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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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 348
Words 74
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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