HOME Wednesday, December 07, 2005 Mammatus Clouds: A Poem I would like to thank J.B. and Michelle for leaving comments in the form of poetry.  They were both exceptional thoughts: Mammatus Clouds by J.B. Rowell Lord, it can’t be real your entrails stretched and twisted gauzing storm scrubbed sky Mammatus Clouds by Michelle Buchanan mammatus, mother Earth, the egg in the womb of nature I wasn't going to write a poem on this until I read Michelle's post regarding David Harsent's workshopping task to write about conflict. And this photo came to mind.  So I hope you like my attempt, "Mammatus Clouds" by Michael Parker: There is evidence here. God is preoccupied. In this quaking of clouds heaven buckles and the ethereal ground fights for normalcy against some gray poison sliding off the flat blue sky, slipping into the sleep of a soldier trapped in its trenches dreaming plagues and pestilence seen in death visions. We watch and watch and wait for the sound of missiles cracking against a troubled expression of sky we wait for the electric rods to drop wait for the bursting of a thousand fires and wait for the colored rain to start-- a leaching of tears we do not know nor do we know how God stays silent now. 10:44:52 PM   | COMMENT [] | Kiwi Receives Pushcart Nomination Rae Pater receives a Pushcart Poetry nomination. This is her third nomination.  Read her nominated poem here.  Congratulations! 7:36:39 PM   | COMMENT [] | Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. E-MAIL ME FILM PAGE BIO PREVIOUS POSTS Highest Grossing Films of 2005 Colorstrology Working On My Next MiPo Column Roger Ebert and Critics' Top Ten Lists for 2005 Lorna Dee Cervantes, Mammatus What a Week This Has Been! Out on the Town with Vertigo Pushcart Prize for Neil Aitken Golden Globe Nominations for Year Ending 2005 Priestess of the Moon Goes Downtown Friday Night Mammatus Clouds: A Poem Kiwi Receives Pushcart Nomination Thoughts on Grace Paley Write Me a Poem #1 David Harsent's Whitebread Nomination, Legion The Realization of Christmas Vacation, Revisted The Realization of Christmas Vacation I Am the Phoenix Ulla Zang Personality Test Madonna Ties Elvis for Most Top Ten Hits Running and Flying First Issue of Small Potatoes 2006 Poetry Calendar Neil Aitken From the Wingnut Farm A Sad Passing FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 POETRY Walking to the Cineplex My Son’s Chants Plotting Escape Defending Yourself I Don’t Like FAVORITE POSTS The Portrait of Diego Keros Running Isn’t Supposed to be a Contact Sport The Door In the Floor (2004) Sin City (2005) The Head Bonker(2005) Little Terrorist (2005) MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb IL DIVO: Review of "Mama" Video NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: