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
- There Are A Hundred Kinds Of Prayer (Quatrain in Farsi with English Translation) by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Two Churches by William Barnes
- Tale Of A Tub by Sylvia Plath
- Doors Of The Temple
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Привет старому 1858-му году
- Can Sri Lankan Women Be Creative? Review From A Third World Country!
- Olney Hymn 60: Abuse Of The Gospel by William Cowper
- Яков Полонский – Поэт и гражданин, он призван был учить
- Олег Григорьев – Комары
- On Certain Ladies poem – Alexander Pope
- Кондратий Рылеев – О милый друг, как внятен голос твой
- Владимир Маяковский – Слушай, наводчик
- Ambrosia by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu
- Зинаида Александрова – Белочка
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
