Ode to a Glass Jar
Grandma
fills her pantry
with Mason jar delights:
preserves, piccalilli, peaches…
Oh my!
Photo from Pexels-Pixabay
Dad saves
baby food jars
for nails, screws, nuts, and bolts.
He can fix anything that breaks.
Thanks, Dad!
Teacher
brings a jar of
sweet cream for us to shake
until we have butter for our
crackers.
Suzy
saves her loose change
in a pickle jar bank,
hidden with her socks. Shh…It’s a
secret!
Sonny
whistles a tune,
nightcrawlers in a jar,
cane pole on his shoulder…going
fishing.
Grandpa
likes leftovers
stored in reused glass jars.
They go straight in the microwave…
Yummy!
Black-Eyed Susans, Photo by Autumn Mott Rodhea from Unsplash
Auntie’s
filling a jar
with bright black-eyed Susans
for a neighbor who’s under the
weather.
Jamal
brings a jar of
tadpoles for the fish tank.
His class will watch them growing legs…
Yay, frogs!
Photo by Mel Poole from Unsplash
Artist
rinses brushes
in a jar of water.
Clean colors make a beautiful
painting.
Photo by Fran Hogan from Unsplash
Uncle
loves to eat out…
barbecue…iced tea
in Mason jars. Nostalgia’s
not cheap!
Photo by Katarzyna Modrzej from Pexels
Mama
plants moss and ferns
in a big gallon jar,
creating a terrarium…
Lovely!
Fireflies, photo by Tengyart from Unsplash
Jenny
catches fireflies.
They twinkle in a jar.
Bedtime, Jenny! Good night, fireflies!
Fly free.
Copyright© 2021 by Cheryl Batavia
Think of all the marvelous ways to reuse glass jars!
Unlike plastics, they are nontoxic for storing and reheating food.
If you can’t use any more glass jars,
you can recycle them and keep them out of landfills.
