Grieving Clouds

by Hannah Lizette   Apr 15, 2013


They whimper against rumbling thunder
and scold lightning for shining
her flashlight into their dampened eyes.

Her flashes only remind them
of how he once lit up
their entire sky.

Grieving clouds search behind
snow-capped mountain tops,
stroll between undiscovered forests,
and crawl inside dangerous caves -

praying their Sun
is only playing a game
of hide and seek.

Copyright 2013: Hannah K.

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  • 10 years ago

    by Beautiful Soul

    I loved this poem as well because of the wording you used. This poem seems to be more of an adventure for you. I believe you take the reader on a real journey though the "stages" of emotions that nature feels. I loved how you brought nature to life and give each part of them a characteristic or trait that each one feels. It seems like the main characters are lightning and thunder. I loved the imagery of crying you present here. It seems like the clouds are part of the "family". Lol.. and the use of grieving is well placed I think. Because of the wording used before with dampened eyes. The last stanza made me smile because they searched for the "sun" only to find it hidden. The use of. Clouds is underrated here I believe because the clouds can search a lot more because they float slowly. The imagery is great. And the sun hiding tells me it's night time maybe. Which just adds more to it. Great write Hannah

  • 10 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    Now this is so well written and I really liked the fact that the clouds, thunder etc were put in character. When reading it it painted a very lively image where all is been viewed while the writer is writing this poem...an excellent piece!!

  • 10 years ago

    by Hallucinostic

    This is really good. Probably read that phrase couple times over but yeah, you just gotta read it one more time from me, lol. I think the title is very interesting, lots of poems were written about clouds, mostly associated with sadness but somehow you made this one somewhat fresh. Real fine work.

  • 11 years ago

    by TSI25

    This reminds me of a scene in fantasia where zeus is hurling thunderbolts at the terrified denizens of the earth below.

    its not exactly an accurate comparison, as a number of the characters here seem to thoroughly enjoy the lightning, mostly the clouds. it makes sense that their grieving too, grieving clouds implies crying implies raining. pretty artful personification.

    i like how it ends on a subtle, hopeful note with the clouds sort of drifting through the corners of the earth, seeking out their lost sun.

    obviously the sun is some object of adoration, which also makes sense. night and darknes have some pretty negative connotations(that can be seen all throughout religion, literature, and even just personal instinct.)

    definitely an interesting write.

  • 11 years ago

    by The Poet Behind The Poems

    This blew me away , the creativity behind this
    Is untouchable ,

    The last part just finished it perfectly

    Amazing :)

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