Author: Patrick Jennings

I travel, when I can. Write, when inspired. Photograph, where there's beauty. Oh, and I play a decent didjiridu.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 30, 20188:35 pm

Stillness

The clouds
Racing the sky

The sea
Boils and churns

And I
Quiet my mind

Be still
Become the stone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 29, 20188:05 am

Curious Young Monk, Lagrangsi Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province, China

Curiosity

Into the deepest shadows
I peer
Before entering

Initiate
Expectant
With trepidation

But driven
By curiosity
And possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 27, 20185:40 pm

Hoodoo Fire

Spark
Flame
Ember
Fire
Burning
Sear
Sizzle
Licking
Blazing
Conflagration
Scorched

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20184:38 pm

Uluru Texture, Ayers Rock, Nothern Territory, Australia

The Texture of Beauty

What seems smooth
From afar
Proximity reveals

Scars
Pockmarks
Weathering

Textures of
Distress
Hardship
Healing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 25, 201810:28 am

Howe Sound Twilight, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Twilight ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #132

In the failing twilight
Upon the farther shore
Warm lights rise
In the encroaching night

I wonder at the lives
Lived in the glow
Which to me

Seems just a dot
Reflected

Off a still sea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 20187:15 pm

Yet I Remain

Left behind
As if detritus
Like pilings
Rising from
The ocean depths
Stripped of the planks
Which gave them cause
Still, pretty they
Beneath their grey torment
So to offer
Weathered wise remark

Reach for the sky
Stand proud
And straight
Find new intent
If naught for aught
But to be seen
Standing here
Survivor still
Where some may fail
Yet I remain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 20185:23 pm

Dourest Grey, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Grace Which Offers Hope

Even in the dourest grey
There is a beauty
Calling me
Up to the light
It wrests a smile
From sadness
Grace
Which offers hope
In darkest place
There helps me cope
Then rise
Up into flight
On wing
Up to the clouds
And through them
Sun
Illuminate
The good
I soar
In peace
Tranquility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 201810:53 am