Unweaving the Rainbow

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I have seen a million rainbows, unmoved
by colour meeting colour on a rainy day.
Richard of York gave battle in vain,
but isn’t that always the way?
I known nothing of Science to be fair
but then I am a poet, student of art
and should wax a rainbow beautiful
not broken into its parts.
But the delicacy of such chance
a million raindrops fracturing light
and showing a fan of spectral colour
where there had only been white.
I saw a rainbow yesterday
and by the understanding of why
it almost brought me to my knees
and its beauty made me cry.

• Intriguing and clever.

  by Simon

  Posted Mar 10, 2009
  +10
  This was very lyrical - the rhyming was so subtle that I didn't notice it at first - but as I 'intoned' the poem the rhymes came flooding out. This is a difficult subject I think as it is difficult to write about something that every poet has attempted at some time - you did it well though - you... (read more)

• Date Added
• Mar 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM
• Article Type
• Literature
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• Poetry
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• Science, People
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