Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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CLOUD SELF
Always it is about the wider expanse
Today i am dawn greying into azure
Then soon i am bird song winging
My way into noon shadows
Cooling down to twilight fantasies
Now i call myself silhouettes
No longer am i shadow

But was i ever greying, winging, cooling.
Am i ever bird song at dawn
Golden at twilight
Is there ever measure to the wider expanse

Where are yesterday's cumulus puffs
Where are the thick dark clouds hiding
A shy moon at night
Where are those morphing clouds
Following that lonely wanderer

Am i even transience
Worthy of a cloud-self
CLOUD SELF © gillena cox 2019


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25 comments:

  1. Sumana RoyFebruary 27, 2019 at 12:29 PM

    "Then soon i am bird song winging
    My way into noon shadows
    Cooling down to twilight fantasies".....So delightful imagery...

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 27, 2019 at 4:00 PM

      Thanks for dropping by to read my response Sumana

      Much🌻love

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  2. SusanFebruary 27, 2019 at 1:35 PM

    Yes, yes, yes, you are, dear cloud!
    "Now I call myself silhouettes
    No longer am i shadow . . . " I love all the transformations. I wish humans could be that easily/gently (?) transformed.

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 27, 2019 at 4:01 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Susan

      Much🌻love

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyFebruary 27, 2019 at 1:51 PM

    Gillena, this is my new favourite of yours. It is just so lovely! Beautiful imagery!

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  4. Gillena CoxFebruary 27, 2019 at 4:02 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Sherry

    Much🌻love

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  5. Carrie Van HornFebruary 27, 2019 at 6:43 PM

    A glorious cloud poem Gillena! I absolutely love this!!

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  6. Gillena CoxFebruary 27, 2019 at 6:54 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Carrie

    Much🌻love

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2019 at 6:16 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Trudessa

      Much🌻love

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  7. TruedessaFebruary 27, 2019 at 7:48 PM

    Gillena, This is a new favorite. I love it!

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  8. Old EggFebruary 27, 2019 at 8:23 PM

    We think we change over time yet clouds do so at tremendous speed buffeted by the wind or reduced by the heat of the Sun, prepared to shed tears when the temperature and pressure decide...a puppet in natures hands.

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2019 at 6:18 AM

      ah yes indeed Robin "apuppet in nature's hand"
      Happy you dropped by 😊

      Much🌻love

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  9. MarjaFebruary 27, 2019 at 10:52 PM

    Stunning poem and my favourite lines
    Then soon i am bird song winging
    My way into noon shadows
    Cooling down to twilight fantasies
    Now i call myself silhouettes
    No longer am i shadow
    Thank you for this

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  10. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2019 at 6:18 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Marja

    Much🌻love

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  11. Magaly GuerreroFebruary 28, 2019 at 10:10 AM

    I love the thought of seeing ourselves as "silhouettes" instead of "shadows". I love what it says about the power of choice and perception.

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2019 at 1:50 PM

      Thanks you for your appreciation Magaly

      Much🌻love

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  12. Khaya RonkainenFebruary 28, 2019 at 10:21 AM

    Love the gentle and elegant flow of your poem. And there's so much beauty in that Cloud Self!

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2019 at 1:52 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Khaya

      Much🌻love

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  13. Myrna R.February 28, 2019 at 11:40 AM

    I felt so soothed by this poem. Such gentle and beautiful images of transformation. Lovely writing.

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2019 at 1:52 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Myrna

      Much🌻love

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  14. purplepeninportland.comFebruary 28, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    Wonderful words and images, Gillena!

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  15. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2019 at 1:53 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Sara

    Much🌻love

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  16. SreejaMarch 2, 2019 at 5:39 AM

    There is a beautiful expanse of images here....!!

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  17. Gillena CoxMarch 3, 2019 at 6:14 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation sreeja

    Much🌻love

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  18. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2021 at 8:14 AM

    Published at poemhunter dot com February 2021 😊

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