Rainbow Attack (For Dorothy)
Rainbow Attack (For Dorothy)
Simplicity I know! Please tell me far more
about the rainbow —than its prismatic
separation of colors are a beauty to see.
From infra-red to ultra-violet shock stagers
into eons and stars within the mind’s eye
as the spectacle of the rainbow ignites.
When did the child’s wonder dwindle
to never ask the world “why” again?
Why did man decide not be vulnerable?
Where is the awe that discovered love
for a bouquet of wild flowers, or that
kiss pressed long to passion’s sweet lips.
Instead offer me, how the rainbow’s arch
transforms us; How does each breath’s
invisible colors reach deep into the heart.
© RH Peat 1/26/2012 3:34pm
Form: 5 tercets/ 15 lines
Question: What’s beyond beauty?
Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
What indeed is beyond beauty! I knew you would tell us...lol Good job Mr. Peat. Dorothy Cynthia Singing Still
What indeed is beyond beauty! I knew you would tell us...lol Good job Mr. Peat. Dorothy Cynthia Singing Still
Meggie Gultiano
a great piece Sir Ron
a great piece Sir Ron
PrEmJi PrEmJi
rain..bow..of..love...
rain..bow..of..love...
patspoems
I am sure the how's and why's of a rainbow are very complex but, like Dorothy, I just enjoy the beauty of an arch of beautiful colours that graces us with it's presence for a very brief time. I also enjoy her beautiful poems about them.........Pat
I am sure the how's and why's of a rainbow are very complex but, like Dorothy, I just enjoy the beauty of an arch of beautiful colours that graces us with it's presence for a very brief time. I also enjoy her beautiful poems about them.........Pat
T A Ramesh
Vision kindling rainbow is spiritually amazing more than the effect of passionate kiss out of love transporting one to unique blissful state which is wonderfully weaved in this nice poem!
Vision kindling rainbow is spiritually amazing more than the effect of passionate kiss out of love transporting one to unique blissful state which is wonderfully weaved in this nice poem!
sugi
Beauty is beyond everything including eternity. Your insight into these lines excel beyond beauty. Graceful Ron..!
Beauty is beyond everything including eternity. Your insight into these lines excel beyond beauty. Graceful Ron..!
Kesav V Easwaran
A well written poem on the chosen theme, Ron
A well written poem on the chosen theme, Ron
Sandra Martyres
Another wonderful write Ron...
Another wonderful write Ron...
mamta agarwal
beautiful Ron
beautiful Ron
RAJ NANDY
A deserving dedication Ron - to the seniormost poet on this site who has stepped on to her 80th year ! -Raj
A deserving dedication Ron - to the seniormost poet on this site who has stepped on to her 80th year ! -Raj
Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
Ah, Sir Peat...we can always look deeper...But how did you feel when you discovered there was no Santa and the Easter Bunny was just a "white lie" and the Princess really couldn't dance in the glass slippers...lol Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
Ah, Sir Peat...we can always look deeper...But how did you feel when you discovered there was no Santa and the Easter Bunny was just a "white lie" and the Princess really couldn't dance in the glass slippers...lol Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
Yarbrough
I feel this way when contemplating the universe, we are babes, we know so very little, the darkness is gorgeously sublime.
I feel this way when contemplating the universe, we are babes, we know so very little, the darkness is gorgeously sublime.
robyn selters
I love the way you craft this poem, moving through stimulating query that reminds us to cherish wonder and awe... the spirit and life of beauty that reaches 'deep into the heart.'
I love the way you craft this poem, moving through stimulating query that reminds us to cherish wonder and awe... the spirit and life of beauty that reaches 'deep into the heart.'
Yacov Mitchenko
Your point, Ron, is well taken. Facile or surface descriptions aren't enough. The poem, if it's of any value, has to be transformative, or at least move us in some way.
Your point, Ron, is well taken. Facile or surface descriptions aren't enough. The poem, if it's of any value, has to be transformative, or at least move us in some way.
Nikunj
The quest to reach beyond , to pierce the sheen of the unthought ,to unhook the sky from the earth's ends and look underneath like a child who sees eveything for the first time. The essence of the poem is spiritual and divine . Wondrous as always , eternally stimulating piece yet again.
The quest to reach beyond , to pierce the sheen of the unthought ,to unhook the sky from the earth's ends and look underneath like a child who sees eveything for the first time. The essence of the poem is spiritual and divine . Wondrous as always , eternally stimulating piece yet again.
JustStella
A lovely piece and challenging question.
A lovely piece and challenging question.
I think everything is inside beauty, and beyond beauty is also beauty only if we choose to see it.