{"product_id":"10-poems-about-clouds","title":"10 Poems about Clouds","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Instead of a Card' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected and Introduced by Katharine Towers\u003cbr\u003eVarious Authors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho hasn’t looked up at the sky and seen a whale or a poodle or a sports car? There’s something about clouds that excites the imagination. Their shape-shifting nature means they never fail to entertain and intrigue us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere in our little archipelago we certainly get our fair share. Whether it’s the dumpy, fair-weather cumulus of a hot day in high summer or the spirit-dampening stratus of a wet November weekend, it’s hard to imagine our skies without them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems explore the many different ways in which we experience clouds – whether simply as weather or as a more abstract representation of a state of mind or a mood. As Billy Collins says, quoting perhaps our greatest painter of clouds John Constable:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The emotion is to be found in the clouds…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘Student of Clouds’ by Billy Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s impossible to pin down a cloud and this rich and varied selection reflects that beguiling elusiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Liz Berry, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, John Glenday, Paula Meehan, Fiona Sampson, Lesley Saunders, Katharine Towers, Derek Walcott and Sarah Westcott.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Bill Sanderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Reading Museum Online Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253968461890,"sku":"bcp1790031100787","price":9.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/6784\/3394\/files\/10-poems-about-clouds_1.jpg?v=1790031105","url":"https:\/\/browdefine.shop\/products\/10-poems-about-clouds","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}