30 Poems in 30 Days: Fundraiser for the Ithaca Sanctuary Alliance

  DAY 25                                            How to Paint a Cloud         Fran Markover                                You'll need satin finish, sea sponges, cloud-wash   If there's none of the above, watch a damselfly skim sun-petalled ponds                                Consider pitch, speed, the weight of snow on a branch                                Brush-in-hand, memorize dogwood and a weeping birch                                Think cotton candy at the fair, the sheep counted on before sleep  ...