Cloud Poetry

Why not send us your own cloud poetry? Remember to include your full name and where you live.

From Dianella Bardelli

Dianella Bardelli of Bologna, Italy recently sent us her Cloud Haiku Cielo al tramonto un’allucinazione di rosso e sangue ………………………. Poche le nubi sopra il mare cobalto – sfioriscon lente ……………………… Nubi di notte le illumina la luna – diventan grigie …………………….. C’è anche il giallo nel rosso dell’aurora – diventa rosa © Dianella Bardelli

from Christopher Fernie

Christopher Fernie has written a number of poems inspired by clouds and wrote to us saying that he would like to dedicate this one to the Society; it was written in 2006 and first appeared on the poetry website, Poetbay.

Cloud Haiku from Cindy Medina

Cindy Medina from Las Cruces, NM, loves clouds and the weather. She recently sent us some Haiku poems which reflect her enjoyment.

‘Flight’ by Sarah Westcott

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‘Hazy, Massed, Dappled’ by Lesley Saunders

[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the winning poem in the Cloud Poetry Competition that we ran with Candlestick Press. Lesley’s poem will appear in the forthcoming leaflet from Candlestick Press, Ten Poems about Clouds.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Hazy, Massed, Dappled after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Annuaire Méteorologique 1802 Hazy, massed, dappled, their cotton shifts, their […]

“Illuminate” by Petrina Anthony

Petrina Anthony sent us this poem from her home in Malaysia

“Clouds” by Peter Franke

Peter Franke submitted a poem that he wrote circa 1976

“Da Mirrie Dancers” by Stephanie Green

Stephanie Green is a poet, writer, novelist, playwright who lives with her husband in Edinburgh. This a wonderful poem about the Northern Lights

‘Champignons Flottant’ by J J Evendon

A peaceful cloud poem by JJ Evendon who says about it "I suppose when you look at some of the clouds, they are, just like floating mushrooms".