…of a cloud

the sound of a cloud
is a lash
of the wind

singing treble
in high registers

the sound of a cloud
is three birds
frantic

fleeing the storm
that boils
close behind

the sound
of a cloud
is a rain ………………………..’…….”………d
…………………………………………………….r
…………………………………………………….o
…………………………………………………….p

striking another rain …………’..”……..d
…………………………………………………….r
…………………………………………………….o
…………………………………………………….p

striking rain ……………………’…………..d
…………………………………………………….r
…………………………………………………….o
…………………………………………………….p
…………………………………………………….s

howling
the long way down

a descent of raindrops

and the sound of a cloud
is the swirl
and swirl
of vapour
into grey

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© Frank Prem, 2017

November 2017 Poem #35: a gleam in shadow

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