Eight Micropoems by Jennifer Gurney

 each time

a wave of grief flattens me

I try to remember

to whisper “let go”

so the wave returns to the sea


***


alone

she waits

for sunset

for sunrise

another day


***


waiting for the clock

to reach tomorrow

putting this 

anniversary behind me

survivor


***


will our

children's children

be able to watch

ice caps

as they calve


***


a single snowflake

falling toward my outstretched tongue

melts in the air above

from the warmth of our 

imagined kiss


***


piano floats

alongside flute

weaving together

counterpart and melody

sublimely Jethro Tull


***


patchouli

with aftertones of

unwashed-ness

seeking but failing

to cover


***


store-bought roses

in the middle of winter

anticipating

summer’s

bounty

- Jennifer Gurney

Broomfield, Colorado, US

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has four books of published poetry, My Eyes Adjusting (2024), Liquid Sky (2025), Love’s Echolocation (2025) and Light Matters More (2025, forthcoming). In just over two and a half years, more than 1,500 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.