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| formality... | so, this way to the toga party? / toga party!
/ this is socratic discourse of the highest order!
/ ...the togas are a mere formality. http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2010/10/formailty.html |
| inviting but deadly | late night dip / the gibbous moon
/ has brought her
/ chiffon veils http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2010/10/inviting-but-deadly.html |
| sky blush | blushing
/ like a hiroshige woodblock http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2010/10/sky-blush.html |
| the best way to travel to the circus... | (camel ride to the colosseum) http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/03/best-way-to-travel-to-circus.html |
| evening commute | afternoon! / g'd evening! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/03/evening-commute.html |
| presciousssss but fleeting | new moon / hooked in the crook
/ of my finger / one shining promise / inconstant / but bright http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/03/presciousssss-but-fleeting.html |
| view from above the clouds | winter windowland http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/03/view-from-above-clouds.html |
| vogueing on the rooftops | oh thank god
/ the twist is
/ back in
/ .
/ all that vogueing
/ was killing my
/ shoulders
/ . http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/03/vogueing-on-rooftops.html |
| hide and seek in the clouds | you can't seeeeeeeeeee meeeeee http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/04/hide-and-seek-in-clouds.html |
| when i fall | when i fall/ let it be like this:
/ radiant/ with all my luminous arms
/ trailing behind me in an icy blaze. / arms for turning the screw
/ arms for juggling time
/ arms for catching bright threads of opportunity which on by
/ like parachute spiders on a summer breeze -
/ insubstantial.
/ impossibly small.
/ golden. / amongst... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/05/when-i-fall.html |
| here be... | dragons http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/11/here-be.html |
| the smallest aeronauts | the miniature balloonists fired themselves from the launch cannon on a tuesday http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/11/smallest-aeronauts.html |
| are all crane drivers? | driven to abstraction http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-all-crane-drivers.html |
| are you going to that party at... | 101 cloud street http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-you-going-to-that-party-at.html |
| can't you just relax and enjoy the flight? | shit, did i remember to lock up?
/ awk awk http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/cant-you-just-relax-and-enjoy-flight.html |
| counting games for oxford meadows | eenie
/ meanie
/ miney
/ magdalen http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/counting-games-for-oxford-meadows.html |
| dream eaters | the dream eaters encounter their first parhelion http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/dream-eaters.html |
| eclipse o'clock | eclipse o'clock / the sundials
/ are somewhat
/ perplexed http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/eclipse-oclock.html |
| further notes from the family album | family album / 'tall al' cumulus
/ towering over his brother in the shade, as usual http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/further-notes-from-family-album.html |
| gothic tower | gothic tower
/ the full moon
/ picks
/ her best silver veils...
/ ...for haunting http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/gothic-tower.html |
| the great cheesemaker... | separating the cirrus-curds from
/ the cloud-whey http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/great-cheesemaker.html |
| local speciality | tyrrhenian coral http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/local-speciality.html |
| party invites: single entendre | hey, i'm having a party
/ in my mouth / aaaaaaaall of you biscuits are invited http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/party-invites-single-entendre.html |
| penumbral blush | is that the rosy tint of sunset?
/ or some other
/ penumbral blush http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/penumbral-blush.html |
| photography today is... | a matter of framing... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/photography-today-is.html |
| seasonal affective disappointment | wait wait!
/ we've hardly started to get to know each other
/ come back, summer, come back! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/seasonal-affective-disappointment.html |
| The sky has been stippled with a motif of... | blooming cloudlets http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/sky-has-been-stippled-with-motif-of.html |
| slices of twilight | slices of twilight
/ the bright sky
/ divided http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/slices-of-twilight.html |
| sometimes need to be... | silent like the sky http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/sometimes-need-to-be.html |
| this season's favourite haircut - the 'incus' | wow man...
