Write about a character who loves cloud gazing.

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“A Day and A Century” by Hritesh Mishra

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I look at her phone number. That’s all I have to look at. Not even a single picture of hers. I pick up the pen and try to forge the words emanating from my mind into a sentence. Just about writing it down, I tear out the page from the notebook, crumble it and throw it at the window. I had underestimated the poets.I think about her. The golden light of sunset indwelled on her serene face. Her eyes that narrowed on a few dawdling clouds in the sky. Her almost imperceptible smile beneath those humming lips. I would devour them all in a second b...

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“The Mushroom Cloud” by Zach Martz

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Jericho had been let out of school for the past thirty minutes, but he wasn’t ready to go home yet. The hilltop behind the school parking lot beckoned him on that gorgeous fall afternoon. Laying on the grassy knoll, his backpack sitting next to him, he was gazing up at the puffy clouds that dotted the sky like marshmallows floating in a cup of bright blue cocoa. He furrowed his brow as he realized that no one should ever consume cocoa that was bright blue, but he nonetheless loved staring at the sky whether it was clouds during the day or th...

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“Cloud Hunter” by Fred Aiken

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You know what they say about people that gaze too long at the clouds? Or is that the sun? As with everything in my life that I become too obsessed with, I wanted to shoot the clouds. Those white, luminous particles floating in the heavens with no clear direction. They just go where the wind takes them. It’s downright disrespectful. I don’t like the implication that there’s something in nature without a clear form. Sometimes they look like dinosaurs. Sometimes they look like Aunt Sally. Sometimes they look like a Joan Miro painting th...

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“The Shevchenko Cafe ” by Jeffrey Delano Davis

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Ivan peers into the cafe window. In the display case, Varenyky cherry pops of red like winter berries top a fluffy star-shaped strudel, a sprig of mint on top. Syrnyky, miniature pancakes with assorted berries. The nutty smell of coffee. A waft of gasoline. "Are you open yet? Ivan mouths against the window. "You know we are not," shouts Natasha. "May I join you anyway?" "Have I ever convinced you otherwise?" "Not once." "Then please come in and shut the door behind you." Ivan walks in, promptly closes the door, and takes a deep...

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“Eternity is the Color Blue ” by Aria Spire

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"What do you think about the clouds today?" I asked. The sky was a massive dome of impenetrable blue above us. Such a heavy blue, the kind that’s only found in the sky. Its unrelenting brightness only scattered by the fluffy and dense clouds that hung low as if they were trying to escape the sky. "Look at that one," he pointed at an angle. "It looks like an ocean wave." We laid on the cool grass in rapture. Our eyes so full of blue they could’ve been mistaken for ponds. "Why do you think it’s so captivating?" "It’s eternity" he replied seren...

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“The Dreamer” by SEAN MILLER

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She is gazing up at us again, admiring our formations with wonder. Most don’t look up anymore. They look forward at glowing screens or down at paperwork, signing their dreams away. But she looks up. We are nothing special. Merely water in the sky. But she sees us as so much more. It matters not if people look at us, the sunset, or the astral tapestry of stars and planets. It only matters that they look up. Dreamers look up. They look up because the sky is in their reach. Most of the world looks forward or down because the sky is simply t...

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“Head up in the clouds” by Rebecca Stack

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Alexia has always been a day dreamer, her head up in the clouds. From a little girl she was fascinated by them and wherever she went she would always find herself gazing up and watching the clouds float by, mesmerized by the wonder of them. From a young age she realized the enormity of what they represent and the amount of lives they affect daily. By spreading their precipitation far and wide, encouraging life in all plants, in turn supplying our air to breathe while also protecting us by providing us with much needed shade and cov...

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“A Shared Cloud” by Anaiah Singh

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She loved clouds. When she was 8, she and her mother would always look up to them. Warmed by the spring sunshine, they would lie on the fresh, green grass that would often pick at their skin. The first puffs of milky, white clouds would float across the sky. “That looks like a rabbit, Mama,” the girl would say. The mother would laugh saying she saw something else like a baseball bat. Every day the fleecy clouds floated across the bright, blue sky and sometimes veiled the sun, and whenever they looked up, the sun would radiate t...

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“Loose helpers ” by Tomasz Kunicki

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Maybe it was the draft, or maybe it was damp, seeping through the boards, but day by day it was getting colder and colder in the room. The checkered, motley blanket that had always served him as a duvet no longer seemed to satisfy him - he even considered borrowing some sheets from Mrs Emily, as he knew that the next visit in town would not happen sooner than Friday. Just like every day, around seven in the morning he would put on a sweater and go out into the garden to smoke a joint. He would stare at the clouds a little, drink s...

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“Dame of Flora and Fauna” by Minehel Fable

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Dearest Tome, My Composer has gifted you to me to log my lifetime. It said you’re a place I may come to for solidarity, for at times it may be difficult to find. I have found that my favorite thing to do whilst I add more life and history to you is watch the ever changing clouds very far below me. The Sun feels warmer than usual when I meditate this way. Countless pets who walk upon my land tickle me rather than itch and my heart settles for a while. But then the sudden pain of a bomb clutches my kid...

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Write about a character who loves cloud gazing.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 55 stories

“A Day and A Century” by Hritesh Mishra

“The Mushroom Cloud” by Zach Martz

“Cloud Hunter” by Fred Aiken

“The Shevchenko Cafe ” by Jeffrey Delano Davis

“Eternity is the Color Blue ” by Aria Spire

“The Dreamer” by SEAN MILLER

“Head up in the clouds” by Rebecca Stack

“A Shared Cloud” by Anaiah Singh

“Loose helpers ” by Tomasz Kunicki

“Dame of Flora and Fauna” by Minehel Fable

🌟 Similar prompts

Set your story in the woods or on a campground.

Start or end your story with a person buying a house plant.

Write about a trip to see a natural sight that’s usually only ever seen in photos.

Write a story involving a friendship between two different species.

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