an overcast sky
threatening and ribbed with cloud
always a surprise
with sudden bursts of sunlight
or tides of silvery moon
Kim M. Russell, 23rd May 2019
My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Light
Sumana is hosting this week and she has brought us a rich range of quotations and poems about light. She says that our words can create both darkness and light, but for today we are sticking to light. Sumana asks us to choose any parts of speech we prefer our ‘light’ to be in – noun, adjective, verb – to write about whatever light means to us.
writing in north norfolk 
Love the contrasting images. Sudden bursts of light in the closing lines are a delight.
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Thank you, Sumana.
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Perhaps the day is grey? I love a grey day!!
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I love the ever-changing sky. It’s a sky-show every minute!
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Love the expression, “ribbed with cloud.”
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Thank you, Sara!
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Beautiful tanka Kim!
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Thanks Rob!
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That “ribbed” struck a chord with me. I suddenly saw the sky composed of corduroy! Surprise indeed!
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And where the poem went was a sweet surprise too.
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Thank you, Rosemary!
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