POETRY

 

SUDDENLY LIFE

Biopsy, inquisitive probe, gaining entry.
The password, necessity.

Suddenly life is 'baby's breath'
--gypsophila's minute tutus
on sprays of thread-fine stems;
moments of lace.
Snip, and one is severed.

I am not ready.
I've hardly begun. But who's to say
there'll be no spring
from query to reprieve?

 

 

- Jenny Kander

Jenny was born and raised in South Africa, lived in England, Israel and again in South Africa, where she had a bereavement counseling practice, before she settled in the States nine years ago. She has a daughter in Bloomington, and a son and three grandchildren in London. Jenny produces poetry radio programs for WFIU and WFHB, and organizes bookstore readings every two months or so. She also conducts collage workshops and is engrossed in the exploration of that art medium as well.