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