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A Cloud-a-Day
Melody Serra, Member 56,638 from New York City, sent a poem she wrote about her membership and receiving our Cloud-a-Day emails. Image: A Circumhorizon Arc over Colorado, US. © KeelinSubject: Cloud-a-Day On August 29, 2021 I became a cloudspotter member 56,638 of the Cloud Appreciation Society!everyday since then, an email with a photo taken by […]
Antonio Martínez – Goethe’s Poems
Antonio Martínez, a calligrapher from Spain is passionate about clouds. He told us, “I have dedicated 5 collages to Goethe’s poems in the original language, celebrating the work of Luke Howard: Atmosphäre, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus. They are handwritten in gothic script, with a square-tipped metal nib and ink on Strathmore toned gray A4 paper”. […]
From Simon Rickman
Cloud enthusiast, Simon Rickman, sent us this Haiku and accompanying image. Seeing everyday objects in clouds (and other objects) is called Pareidolia and he told us this picture is a good example of a head in the clouds. Cloud Face it is no wonderthey call me ‘the daydreamer’my head’s in the clouds! © Simon Rickman
Fairweather Friend by Chris Tetley
Chris Tetley, Member 10,338, sent us his recent poem and photograph. He told us, “given the excessively dull and dreary weather we’ve had so far this season in the UK, the poem is a plea for winter cloud to be a little more considerate“. Fairweather Friend Clouds, I thought you were a friend,But at present, […]
Miracle by Guo Wei
Guo Wei, Member 57,319, sent us a poem that he wrote after seeing dozens of large horseshoe vortex formations develop one after the other over Xiamen, China. He has kindly translated it into English for us and sent a photograph he took of the sky that day. Miracle When the sky’s inspiration explodes on a […]
The Gladness of Clouds
Chris Tetley, Member 10,338, sent us this poem composed to encourage us to wonder what our lives would be like without clouds. The image was one he took locally of the sky over Devon, UK. The Gladness of Clouds The sky would be an empty stage without its cast of varied cloud,Lacking daily interest with […]
From Sara Austin Bailey
Sara Austin Bailey, member 50,249 sent us this cloud-inspired poem from her home in North Carolina.
“A Wish” by Nick Houvras
Nick Houvras, Member 7,367 sent us his poem “A Wish” Image: Crepuscular Rays over Somerset, England © Helen Crawley A Wish Don’t you wish you were a cloud? Flying free where ever the wind sent you! Looking down from up above on sunny ground! Or wet leaves you sent your water to. And then you […]
“Go to Bhutan” by Minnie Biggs
Minnie Biggs, Member 4,330, recently sent her poem about the skies over Bhutan, which is situated on the Himalayas’ eastern edge. We’ve accompanied it with an image from Michael Ellis “Aladdin’s lamp spotted over Bhutan, South Asia“ Go to Bhutan Cloud heavenwe are looking at the clouds in the distancewe are below the cloudswe are […]
