Author's Commentary
Written after reading Richard Dawkins book, 'Unweaving the Rainbow'.
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.