I Am Not The Rainbow by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu I am not the rainbow you see shining down-hill purple dark blue antique a touch of white: clarity while changing the guard two heralds our friends and so quiet the place no words could reach my lips so far from you as in a dream I am not the rainbow not yet in the sky as winter approaches with all its dust here again in my yard looking for my shawl of dark Stella Vinitchi Radulescu United States Stella Vinitchi Radulescu is a lecturer in French at Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. She is the author of several poetry collections and has had poems in Seneca Review, California Quarterly, Karamu, Louisville Review, Sulphur River Review. Her poetry was also published in many magazines in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. She is a bilingual writer. Last year, she received the "Grand prix - poésie libre" in the Poésie sur Seine 2006 International Poetry Competition.