Cloud Poetry

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

Clouds – from the CAS Sky Gathering, Orkney

Yvonne Gray sent us this ‘group poem’ written during a very enjoyable and productive creative writing workshop that was held at the Cloud Appreciation Society Orkney Sky Gathering  last week.  Image: A sunset over the Isle of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands © Peter AmsdenCloudsclouds to make stories fromclouds to make dreams ofcloud – a shawl round […]
A sunset over Shepherds Bush, London, UK. (Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight).

From My Bedroom by Moira Lazarus

Moira Lazarus is a song-writer and poet from London.  This is a poem she wrote a few years ago, just watching the London sky darkening.  Image: A sunset over Shepherds Bush, London, UK. (Red sky at night, Shepherd’s delight). © David Stening From My Bedroom I lie on my back and watch clouds travelslow and […]
A Circumhorizon Arc over Colorado, US.

A Cloud-a-Day

Melody Serra, Member 56,638 from New York City, recently sent a poem she wrote about her membership and receiving our Cloud-a-Day emails.  Image:  A Circumhorizon Arc over Colorado, US.   © Keelin Subject: 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 […]

Staring Out the Window

Paul Davies, Member 28,330. wrote this descriptive piece to share with us.  We’ve paired it with an image of Zunderdorp, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands   © mercy Staring out the window,wondering why those cotton-wool ballswhich look like mammothsor a score of shrubs shoulder-to-shoulderdon’t over-fly my garden in smaller clumpsthe size of cows or sheep or rabbits […]
A curtain of precipitation falls from a storm system over Charlo, Montana, US.

From Jan Boles

Jan Boles, Member 13,316, sent us his humorous cloud related limerick.  We have paired it with an image of a curtain of precipitation falling from a storm system over Charlo, Montana, US by Ruth Quist. A cloud spotter, known as Horatio,Was keen on words rhyming with “ratio.”He often would sigh,Looking up at the sky,“That’s not […]
A full moon over Bigfork, Montana, US.

“Clouds” by Nick Houvras

Nick Houvras, member 7,347 is a longstanding member of the Cloud Appreciation Society and sent us one of his cloud related poems. We’ve paired it with a photograph from our Photo Gallery of a full moon over Bigfork, Montana by Ruth Quist. Clouds The clouds are the roof over our head curiously they break apart […]
A Circumzenithal Arc over Broadway, NYC, US.

To Have the Honor of a Cloud

Holly Payne-Strange, Member 52,979, from New Jersey was enjoying the clouds at Thanksgiving when she dreamt up this poem.  We’ve paired it with an image of a Circumzenithal Arc over Broadway, NYC, US by Judy Schramm To Have the Honor of a Cloud Ice crystals in the sky,Reflecting sunlight, conjuring shadowAn ever moving gallery of […]

From Kate Edge

Kate Edge, Member 30,633, wrote this piece whilst busily working on new cloud paintings for an exhibition.  We’ve accompanied her text with one of her previous paintings, “Foel Drygarn” We bring peace to you now and forever more. We are the motion of love resplendent. Our journey is to cover earth with love’s nourishment -to […]
A sunrise over Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.

A BRILLIANT SUNSET

Buckshot Dot, AKA Dee Strickland Johnson, sent one of her more recent poems.  The image we’ve chosen to accompany it is a sunrise over Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain by Lourdes Sanches Munoz A BRILLIANT SUNSET I saw a sunset, just this evening.Out the window of my den.‘Twas so lovely, so inspiringI ran to fetch my camera […]