Monday, August 22, 2016

Cirrus in Cyon


image from ecopsychoanalysis.blogspot.com


Cirrus in Cyon

“There are no rules of architecture for a castle
in the clouds.”--Gilbert K. Chesterton.

There is an actual Big Sky in Montana, east of the Rockies,
& when you lie upon your back and study the clouds, the
first thing you notice is the vaporous sculptures--dragons,
eagles, bison, ghost riders, castle towers, herds of elk,
herds of wild horses, & big horn sheep--all cavorting within
cirrus in cyon on high, stratus in cobalt mid-sky, & cumulus
in neon electric low over the horizon.

Angels dwell in sky
panoramas, fueling your
imagination.


Glenn Buttkus

Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub
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14 comments:

  1. Arcadia MariaAugust 22, 2016 at 5:33 PM

    Wow. This makes me want to leave NJ right now and visit this place. I probably just need a vacation. LOL. Well done.

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  2. tonispencerAugust 22, 2016 at 5:49 PM

    Just wonderful, Glenn. Good to have you back! You were missed. The big sky country is amazing and you have brought it to the forefront. Excellent haiku at the end to tie it all together.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2016 at 6:04 PM

    You're making me want to go to Montana, Glenn. Really love this line:
    -all cavorting within
    cirrus in cyon on high, stratus in cobalt mid-sky, & cumulus
    in neon electric low over the horizon.

    Really well written and inviting haibun!

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  4. purplepeninportland.comAugust 22, 2016 at 8:27 PM

    Beautiful and descriptive– like a painting.

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  5. brudbergAugust 22, 2016 at 9:41 PM

    Like a postcard is the beauty of the big sky.. So much to admire in those clouds.

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  6. Katie Mia FrederickAugust 22, 2016 at 11:07 PM

    God IS A Rorschach test.. noW..
    you kNOw and FeeL the wHole
    thing noW.. aka allthatis too..
    and cLouds and sKy thaT too..
    and all aRound tHat ThREE..
    but trUly all IS A
    Rorschach test..
    even words
    are metaphor
    for essence more..
    of course.. wRiTe oN course.. but don't
    tale that to chains outside
    that never see more
    within now more..
    of whatever
    we
    make
    now oF
    Hope
    and Love
    or Fear
    and
    Hate..

    Love
    Wins FEarless..
    iF wE beLieve and maKe iT So..:)

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  7. Kim M. RussellAugust 23, 2016 at 12:56 AM

    Welcome back, Glenn. I've read about Montana and its big skies and you have done them justice with your haibun. I was also reminded of Frank Zappa: 'Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon' and I had a picture of a pygmy pony over by the dental floss!

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  8. Sanaa RizviAugust 23, 2016 at 1:37 AM

    Wow! Your description of the clouds in Montana make me want to go there and see them for myself :D Beautifully penned.

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  9. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comAugust 23, 2016 at 4:30 AM

    Oh this is wonderful! I am right there - lying on my back watching this wondrous sky in what some call God's country!

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  10. debiAugust 23, 2016 at 5:51 AM

    "vaporous sculptures" What a gorgeous piece of writing. Your images show a agile imagination.

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  11. Josslyn Rae TurnerAugust 23, 2016 at 10:47 PM

    Beautifully written! My son recently observed that all the formations in the stars and clouds are things that exist on earth. He's only eleven! :)

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  12. SreejaAugust 24, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    This took me back to my childhood ...I still try to figure those images....loved this...

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 25, 2016 at 4:43 AM

    In words or pictures, that is surely an amazing sky!

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  14. Walt WojtanikAugust 25, 2016 at 5:15 AM

    Yep, what they all said, Glenn! A descriptive vignette, very inviting.

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