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 JenningsDec 28, 20177:12 am

The Sea the Forest and the City, Stanley Park, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The city, the sea and the forest

Entwined with nature
The sea surrounding
The forest abutting
The mountains above

Vancouver
Gateway
To the outdoors

Adventure’s
Threshold

My city

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 27, 201711:47 am

Baker and Brentwood, Burnaby and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Blues

In the ocean blue
A reflection
Of a sky long lost
To the wake of progress

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 27, 201710:15 am

Making Haste, small craft, burrard inlet, north vancouver, british columbia, canada

Across the Still Water

I make haste
Across the still water
Seeking the shores
Which absorb the ripples

Beyond them
Is a land secure from
The inadvertent effects
Of being

There
In the silent depths
I listen for the voices of insight
Beyond manifestation

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 26, 20175:21 pm

The Last Throes of Daylight, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The Final Throes of Daylight

In this oncoming night
When the sea seems
As big as the sky
And the absent sun
Has set the horizon
On fire

I think of you
The final throes of our daylight
Hoping you’ll return
From the long, dark night
With the promise
Of a new sun
Rising

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 25, 20172:29 pm

Party! Wall Art, Kashi, (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Joy!

Joy
Grace
Gratitude
Generosity:
Love

May these fill
Your holiday
Your every day
Your life

And the lives of those
Who share your days

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20173:22 pm

She Sang

She sang
With all her heart
She sang

Though the power
In her voice came

From the moments
Between words
Between songs
In quiet introspection

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 201711:04 am

Angel of the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi. Uttarpradesh, India

People ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #119

Landscapes, abstracts and architecture, a world of line and form, texture and atmospheric mood. A vision intended to evoke sensations, even emotions in the viewer, especially wonder, awe and appreciation of beauty. Camera in hand, this is the vision I seek to express through the lens.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 23, 20178:09 pm

Sunset on the Sea, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

This Fair Land

This land
Which called to me
Then said, “Stay!”

To which I return
No matter how far
Astray

I wander
I seek
But carry always

This fair land
Which speaks my heart
Which I am, in all my being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 23, 201711:05 am

To the Delight of Tourists, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India

Intimate Strangers

Straddling the concrete median
Westbound on my left
Eastbound on my right
Congested endless streams

Faces and life stories
Pedaled by
Captured in moments
Of pixels

Then a camera
Pointed back at me
Capturing a moment
Of a moment being captured

Our cameras lowered
A smile, a laugh, and a wave
We four strangers
In a moment of intimacy shared

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20174:51 pm

The Hollow Man, Britannia Mine, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia

Filling the Hollow Light

I linger in my darkness
Sometimes seeking
Sometimes hiding
No matter

Some dark thing
From deep within
Rises
Opens up inside

Forcing me to choose
Retreat into the hollow light
Stay with the darkness
To learn its nature