Rainbow
the rainbow
splitting burns its colours
in damp sky
the rainbow splits
spraying inlaid colours
into bright sky
the rainbow carves its monstrous arc
across the river of blue
splitting sunlight
after the showers
sunbeams rush through
shortest paths in sparkling drops
enchanting eyes
and then parched desert explodes
its store of breathing flowers
are we not blessed so
with such utterly useless beauty
on display?
Clive Donovan has three poetry collections, The Taste of Glass [Cinnamon Press 2021], Wound Up With Love [Lapwing 2022] and Movement of People [Dempsey&Windle 2024] and is published in a wide variety of magazines including Acumen, Amethyst Review, Crannog, Pennine Platform, Popshot, Prole and Stand. He lives in Totnes, Devon, UK. He was a Pushcart and Forward Prize nominee for 2022’s best individual poems.
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