Rainbows Follow
I’m delighted to be able to bring you a series of Rainbow Poems from award-winning poet, playwright, fellow lawyer - and Walsall’s first poet laureate - Ian Henery (www.ianhenerypoet.com).
Ian is a longstanding member of the poetry community in Birmingham, UK. He and I have had some delightful discussion of why rainbows mean so much to so many people. Thank you Ian for your kind support.
Please enjoy this first work in Ian’s series for The Rainbow Poems.
Rainbows Follow (Rondeau)
Rainbows follow storms after rain
And sunshine on the weather vane.
They`re not just colours in the sky,
Mere refractions, sensed through the eye
But a sign of peace after pain.
A rainbow is the prize we gain
When hope was lost and darkness reigned;
We held on, never asking why -
Rainbows follow.
Struck by tempest, life down the drain:
Souls engulfed, hope begins to wane.
Bleakness, waves heave, the seagulls cry;
Trust in hope, no time for goodbye
Rainbows follow.
Ian Henery - 15 May 2020