As the poem goes: “Your hands again cuddle his head and you look again into his trusting eyes, so long gone from life, but never absent from your heart, and then you cross the Rainbow Bridge ...

Dear Annie: Several dear friends have had to put down beloved pets, and I was wondering if you could print the beautiful poem about the Rainbow Bridge? It helped me so much when I lost my ...

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.

Ant and Dec have played a part in reciting 'The Rainbow Children' poem, written by a County Durham mum. Gemma Peacock's poem has become a social media sensation, shared all around the world.