Jenny Enochsson

Alder

beyond wet stubble-field

is the woodland pub

with rusty fog oiled window hinges

man with teeth like grains of maize

carries tin pail

with lukewarm raspberry juice

to the half blind heron

by the riverbank

tree silhouettes like celtic cheek bones 

and jawlines visible when leaves fall

stage filled with bursting acorns

drumhead elastic like eyelids

flute rising over sleeping algae

below flight of swans

dancing selenite-white kid

with branch horns

pub guests drinking ale

or raspberry wine with seed crackle

in green venetian glass cups

cat with frosty savannah gaze

walks across a hill

distant drum cloud light

alder cones in his hair

sulphite steam round leg stalks

Jenny Enochsson (b. 1976) lives in Uppsala, Sweden. She writes short stories and poetry in her native language Swedish and in English. Some of her pieces have been published in literary magazines and in other publications. Jenny is an editor of Rufous Salon.