Our sister’s favorite color,
a color murmuring end
of sunset, a color fading
into dusk, liminal time
between light and dark,
between the quick and
the dead. Did she know
all along she would be
the first to depart?
Erna Kelly
Erna Kelly is a retired English professor (UW-Eau Claire). Her poem, Molt, will be part of the Wausau Arts Center’s 2023 Poetry Month window display. Her poem Yellow was given an honorable mention for the March 2023 Wilda Morris challenge. Published poems can be found in Poetry Hall, The Aurorean, Bramble, and several Ariel Anthologies.
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