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“A Wish” by Nick Houvras
Nick Houvras, Member 7,367 sent us one of his recent poems.Image: Crepuscular Rays over Somerset, England © Helen CrawleyA WishDon’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 slowly disappear from the heavens that […]
From Sara Austin Bailey
Sara Austin Bailey, member 50,249 sent us this cloud-inspired poem from her home in North Carolina.
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.
The Old, Old Man
Buckshot Dot, AKA Dee Strickland Johnson, wrote this poem in 1940 when she was 9 years old. The image we’ve chose to accompany it is by Linda Holtby, Member 20,966, of faces in the clouds over the Hamble river, England. THE OLD OLD MAN His beard is so long it touches his toes.If I were […]
“Layers”
Bonnie Boothroyd was driving and when she came over the crest of a hill and before her was a fascinating skyscape which inspired this poem. We’ve paired it with an image from our gallery of Cumulonimbus over Bosse, Belgium © Sunwalker Layers The sky overhead hangs low, leaden threatening my mood In the distance though, […]