Valentin and the Shelf Cloud


Valentin recently sent me a letter describing a shelf cloud

That he had witnessed when cycling back from the village church

Valentin suspected that a storm was near but there was no obvious signature

So he rang his sister Valentine from the red phone box on the green

And asked her to bring his Box Brownie with haste to Clippers Mound

So that he might record and share this winter sunset with his friends

Valentine arrived with only minutes to spare and the rest is a beloved memory