Exceptional A sonnet in mainly iambic tetrameter A Double Rainbow in New York by tfawcus

The brownstone buildings, tall, austere, match morbid skies that scowl and lour. Such days as this are drab and drear, for this is not a passing shower. When maudlin thoughts I cannot quell, a double rainbow can inspire such joy and hope that will dispel all gloom, and set my heart on fire. While nature’s second bow is pale, like words within a palimpsest, a human child can blaze a trail, when of maternal love possessed. Her footsteps are the pot of gold on which her mother's love is sold. Recognized Author Notes palimpsest: a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. Photograph of my daughter and granddaughter Copyright 2018 All rights reserved

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