[Stylist] Poem: Rainbow Revolution

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

Barbara

I truly enjoyed that one.  Very colorful and beautiful.

In stanza 2, line 4, is "saxe" supposed to be sage?

Shawn

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Here is my latest plunge into my favorite subject to write about when nothing else seems to want to be written about.  This one didn't want to be written for about a month, eitherIt has a unique form that is all its own, but it does have form.  LOL!  Can you figure out some of them?  It is blank verse; I will tell you that.
Barbara Hammel


  RAINBOW REVOLUTION
By Barbara Hammel

Earth has hidden a rainbow,
Precious treasures safely tucked:
Citrine, lapis lazuli,
Emerald, ruby, amethyst,
Sapphire and carnelian.
Earth gives up her precious stones,
Sun reflects fire in their hearts.

Sun lights rainbow fire in stones,
Bulbs strung on a Christmas tree:
Twinkling azure, carrot, lime,
Lemon, saxe, cherry and grape,
Brightening the early dusks,
Sun gives up prismatic fire,
Spark flashes hues in the night.

Spark explodes in colored fire,
Spangling the darkened heavens,
Salts of copper, strontium,
Barium and cesium,
Calcium and sodium.
Spark gives up rainbow colors,
Sky captures their beauty there.

Sky gathers glowing colors
Up in the seven-band arc:
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
Indigo and violet.
After the storm has ended,
Sky gives up beautiful hues.
Air carries bits of glory.

Air cradles bright airborne hues,
Flying on wing, floating song:
Bunting and marten and jay,
Cardinal and parakeet,
Canary and oriole.
Air gives up befeathered tints,
Water reflects their image.

Water conveys brushed on tints,
Paintbox pigments or dyes: woad,
Saffron, cinnabar, cobalt,
Madder, malachite, murex.
Oil, acrylic, stroke by stroke.
Water gives up painted shades,
Plant bursts into grand bouquet.

Plant blooms in glorious shades
Spilling perfume on the wind:
Chrysanthemum, daffodil,
Zinnia, forget-me-not, rose,
Gentian and lilac. How sweet!
Plant gives up garden rainbow,
Earth conceals in hidden vaults.

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