Category: Fujifilm X-T2

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 12, 20188:11 pm

Solemn Wonder, Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Solemn Wonders

I share the long, shallow beach
With a few dozen souls
All of a demeanor
In their slow meander
Up and down the shoreline

Hands pocketed
Shoulders hunched
Voices hushed

They’re a beautiful sight
These denizens of stormy weather
There’s a strength
In their solemn wonder

Here where nature runs her course
Indifferent to the human presence
While the humans revel quietly
In hers

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 10, 201811:58 pm

The Retreat, Harmony in Form and Word, Gallery Bistro, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

A Part of Myself

I put a part of myself
A deepest part
Up on a wall
For any and all to see

Ambivalence
Trepidation
Uncertainty

Too much?
Too dark?
Too bleak?

For a bistro?

Until a voice says
“That is me, up there
On your wall.”

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 9, 20188:55 pm

Bad Lands Lichen

Likin’ the badlands
Most of all
For the lichen

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 8, 201810:03 pm

An Ancient Beach

I think of a beach
Half a billion years ago
Petrified in a moment of flux

And the creatures
Which skittered there
Having barely left the sea

I think of a wave
And the littlest living things
Awash in the foaming ocean

Not so unlike
The littlest living things
Swishing over my feet in the surf

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 7, 20189:53 pm

Crescendo of Love

The day wanes
Punctuated by
A crescendo of colour
To which I am immune

Eyes closed
In your arms
A burst of colour
Beyond any sunset

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 6, 20188:56 pm

Bentonite, Badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Texture

Texture
Articulate
Constructed
Of hardship
Perseverance
Resilience
Like the character
Of recovery
True beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20189:54 pm

Island of the Tides

The tide
High
And I
Am an Island

Isolated
And alone

But tides turn
And so do I

So soon
The sea
Reveals
The sand

And I
Am one
With the
World

Again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 4, 20186:01 pm

Contemplation, Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Contemplation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #160

I often stop
And wonder
At what others stop
And wonder

And I wonder
Need I say more?
Or is there more
To say?

I could ask
What might she say?
Caught in the moment
Mind gone astray

That moment is hers
Not mine to know
Nor is it yours
Not part of the show

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 20189:04 pm

Kingpin, Daredevil, Marvel Comics, Netflix

I

Sometimes
This body
Like a prison
And I
Caught inside
Ponder on the things
This body has done
Without my approval
Without my conscience

Sometimes
This body
Like a trophy
And I
Caught inside
Ponder on the things
This body has done
Beyond my ability
Beyond my creation

And I
Wonder I
At who am I
Whether this body is I
Or some other I

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 20186:37 am

Writers

We grope around in the darkness
Seeking the light which illumines
The stories waiting for us to tell