Tempestuous Dawn In the mornings you weep, like a newly shawn sheep. Through the day you change shape, like a drunk playful ape. In the night you’re subdued, like a mole without food. Then skywards you drift, like a Stannah stair-lift. It’s these things that I love, my big, cloudy dove! (above). And it’s these […]

Cumulus Humilis (a cinquain) Cloud sheep Do not gambol Nor do they run and jump Unlike their earthbound eponyms They scud. © William R. Brennen. 2009.

Vernon, CT U.S. White Lights – White Clouds I saw a big hole in a large white cloud I stretched out to reach it My arms were not long enough. Sunbeams filtered through in dazzling display A chimney of white light called to me. It was a ladder with no stairs Or a robe of […]

Vernon, CT U.S. Where Do Dream Clouds go to Die? Where do dream clouds go to die After marching across the sky, Parading monuments for dreams and daring To spark ideals and thoughts of caring, To catch a dreamer’s eye and soul To spur a dream and make it whole. Do they fall off the […]

River of Dreams Oh boy, your heroism is unsurpassed. and then, you obscure my ship’s mast. Who goes there? Your guile is my past. And to river, your swells are so vast. My reunion has never been lost. There’s a reason my pancake’s been tossed. I’ve a line, daughter, that you have now crossed. Brave […]

Wilson, N.C. Clouds of Emotions The cumulus hordes the sky with it overpowering dominance, blending the wind, light and rain to create its earthly ambiance The darkness reflecting the spirit of my mood, a lighting flash exposing a soul that needs soothed. Within its cavernous body eruptions of sound echo loudly, mimicking a newborn announcing […]

Clown Cloud Cloud to the North, you blow back and forth. Cloud in the South, you look like my mouth. Cloud to the East, you growl like a beast. …but cloud in the West, oh you are the best! You look like a clown, but not one with a frown. One with a grin, and […]

LIBERATION Today I saw Death come riding by, On dress parade through the sky. With helm of ivory and cloak of fine bleached silk, He rode a giant stallion that was as white as milk, On his way to free some poor soul from the bonds of life and earth, To which he had been […]

Wiltshire, U.K. The Cloud Oh, fluffy cloud, So flat, so small, Surrounded by An azure pool. Suddenly you grow bigger, Making me shout , Look out, There’s rain about. Heavier you grow, Dark as dusk, Stretching across, Like a mammoth tusk. Slowly you fall to ground, Drip, drip, drip, Making a splattering sound. And there […]