Rainbow



The rainbow, seven celestial expressions shine
Cool misty droplets displaying

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
My eyes land on that prism in the sky.

I drink  in deep hues side by side, bending together contrasting
Vibrations that confess refracted essences

That touch and pour promises drenched in love
After the storm

Colorful stripes bow over a war torn world like an army nurse
Bandaging a chest sucking wound

Her act so beautiful it defies description
Moving my heart to reach out to the

Vagrant on the street corner, lonely veteran, my
estranged stepsister,

For all different from me I pray to our Father I can
be a rainbow that
Somehow strengthens those who struggle after the storm.

About this poem

This is a response to a prompt for a poetry meeting. I wrote three poems on this theme and this one I hope will win.

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Written on June 17, 2023

Submitted by bevgeorge on June 27, 2023

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Scheme XA XB AC XD CX XX BX XXD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 715
Words 130
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3

Beverly J George

I am a retired music teacher who adores writing poetry. I self published a collection called First Light. My 3 children and 2 grandchildren are the joys of my life. Working on my second book with God's help. Agape. First Light written by Beverly George on Amazon. more…

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