept across the plains
metaphor
the storm swallowed the light
personification
and legs running like fence rails down to a giant foot
simile
the dust beat down on the cars
personification
...that invitation from her, glowering down at me from the shelf above the piano
personification
the flames licked away at the wooden frames
personification
We'll be back when the rain comes/We'll be back they say/We'll be back when it rains
repetition
the earth puddled and pleased
alliteration
thunder booming
onomatopoeia
The wind screamed.
personification
lightening kicking, dancing from heaven
personification