Nine Variations of a Cloud
1
Looking up, I renounce pity and the sadness of wind.
2
Only lust pulls and shapes more, diminishing your integrity.
3
It slips through whenever I try to grab it.
4
Every phrase is a window glowing at night, surrendered to its frame.
5
Water in another form is still water.
6
In whose ruins must you survive?
7
Another shape, another moment desperately spent.
8
And still you thrive in diminishment.
9
Bearing nothing, it conceals.
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“Nine Variations of a Cloud” first appeared in Kindle Magazine in December 2015, and was also included in Gossamer: An Anthology of Contemporary World Poetry.
O at the Edges 
Both the content and structure of this piece are so inviting, Bob — the breaks creating space to consider each small gem.
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Thanks, Cate. I enjoy writing this type of poem. Space is essential to it!
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This is so beautiful; so unique!
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I’m so pleased you like it. Thank you!
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Reblogged this on On My Feet.
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Thanks for reblogging!
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I lived the various interpretation and absolutely amazing writing
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Thanks very much!
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