POETRY FORUM

In a Silver Jar

by KJ Hannah Greenberg on October 10, 2020 :: 0 comments

In a silver jar, behind a cactus plant,
Grow answers, also doubts, by design.

On that high shelf, by crystalline doves,
Perches mirror porcelain bits, extra fine.

By those insignificant cattle troughs,
Splash short-winged ducklings ‘til it’s time.

Smokey dreams seem more often all mirage—
Life’s a murky montage because we can’t align.

editors note:

We are the tchotchkes with tchotchkes who have tchotchkes. Make sense? – mh clay

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A bit about KJ: KJ Hannah Greenberg snorts and snuffs in poetry and prose. Hannah was nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize as well as once for The Best of the Net. Hannah’s most recent books include: the essay collections; Tosh: Select Trash and Bosh of Creative Writing (Crooked Cat Books), her 5th vol. of short stories, Can I be Rare, Too? (Bards & Sages Publishing, 2017), the novel, My Neighbor Judy (serialized in The Tachlis Magazine 2017-2018), and the poetry collections, A Grand Sociology Lesson (Lit Fest Press, 2016) and Mothers Ought to Utter Only Niceties (Unbound CONTENT, 2017). In the next few months, look for Hannah’s next novel, Upon the Lion and the Serpent (Cactus Moon Publications), and an omnibus of, i.e. best of her short stories, Concatenation (Bards & Sages Publishing).