Jennifer’s poems are a kaleidoscope of emotions: loneliness, love, daydreams, and unexpected encounters, exclusively for Different Truths.

the world walks past 
my window without me–
home sick

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every time you smile
my heart beats just a fraction
faster

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I’d like think
that your particular laugh
is just for me

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binging 
train-wreck television
no self control

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in my next life
I'll drive an Astin Martin
Bond girl 
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pi day
snow day
Colorado spring

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excellent people watching–
opera’s
intermission

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grief tugs on grief
unfurling the thread of pain
from the skein wound tight

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turning every corner
at the local thrift store
I run into you

***
stepping into
a spider web in the dark –
I think of Charlotte

Picture design Anumita Roy

Jennifer Gurney

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado, where she teaches, paints, writes, and hikes. Her poetry has appeared internationally in a wide variety of journals, two of her poems have won international contests, and one was recently turned into a choral piece for a concert. Jennifer’s first book of poetry, My Eyes Adjusting, has recently been published.

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