Poem

Homesick Blues: Feeling Left Out While the World Goes By

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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

***

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

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binging
train-wreck television
no self control

***

in my next life
I'll drive an Astin Martin
Bond girl
***

pi day
snow day
Colorado spring

***

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


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Jennifer Gurney
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado, where she teaches, paints, writes, and hikes. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including Different Truths, The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Haiku Corner, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation.

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