Jennifer’s introspective poems explore themes of yearning for a meaningful life, uncertainty of final creation, self-reflection, forgiveness and anticipation of inspiration, exclusively for Different Truths.

yearning 
for a life
filled with meaning
 
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does a poet
ever know when they’re writing
their very last poem?
 
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I look in the mirror
and see myself looking back
through those same eyes
 
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forgiveness
ebbs and flows
with my heart's bandwidth
 
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I am waiting
for a poem to descend
and alight on my tongue

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Jennifer Gurney

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.