Tis no less [a good day], I tell you; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon
The Platonic Blow by W.H.Auden The history of The Platonic Blow The above is a link to a poem, and …
Category Archives: Words and wonders from the world
Our Ship of Fools.
“Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand …
A Pound of Flesh for 50p
A Pound of Flesh for 50p is the name of the following installation, or rather sculpture to mine eyes, which …
Peace
Mind at Peace When the mind is at peace, The world too is at peace. Nothing real, nothing absent. Not …
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race” – H. G. Wells
This is the definitive version, to my mind, and the Cloud’s at least. It is Richard Burton in the intro, …
Think Pink
Originally posted on Walking with the Alligators:
Stunning Pink Flamingos Picture Credit: Pedros Szekely There were hundreds of plastic ones on the grounds of the…
The Mirror Man.
Some beguiling art from Jeppe Hein now; His website is here, and an article about the labyrinth can be found here.
On a lighter note – A moonlight sonnet (ah)
I, the moon, would like it known – I never follow people home. I simply do not have the time. …
Doll Face by Andrew Huang (2007)
Number Three – Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
Insupposable, Stupendous and Astonishing Tomes (As with most of the finest tomes, try not to read anything in advance on …
The Last Wolf
The following is a re-blog from Crows Head Soup. It says much about the soullessness humanity arrogantly displays at times. …
His shadow dragging like a photographer’s cloth behind him.
The Man-Moth – Elizabeth Bishop (1936) Here, above, cracks in the buildings are filled with battered moonlight. The whole shadow …
Algedonic
The Cloud Concise Dictionary of Sparkling and Strange Words presents; Algedonic Pronunciation: IPA(key): /æld͡ʒɪˈdɒnɪk/ Adjective – Algedonic (comparative – more algedonic …
Golden Brown
https://soundcloud.com/madison-carey/golden-brown-the-stranglers *sonmi and the Cloud would like to point out that the name of the user who shared …
Post 541: You may want to be seated when I tell you…!
The 500th like for the Cloud and I was gained yesterday thanks to ‘Weggieboy’ and I have decided that whoever …
The Storm has Already Been Through Here
It is I am informed, national poetry day. As you all know, (or not depending upon whether you frequent these …
Esmeralda and The Cloud 
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