Search Results for: jasper

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 202010:45 pm

Smoke and Drama, Rocky Mountains, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Creating the Divine

The beauty
Of existence
Seems not always
Beautiful

I discover the divine
Through smoke haze
Muted tones
And hidden features

Seek the clarity
Beneath the murk
Colourless moments
Can be vivid

I remind myself
Create the divine
From the apparent
Mundane

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20208:48 pm

Called Home

I was taught
All glories
Soon enough
Will pass

Until I
Understood
Everything
Is glory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 25, 20187:00 am

Sunset and Alpen Glow over Jasper, Amber, Violet and Indigo, Jasper Sky Tram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Jasper Butterfly

Over Jasper
Where sunset meets the alpenglow
Amber mingles with the violet and indigo

Here am I
On the cusp of the sky
While far below
Rivers and life
In endless flow

Reminding myself
Of the importance
Of even one small voice
In the tide of events

Like the butterfly
In Beijing
I flutter
Back down to the valley
Where I ride the flow
Singing
From the depth of my soul

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 15, 20191:10 pm

rocky mountain peaks, maligne valley, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Implacable

It is the hard
Which asks me
To be soft

The unyielding
Asks me
To yield

So I become the cloud
Pass over the peaks
Flow through the valley
I align with the supple forces
Which overcome the implacable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 29, 20191:22 pm

mount athabasca, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Glacial ‘Til

In a land of ever ice
The snow survived
The summer heat
Since long before
Both you and I

The glaciers die
The cold retreats
To summer’s entreat
They’re gone before
Both you and I

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 20197:00 am

rainbow spray, athabasca falls, athabasca river, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Spray Borne

Spray borne of the pummeling
Where river falls upon the stone
Captures sun and holds it there
Delight in all the colours eyes can see
Arrayed in spectral artistry

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 9, 20194:57 pm

Falling

I tumble
Into an unknown
Wrapped within
A cacophony
Of confusion

Resist
And be dashed against
The rocks

Let go
Allow the chaos
To coalesce

I rejoin
Resolving flow
Into the known

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 20189:34 am

Chasm

Roar of the river
My own deafening fury
Churning water cuts a chasm
Seething anger rends my spirit

Standing on the ledge
Letting rage flow away
Wounds upon my soul
Close and begin to heal

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 201811:31 am

Into the Chasm, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Power

I stand beside the chasm’s tumult
Powerless to end the flood
Or even mitigate the flow

Spectator at the edge
Close enough to feel the spray

Of power’s fearsome rush

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 24, 20197:00 am

An Ode to The Seven

I see The Seven
In the land
The textures
The gestures
The shapes and lines

And the colours
Oh the colours
Ever vibrant
Even this brown earth

They painted
With expansiveness
Let the grandiose
Dominate the brush

Then I
So happy
For just a hint of them
Through the glass
Held in my hand