/ how long did it take
/ to back-comb
/ that! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/this-seasons-favourtie-haircut-incus.html |
| threshold | threshold of consciousness http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/threshold.html |
| time to brighten up? | tiara for a gloomy afternoon http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-to-brighten-up.html |
| tint the sky | who needs stained glass? tint the sky! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/tint-sky.html |
| voracious library | more books! more books! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/voracious-library.html |
| eating habits of the late paleoelectric era | this dinosaur enjoys toasted peaches at tea-time... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/01/eating-habits-of-late-paleoelectric-era.html |
| festive cordoba | christmas lights
/ nestled amongst the oranges
/ incandescent fruit! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/01/festive-cordoba.html |
| haiku for a cold night | pushing my hat
/ right back to catch / snowflakes by moonlight http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiku-for-cold-night.html |
| pennants for moonday | [pennants] http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/01/pennants-for-moonday.html |
| another triple murder in this sleepy city? | wot!? http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-triple-murder-in-this-sleepy.html |
| stra~nge storm comin' in... | colt front http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/05/strange-storm-comin-in.html |
| and he smokes, like, a stack a day | bad neighbour http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/and-he-smokes-like-stack-day.html |
| boy you goin' down | confound this intemperate sunshine - i simply cannot concentrate on my pensive gothic novella! / perhaps i could manage a small pamphlet... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/boy-you-goin-down.html |
| clue balloon: casts a broad net | hmmm...
/ and neither of the suspects are co-authoring with the former student-wife of the ex-proctor, whose posthumous publication rate is the jewel in the crown of three different faculties and a boutique feminist publishing house... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/clue-balloon-casts-broad-net.html |
| clue balloon: gets a call | ~ring~
/ ~ring~ / what to you mean they got better?
/ it was dodgy fish? / no need to investigate? / [balloon text] ... [/] http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/clue-balloon-gets-call.html |
| clue balloon: keeps an open mind | no one in a gown that colour could possibly be that clean... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/clue-balloon-keeps-open-mind.html |
| clue balloon: seeks connections | a-ha! two oxford dons who are in no way connected to the victims, their time or place of death, nor that 1982 incident which lead to the ongoing philology/musicology domus feud... / ...could it be a clue? http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/clue-balloon-seeks-connections.html |
| clue balloon: uses literary devices | perhaps another would fall before the end of second desserts?
/ [balloon text]Clues?[/] http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/clue-balloon-uses-literary-devices.html |
| in which a pidgeon is spoilt for choice... | decisions
/ decisions... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/in-which-pidgeon-is-spoilt-for-choice.html |
| not today, clue balloon. not today. | [balloon text] Sigh ~ [/] http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/not-today-clue-balloon-not-today.html |
| rococo | rococo embellishments http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/rococo-embelishments.html |
| tell it to the stones | tell it to the stones
/ their calcified lips
/ let slip
/ no heart-told truths / desire and regret
/ lie upon them like
/ so much hardy lichen / way up here
/ long after we are gone
/ our secret strate will still cling to the sandy skins of gargoyles http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/tell-it-to-stones.html |
| wot! crime? quick - send up the clue balloon! | clues? http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/06/wot-crime-quick-send-up-clue-balloon.html |
| rain hat | nice hat, rainbow!
/ thanks man, thanks... http://withclouds.blogspot.com2012/06/rain-hat.html |
| penny for your thoughts | a penny for your thoughts,
/ monsieur le moon... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2012/12/penny-for-your-thoughts.html |
| on sleep disruption | i've been called for a meeting at the Department of Dreams.
/ apparently my REM is overdue again.
/ i think i've come to the right counter,
/ and i think there's a form i'm supposed to fill in.
/ but there's no pen here,
/ just a pilchard on the table,
/ and a small sad cloud raining over in the corner.
