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From Nick Houvras.
OBSERVATION OF THE SKY There is a face in the left hand Looking up to the heavens and, the eyes are half closed! A gentle expression that is moving and white grey and black like a giant cloud it drifts with the current of the wind. And says nothing like a silent prayer. Now it […]
From Kent Turner.
Tulsa, OK. USA / Halifax, Nova Scotia O Cirrus In the silence lifting on the breath of heaven the temporal cirrus and tossing crown the lowest of heaven’s aspirations a leaving of royal weaving found Yet, my heart is drawn upward, cirrus ! while gazing at the fabric torn high above earth’s unneeded worries gazing […]
From Simon Reynolds
in Bath, UK. Cloudspotting We sat on the beach in a row of deckchairs, tried to talk the clouds out of the sky and into our notebooks. We said they were the work of an idle god who rag-rolled the sky between pipes. Dirty white lint on hot blue sheets, just ironed. The stuffing loved […]
From Sam Stilton
Its just white… Is that all I can see up there? Are clouds nothing but white in the air? As I look and I see, I smile with glee, For a small bird has decided to target me…….
From Nick Houvras
in West Bloomfield, MI, US. Your Face I saw your face in the clouds one day; wise, thoughtful and smiling! I saw you face from far away crossed by a jet’s vapor trail so what can one say? An angel, a blessing, a curse or despair? I know full well that no one will remember […]
From Mary Beth Steinhoff
in North Carolina, US. Winter’s Quiet Visitors Snowflakes are little bits of clouds that come down to visit us one by one. © Mary Beth Steinhoff
From Kent Turner
in Tulsa, OK. USA / Halifax, Nova Scotia. O Cirrus ! In the silence lifting on the breath of heaven the temporal cirrus and tossing crown the lowest of heaven’s aspirations a leaving of royal weaving found Yet, my heart is drawn upward, cirrus ! while gazing at the fabric torn high above earth’s unneeded […]
From Nancy Dorow
TREES?? CLOUDS!! ONCE UPON A TIME SOMEONE WROTE THAT HE WOULD NEVER SEE A POEM AS LOVELY AS A TREE. A TREE?? AS FOR ME?? HE DIDN’T LOOK UP HIGH ENOUGH, YOU SEE. I WILL TAKE A BIG MAJESTIC CUMULUS CLOUD!! YESIREE. IN FLORIDA, JUST GET A LOUNGE CHAIR- TOO MANY RED ANTS- A GLASS […]
From Geraldine M Stephey
in Wilmington, Delaware, US. Kaleidoscope Skies Billowing clouds go drifting by, Changing patterns high in the sky; Languidly sailing an upside-down sea, Kaleidoscope sky entertainment is free. On a casual day imagination can run, Seeing tall crimson ships in a low setting sun; Pirates dancing on marshmallow rails, Skull and crossbones tucked in among shadowy […]
