Short Cumulous Poems

A cumulous herd,
Galloping the atmosphere;
Pasture in the sky....

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Armada of clouds,
Sailing across ocean skies:
Unknown horizons....

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Cerulean stage,
Cumulous actors rehearse:
Performance of clouds....

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Clouded...city streets,
Cumulous...community;
Beauty swelling up....

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A cumulous herd,
Roams a prairie atmosphere:
Thunderous stampede....

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Castle made of clouds,
A white cumulous palace;
Kingdom in the sky....

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Liquid beads descend,
As clouds hemorrhage in the sky:
Cumulous battle....

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Seeping rays of light,
Leaking through the cumulous;
Beaming on the land....

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glitter
cumulous
toy

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pardon
shroud
heaven

example h unfinished


cumilous...

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There were nights 
I was convinced the weather
in my head had seeped 
out of my ears and
dyed the atmosphere. 
Snow would cascade
over darkness, 
land on streaked cheeks. 

Now there are nights 
I realize even clouds
have to let go of that 
which makes them dense....

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I sat alone upon the shore
watching ships sailing in the sky
White schooners flying in rapport
I sat alone upon the shore
listening to the ocean's roar
cumulous clouds were drifting by
I sat alone upon the shore
watching ships sailing in the sky


August 20, 2022
Triolet Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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Eye twitch to thunder
Bed stretch to rain
Pod of our house
with tin roof as our skin
Drip of papayas
Moment of green
Every last leaf
with a slick and a sheen
Compass of darkness
Clouds kissing trees
Cumulous whisper
to us on our knees
Noses to windows
Peeping to see
the music which pulled us
from blankets of sleep....

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I saw a flash
Six billion electrons
So many horses in so little space
The charging calvary
Of light
In shape of forking tongue
Sizzling
The forehead
And cumulous-nimbus dark frown
And the hooves
Rolling far away
The last rider 
Pounding
On the scream of day.
It was then I understood
Charlemagne
Small as bead as sweat
Surrendered 
To postponed death....

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Should I whisper words
that hang on memory’s peaks,
cumulous across my forehead?

A world of words - connected
like tides to the moon.

Words that mingle and rise,
as mist from a valley 
or, dwell in half forgotten dreams;
endless as ocean waves,
or vistas of flowering fields.

Beautiful words
that tell me of my place.

Suzanne Delaney...

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natures playground gleams against a setting of loveliness
cumulous sky clouds dip low, invading air space of sage bald eagle
buffalo, moose and elk bring silence to the mountains
silver cottonwood trees shrug their shoulders at this glorious canvas
humankind is unwelcome, so they can keep it ethereal
puma patters forth, silently intimidating the rest of the creatures...

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The cumulous arrive in train;
with thrusting breath that reeks of rain,
a roiling moody, leaden pall,
to shroud the world in shadow-fall.

Thunder grumbles; muted flashes,
rain with sting and wind with lashes,
a blanket, nebulous, intends,
for blue to meet ignoble ends.

When all seems lost and Sol's retreated,
in evidence he's not defeated;
a shaft of sunlight tells the wary,
the veil's only temporary.

2-11-13...

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Green leaves listless languor lushly suspended

Dew glistening on grassy fields in early morn

Breeze gathering, cumulous clouds upended

Sun's rays burning through atmosphere's haze, reborn

Sweet corn on the cob gracing street vendors' stalls

Ice cream creations on cones piled up so tall

Love's blossoms on flower petal arrangements

Bridal showers, joyous wedding engagements


                   July 09, 2018...

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You may have to go it alone
Bear the heat and discomfort on your own

It can be devastating and suffocating 
No fresh air to breathe, only heat and smoke that is debilitating 

The burns and wounds may be severe
But will you keep going?  Can you persevere? 

Despite all the cumulous smoke
If you can keep peering and not choke

If you can still aspire
Amid sweltering heat from the fire

If you can just keep going through it
There is a beautiful place for you if you don't quit...

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