Two Poems by Sharon Waller Knutson

 

Colour me Blue

 

As the jay flying

through the sky,

and the crayfish

swimming in the sea.

 

Colour me pink

as a Flamingo sloshing

through the swamp

in long legs and neck.

 

Colour me yellow

as the sunshine,

canaries and the bees

on the sunflowers.

 

Colour me red as the cardinal

and the scarlet macaw

following the fox

from the forest.

 

Colour me green

as the lizard, Anaconda

and praying mantis

hiding in the grass.

 

 

Goodbye

 

the taste

of cinnamon

and citrus

on your lips

 

the scent

of lilies

and lilacs

in your hair

 

the touch

of frost

and ice

on your skin

 

and the sound

of the fog

horn

in your voice.

Sharon Waller Knutson - Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominated Poet Sharon Waller Knutson is a retired journalist who lives in Arizona. She has published thirteen poetry books including He Puts on His Poker Face (Cyberwit 2024,)My Grandfather is a Cowboy,(Cyberwit 2024,) My Grandmother Smokes Chesterfields (Flutter Press 2014,) What the Clairvoyant Doesn’t Say and Trials & Tribulations of Sports Bob (Kelsay Books 2021) and Survivors, Saints and Sinners (Cyberwit 2022,) Kiddos & Mamas Do the Darndest Things (Cyberwit 2022,) The Vultures are Circling (Cyberwit 2023) and The Leading Ladies in My Life (Cyberwit June 2023.) .Her work has also appeared in Poetry Breakfast, Autumn Sky Poetry Review, Poetry Hunger X,  Lothlorien, GAS Poetry, Art and Music, The Rye Whiskey Review, Black Coffee Review,  ONE ART,  Mad Swirl, The Drabble, Gleam,  Muddy River Review, Verse-Virtual, Your Daily Poem, Red Eft Review, Beatnik Cowboy, The Five-Two, Impspired and others.