At dVerse Lillian is hosting Prosery (144 words) with an invitation to use the line “I wandered lonely as a cloud.” from the William Wordsworth poem ‘I wander lonely as a cloud.”
dVerse Poets – Prosery – Winter Be Gone
“How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.” A.A. Milne
I Broke Away I wandered lonely as a cloud, not that that is a bad thing in and of itself. I finally broke away from all that encompassing bank of cloud that consumed me, owned me, clouded me. Just one big cloud of everything the same. Sometimes we were white and summery, sometimes grey and uncertain, sometimes black and laden with water. I wanted something else, something more. I wanted reds, purples, pinks and oranges, colours of excitement, adventure. Colours of day and night, autumn and spring, storm and still. I wanted big and I wanted small. I wanted essence. So I broke away and floated along, determined to discover my cloudness. I wandered lonely as a cloud, and for the first time, entirely happy. Space was mine and I could come and go, and sometimes I need just that, to be far from the madding cloud. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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determined to discover my cloudness
And why not. What a fun story of acceptance and growth.
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Thank you very much for that.
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Nice pun!😊
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😉 Thanks Cheryl
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Yeah, it sometimes is good to breakaway!
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I find it is so healthy for me, so necessary really to flourish.
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Absolutely!
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This read like a Cloud Atlas since it had lots of cloud puns and descriptions.☁️🌨️⛈️🌩️🌧️⛅⛅🌦️🌤️
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I’m so with you, Paul!
-David
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Oh, Paul, Paul, Paaaaauuuuul… MUST you pun?? 🤣
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O yes I must Ana 🙂
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Well, then it must be Divine will! 😅👍🙏👌
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It must 🙂
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“…to be far from the maddening cloud” — LOVE this! LOVE your take on the prompt…you as the cloud. This is so unique!!! I just wish it were posted more in the first 10 so more would read it. Sadly, I find that one doesn’t get as many readers if one is at the tail end of the folks who post. And this is truly so enjoyable, I wish MANY would read it!
Can’t remember if you’ve participated in OLN LIVE? We’re having one this Thursday from 3 to 4 PM Boston time. For the first time, one can participate in several ways: a) just listen; b) read aloud one of your poems; c) read another dVerser’s poem. We’ve always done a and b…..but for the first time, we can read a poem of another dVerser….with her/his permission of course!
I will be at my daughter’s on Thursday….so will not be able to attend the entire OLN LIVE. BUT – if you are not going to attend, I would love to pop in and read this aloud for everyone, telling them of course, that you posted it for Monday’s Prosery. Thoughts?
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Thank you so much for your wonderful response Lillian. I can’t make the OLN this time and would be honoured if you did get to read it, thank you for offering. I am hoping to get to the next OLN which would be my first.
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I like your prosery much better than Wordsworth’s poem.
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I think I’ll frame this comment 🙂
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Feel free!
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Much appreciated Liz.
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Beautiful
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Thank you very much indeed.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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You do come up with some surprises. Always look forward to reading your lines.
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I find I flow better if I self-reflect, it has more feeling, naturally so I guess, thank you so much Patricia.
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I so resinate with this poem and I love the twist with words
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I thought you might, it is a joint story.
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