When I wake and yearn
To write poetry at first dawn
I know I am home
Coffee in hand
Purring cats on my lap
I open my heart
Birdsong drifts in
Through the open window
As dawn gently comes
Springtime fills senses
With the warmth of new life
Bursting first slowly
Each day more newness
Arrives for all to enjoy
Flowers, young life, grass
Simple pleasures
Lain dormant for long winter
Reappear anew
Seeing them again
Makes me realize how much
I’ve missed new life
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. She is a newly published poet. Her first 84 poems have just been published in late 2022 / early 2023, at age 59. During the pandemic she joined the online poetry community of The Daily Haiku.
