favorite color
favorite bird
indigo bunting
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 11 books of poetry. Her heart belongs to her friends and family and her cat, Adeline. But it also belongs to the mountains, the first spring rain, falling stars and sunsets on Lake Michigan. She has a freckle on the back of her hand, in the spot of her hometown, Kalamazoo. She longs for world peace, justice for those wronged and equality. Although she has written her whole life, at 62, she has finally known enough joy and enough sorrow to write a half-way decent poem, on occasion.