Cloud Poetry

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

From Katy Konrad

Clouds haiku Ribbons of pink clouds Figure skating against the sky, makes Monday melt. © Katy Konrad 2011

From Ursula Gressmann

Cloudsongs Above me on sunny days cotton plugs inconstant layer crinkled frail white lambs grazing on blue meadows between sky and earth I am listening to soft musik of the cloudharp and the sky is presentig me a pearl-coloured smile * * * White dome shaped cotton plugs above me falling into pieces cloudstreets does […]

From Wayne Rickard

Only A Passing Cloud When darkness hides the sun from view and shadows move across the blue -never let it worry you. It is only a passing cloud. Don’t let people spoil your day by what they do and what they say, it doesn’t matter anyway, they are only passing clouds. And if a big […]

From Kazuhiro Tachibana

The Morning River The river is flowing The river is not big but rich Rocky shore in water to wet Reflected on the river is a scenic flock of clouds Among them a bird flies He was quickly across and disappeared Into the mass of clouds The river is flowing without sound Clouds are flowing […]

From Cheenu Srinivasan

Cloud Haiku Clear blue skies above A jet’s bushy trail bisects Divisions unreal Stubborn clouds of fog Long defy the rising sun Few folded blankets © Cheenu Srinivasan

From Olive Brown

PASSING CLOUDS Have you lain on a bed of grass And watched the pictures in clouds that pass Large and small ones floating by In that vast and azure sky Here comes one, just what is that Your imagination espies a cat Then a break to reveal the sky Before another comes gliding by The […]

From Cheenu Srinivasan

Cloud Haikus Clouds hanging around Mistaking unscheduled flights As regular dates — Cloud curtains part Resplendent moon now reveals Reflected glory © Cheenu Srinivasan

From ‘Marque’

Look up and See The waves come rushing with their arched wall of power. No earthly flight will carry you to safety. Fill these moments with joy and wonderment, while closing your ears to the deafening frenzy. Look up and see the serenity above, of shapes and colour no other eyes have discovered. They hover […]

From Andrew Barrett

Do clouds sleep as they stroll the skies? While their haunting beauty is outlined by full moon Yet with morning dew still on the ground They awaken without a yawn, stretch or sound With life not always knowing that they are there They look down with a devious stare A suspicion is aroused that when […]