MY ATTEMPT AT WRITING POETRY CLOUDS

Clouds was published in 1974.  The title of the anthology was, Quality American Poetry Book II. The title of this anthology, quite a stretch.  The publisher was Valley Publications edited by William Lloyd Griffin.

CLOUDS

I reach for clouds

High, ever so high do I soar,

Clutching – grasping – then tumbling back.

Clouds are but wisps of vapor,

Phantoms in the sky,

Who can touch a cloud?

I try – fail – then try again;

At times mind joins clouds – soaring,

While I stay behind exposed to the cold – stumbling.

One day mind and soul shall soar skyward

And beyond;

Leaving behind a shell – falling,

Never again to rise,

And reach for a cloud.