Rainbows

August 4

I am thankful for rainbows. As a chemist I know that rainbows are just the result of differential diffraction of light by wavelength which gives us the beautiful rainbow of colors. But they are pretty, no matter what they come from. I still remember the little acronym mnemonic for the order of colors: Roy G. Biv, for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. I just found out there is a song by They Might Be Giants called Roy G. Biv. Part of the lyrics are "Roy G. Biv is a colorful man; and he proudly stands at the rainbow's end."  Besides being pretty,  rainbows are God's promise to us.

This is a photo of the 18th green at Cypress Bend Resort being watered by the sprinkler. I liked the way the water from the sprinkler made a rainbow. This is my poem about Roy G. Biv:

roy g. biv

do not think that i could live

without my friend roy g. biv

he paints the sky all aglow

the colors of the rainbow.

© rt tulley