Synesthesia
by Orla McGreevy
This morning when I woke I smelt yellow.
It was the rough amber that tickled my nostril hair
but it faded to a perfumed jasmine
after several blinks.
I think I heard the tang of mustard with a lemon
singing in the background, and it was hard
to tell exactly which dessert it resembled,
maybe creamed banana crumble.
But the sound of clanging dishes had me taste such orange
that I couldn’t hear the yellow for much longer
and they blended like Play-Doh
to a fleeting gold.
The gold reminded me of a poem
in that flicker, and the writer’s words
danced the five-step waltzing Matilda
to the landing through my door.
I had had enough of painting.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Human Charms
- Mad As The Mist And Snow by William Butler Yeats
- The Coach Of Life poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Robert Burns: The Poet’s Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic: My imprudent lines were answered, very petulantly, by somebody, I believe, a Rev. Mr. Hamilton. In a MS., where I met the answer, I wrote below:-
- God’s Grandeur by Ted Hughes
- Psalm 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Ghost Girl by P.J.Reed
- Николай Языков – Элегии (Свободен я: уже не трачу)
- An Essay On Criticism poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Commemoration of Rodney’s Victory by Robert Burns
- The Five Adorations poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Fairies Break Their Dances by A. E. Housman
- Ruined World by Michael Yuan
- lovers in nature by Raj Arumugam
- On the Countess of Burlington Cutting Paper poem – Alexander Pope
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