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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 CloudsThe sky would be an empty stage without its cast of varied cloud,Lacking daily interest with no shapes […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 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 […]
Nuvole “Clouds”
Romano Zeraschi sent us this recent cloud inspired poem. We’ve paired it with a sunrise over Sumirago, Varese, Italy by Paolo Bardelli. Nuvole:anime che svolanoaddensanoe svaporanocartografie di sogniillusioni.Stampigliano promessescambiano timidi bacie umide di timidi amorivezzose e liberescorrono e sbriglianonel superno abissosenza paura.Dipingonocose che vorremmoe non sappiamoo ci fanno pauraminacciosequando avanzano orridamente scureper poi pentirsie piangeree […]
From a small ship in Antarctic waters
Annie Dillard, Member 46,119 sent us an anecdote of an encounter from a small ship in Antarctic waters. We’ve paired it with an image from “Cloudface 88” of Lenticularis over Skarsvåg, Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway “Over a long life I’ve learned that the meaning of this sight is a handy thing to know. From a small […]
From Lou Piccolo
Lou Piccolo enjoys reading poetry and recently submitted this Haiku inspired by the sky. We’ve paired it with an image from our Photo Gallery of a spine-like contrail over Chester, England by Michael Hearne. Clouds embroidering white criss-cross stitches on a bright summer-blue sky.