/ oh,... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2013/03/on-sleep-disruption.html |
| pirate gold | when we think of pirate gold
/ we conjure dubloons
/ ingots and
/ puloined
/ jewels / but the sea has her own way
/ of gathering
/ goldenly / the treasure of a young
/ roaming heart http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2013/03/pirate-gold.html |
| jet lag (4am) | everywhere
/ the sky is blushin (wake up!) http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/06/jet-lag-4am.html |
| How to catch a cloud (6) | How to catch a cloud (6) / dude. http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-catch-cloud-6.html |
| How to catch a cloud (7) | How to catch a cloud (7) / you've seen that movie. the one with the giant... bonobo?
/ well once you've found the legendary island, you can train your ape like a giant banana-loving sniffer-dog, with little knobs of stratocumulus for breakfast every day. once he's got the itch for vapour, wow! look at... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-king-kong-cloud-7.html |
| stolen moments (1) lunch | stolen moments / i prefer a BAG-ette to a PA-ni-ni. why don't they have just a cheese-a-mato roll http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/stolen-moments-1-lunch.html |
| page 2 | the thunderfox, slick shouldered and all quick witted eyebrows, had been tossed form the gaping jaw of a nimbus-top not so many eaons ago. crashing back and forth across the sky, snarling at lightning... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/page-2.html |
| stolen moments (2) taxi | stolen moments / no, no portia darling, don't cry, don't cry
/ it's ok. there are plently of taxis in london http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/stolen-moments-2-taxi.html |
| stolen moments (3) coffee | one coffee please.
/ how would you like it?
/ with milk please.
/ cappuccino or latte?
/ no, a coffee please.
/ um, with frothy milk?
/ just plain.
/ so, espresso then?
/ coffee with milk.
/ o... k...
/ ok.
/ i'll bring it over. http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/stolen-moments-3-coffee.html |
| stolen moments (4) vegetables | ... and she's reading it out, this six year old, and she goes "coloured with vegetable die, ew gross!" classic! she's looking at shrunken human heads and she thinks the vegetable die is gross! you should take the kids there next time... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/stolen-moments-4-museum.html |
| how to catch a cloud (8) - the balcony gambit | how to catch a cloud (8)
/ the balcony gambit / cumulo, cumulo,
/ wherefore art thou cumulo -
/ foresake thy updraft and refuse thy nimbus... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-catch-cloud-8-balcony-gambit.html |
| graph 1: decline | graph 1: decline in the appreciation of unmoderated grandeur http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/12/graph-1-decline.html |
| imagined places (1) | necker's rose window http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/12/imagined-places-1.html |
| stolen moments (5) | well...
/ some women find
/ companionship with other women
/ after their husbands have died...
/ but that doesn't sound very jewish to me... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/12/stolen-moments-4.html |
| How to catch a cloud (9) in Plymouth | How to catch a cloud (9) / Get a ho, yo! no. not like that. it's yo ho ho, away away ho, and land ho. a bluff. a prominantory. for looking. out. And when you've cleared away the spinach-rats and built your stripy lighthouse with drafty little windows for inviting in gusts, then climb the windy stairs... http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-catch-cloud-9-in-plymouth.html |
| violent foliage | ka-bloOOm! http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2008/02/1-year-old-today.html |
| sometimes i feel like this... | hey! hey!
/ where are you go~ing? / can't i come? http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2008/03/sometimes-1-feel-like-this.html |
| sonnets (1): let me count the ways | one - two - three - four
/ i like you more than summer / five - six - seven - eight
/ nine when you take your top off http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/sonnets-1-let-me-count-ways.html |
| unlikely inventions (2) | the semaphore class http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2009/06/unlikely-inventions-2.html |
| unlikely inventions (3) | moon light http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2010/10/unlikely-inventions-3.html |
| The smallest aeronauts (2) | it was a wednesday when the miniature balloonists stopped by the tower for tea http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/11/smallest-aeronauts-2.html |
| The smallest aeronauts (3) | The miniature balloonists were delighted to find new friends amongst the chimneypots one thursday afternoon http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/11/smallest-aeronauts-3.html |
| unlikely inventions (4) | solar powered streetlights
/ you're doing it wrong http://withclouds.blogspot.com/2011/12/unlikely-inventions-4.html |