Micro Poems
by Jennifer Gurney
time
stretches out before me
an eternity
in the blink
of an eye
***
this feeling
a mirror in a mirror in a mirror
the foreverness of grief
so impossible
to accept
***
harsh light
of morning
shines light
on this new reality
gone
***
the room fills with light
my heart feels lighter
I recognise this feeling
from the distant past
of before knowing
***
as the music soars
it takes my heart with it
and I dance
on the fumes
of remembered happiness
***
roses bloom
from my grocery store flowers
bought myself
to remind me
I am loved, still
***
when I hear a sound
in another room
my mind still thinks it’s you
maybe it is
stranger things have happened
***
gently
you step into the room
to curl up on my lap
leaking love out
through your purrs
***
when I pause to breathe
I hear you whisper to my heart
in words, unspoken
only felt in the
shadows shifting
***
gentle shadows
dancing on the wall
on Sunday morning
our new
normal
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). In just over two and a half years, nearly 1,600 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.