by Natalie Young
Written
or painted, shot or sung.
It has already.
But She can’t help
this rainbow: strong
at both ends,
every color equally
present.
Pales
in the camera lens, invisible
out loud
and here. She will never see
Noah, each animal pair
march
through the just right
arch. The thick
part. This rainbow
followed
for 200 miles.
And everything made
better, for something
stunning
for such length.
Not even poor
drivers or roadside
animals
could make the rainbow stop.
NATALIE YOUNG is a founding editor of the award-winning poetry magazine Sugar House Review. By day (and sometimes night), she works as an art director for an ad agency based out of Salt Lake City. Natalie is left-handed, half Puerto Rican and a fan of Dolly Parton and green olives. Her poetry has been published in Los Angeles Times, Rattle, Tampa Review, South Dakota Review, Green Mountains Review and others.
Photo: “Rainbow” by Bruce Fingerhood
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