Thursday, January 7, 2021

Summer Poetry Project

Noble asked me to participate with her in writing poetry this past summer as a practice exercise for her. We were to do one each week. I wrote for two weeks, she lasted only one. Oh well. It was fun anyway.

Here's my second poem, followed by photos to illustrate.

My Classification of Clouds
30 May 2020

First: flat, grey, endless opaque oppression
                                                   sun blocking, soul sucking, spirit squashing
                                                   cool, maybe warm, deceitful

                                                  Second: shimmering sylphs in diaphanous veils
                                                  wispy, lacy, rippling, translucent
                                                  ethereal shreds and strings
                                                  gauzy ghosts afloat

                                                Third: towering, billowing, bulging, blooming, blowing
                                                white, grey, black
                                                playing peek-a-boo with the sun
                                                dropping rain, flashing lightening, booming thunder
                                                piling up, blowing over, moving on
                                                enlivening, rejuvenating

                                                Fourth: fleecy, fluffy, fanciful bright puffs
                                                shapeful, shading, lazy
                                                drifting, driven, floating, fleeing
                                                benign, full of light