Fire In The Sky
Michael J Gibbons 1976 (Waratah)
Orange, Violet, Yellow, and Green,
The strangest rainbow said to be seen.
For it was not arched, or prismed in. shape,
But billowed like a mushroom, or swirled like a cape.
I asked my old man, "what is that design?"
"an angel's reflection?" "or God spilling wine?"
His sad look said to me without a reply,
It was Human doing, that fire in the sky.
About this poem
First published in "Tracing The Infinite" in 2004
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Written on 2004
Submitted by mgibbons1976 on November 23, 2022
Modified on March 13, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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