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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 3, 20197:00 am

Roman Walls, Museum of the History of Barcelona, Gothic Quarter, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Bricks & Mortar

For every wall I have built
For every rampart erected
To protect my being
I have also opened my heart
I have also bared my soul

After so many bricks
And so much mortar
I am beginning to understand
Which is the stronger gesture
Which offers the greatest protection

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 2, 20197:00 am

Columbus

Revered & Reviled
A man of his time
Ahead of his time
Discoverer & Destroyer
Of worlds

A harbinger
Of things to come
Of times extant
Of days which always were
And may always be

Until we find our way
To a better way
Create a better world

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20199:52 pm

The Light Plays, The Ágora, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

The Light Plays a Song

The light plays a song
For my heart
While my soul
Dances

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20199:35 pm

Patterns, Museu de les Ciències, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Patterns of Opposites

I try to follow
The myriad lines
Creating the myriad forms
Regular and irregular
Symmetric and asymmetric
A cacophony of harmonies
Patterns within broken patterns
Broken again to form patterns

In them the complexity of life
Perfect imperfection
Destabilized and fortified
A confusion of order
A diffusion of resolution

I breathe in
The beauty of opposites
Comprising the oneness
Of being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 28, 201910:34 pm

Saints and Angels II, Domes, Valencia Cathedral, Spain

Heavens ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #185

I gaze into the metaphor
Heavens above
Ringed by saints
Flanked by angels

Spirit moved
By the artistry
By the grandeur
By the grace

I know there are saints
Not like these saints
I know there are angels
Not like these angels
I know there is god
Not like this god
I know there is heaven
Not like this heaven

Spirit moved
By these metaphors
Manifest

In the people
I have known
In the places
I have been
In the light
I have seen
In the grace
I have experienced
In the beauty
I have created

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 201910:28 pm

Center of Being, Central Market, Valencia, Spain

Central Being

The light
At the center of it all
Like a beacon
Calling me
To the nature of
Existence

Experienced
With a deep breath
And a quiet mind
Which knows nothing
Believes naught
Open to all

Possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 20198:16 pm

Saints and Angels, The Chancery and domes, Valencia Cathedral, Spain

Grounding in Heaven

Gaze rising
To metaphorical heavens
Where grace and splendour
Ground me to Earth
And this moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 24, 20195:39 pm

Disoriented, Valencia Cathedral, Valencia, Spain

Orienteering

Religion
Disoriented
Me

A God
In which I had no
Faith

Prayers and rites
In which I found no
Substance

Disillusioned
I abandoned
Belief

Riding the
Pendulum’s
Swing

Into the
Comforts of
Reason

Content there
With logic and
Fact

I explored the bounds
Of science and
Philosophy

Discovering
A realm well beyond
Knowledge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 23, 20193:50 pm

Chancel and Dome, Valencia Cathedral, Valencia, Spain

Faith

With a leap of faith
All great achievements begin
Never mind the source

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 22, 201911:34 am

Abstract Fish, Palau De Les Arts, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Earth Day

I dreamt there’d be a day
In some none too distant future
When an architectural abstraction
Outlived all the fishes in the sea

Now I cannot sleep