Jennifer’s micro poems meditate on the power of human connection, nature’s beauty, and the resilience of the spirit, exclusively for Different Truths.
#1.
falling asleep
I catch myself
awake
#2.
nothing makes me feel
more like an artist
paint on my fingers
#3.
the canvas calls to me
never afraid of
all that white
#4.
each meteor
streaking across the inky sky
a wish fulfilled
#5.
hanging in the sky
one with the clouds
in flight
#6.
picturing Dad’s face
searching the crowd for me
I am loved
#7.
swallowing doubt
she gets her brave on
for the day
#8.
every shadow
light behind it
to be seen
#9.
floating on the day
your hand slips into mine
harvesting the moment
#10.
even when
the river runs dry
you slake me
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Jennifer Gurney, based in Colorado, teaches, paints, writes, and hikes. Her poems have appeared internationally in 11 books and won two contests. They have also been set to music, displayed on screens in Australia, printed in Washington, D.C., shared through the Rx Poetry project, and featured on a bus in Wisconsin. A lifelong writer, she says that at 62, joy and sorrow finally give her enough depth to write a decent poem now and then.
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