For all the millions of lives “Rainbow Bridge” has touched, though, the author of the poem has remained unknown—until now. She is Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old Scottish artist and animal ...

So touching and emotional, anyone who has dogs and cats, or any pets for that matter, knows the storied poem of the rainbow bridge. It's a beautiful, mythical bridge that's every color of the rainbow.

Dear Annie: ‘Rainbow Bridge’ poem offers solace to those who have lost a pet Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 4:00 p.m. Annie Lane writes the Dear Annie advice column.

It is a poem, origins disputed, that launched the pet bereavement movement, inspired countless pet loss blogs and fueled a lucrative marketplace for rainbow bridge-themed dog urns and lava bead ...

The wide span of the Rainbow Bridge. “I really can’t believe it,” Edna Clyne-Rekhy, 83, the author of the poem, told me from her home in Inverness, Scotland.

It was written by a young lady from Ireland who had lost her lifelong pet. She sat down and wrote this poem about her dog crossing the rainbow bridge and then meeting her on the other side,” said ...