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Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 10, 20171:28 pm

Silken Veil

Oh, clouds!

Insistent weather brings
To harry mountains
Obscure the scene
I travelled far
Intent to see

But…

Soon enough
Beguile me
They dance and play
Revealing games

A silken veil
May hide the charms
But, no, no … please!

Don’t take it off

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 10, 201710:28 am

Molten Sky

This molten sky
Enveloping
Sweet nature’s towers
In cloudy flames
Of fiery grey
Which leap and dance
Yet leave no mark
But for the rain
Which splatters me
And like those fires
Burning orange hot
Renews the life
On mountainsides
Then when it’s past
This monochrome
Reveal the sun
To cast its light
On verdant slopes
With cotton peaks

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 9, 20177:00 am

Wind

The wind
It shakes me up
It shakes me down

I’ve been standing
In the still air
Far too long

I need
To get
Ruffled

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 8, 20176:08 pm

moon and road, Lakelands, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

Still not Still

A high country road
I stop beside a lake
Find a place which centers the moon
Wait for the headlights on the shore

Click open
Wait (tick tick tick)
Twenty seconds wait
Click closed
Repeat

I watch the universe
In subtle motion
While my camera freezes time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20178:00 am

Maligne Lake, Queen Elyzabeth Ranges, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Repose ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #112

I paddle on the water, rippley
The lake upon my shoulders, heavy
This effort bringing me repose
When following where nature goes

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 30, 20174:20 pm

Squirrel

Sometimes, like a child, I
Squint my eyes
To blur the world
A greener green
And crimson reds
To another realm go I

There I see
Some small creature stand
Up on hind legs
With flicking tail
It looks at me
And chirps a bit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 29, 201711:32 pm

Gold, Rock, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Gold ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #111

The light runs through the black
I remind myself of that
There’s gold within the rock
Riches to be found in the hardest of times

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20171:14 pm

Snowline, Scored Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The light in the depths

My toes in the water
So still
They cast no ripple
Even as the milfoil sways
Gently tickling my skin

My shadow on the pond
Consumed by the canopy of trees
Ringed by the light blue sky
The reflections smooth and steady
Upon a surface of euclidian perfection

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 23, 20177:40 am

Forest of Luminous Trees, Etched Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada copy

Bringing Home

Night falls
On the Forest of Luminous Trees
The tungsten fireflies flit
Like comets
In a Milky Way sky

On a world
Of alien beauties
We’ve given familiar names
So not to feel
So far from home

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 22, 20174:46 pm

Sunset Silhouette, Athabasca Glacier, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada-Edit copy

Rock ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #110

A trail through loose stone scattered
Gouged from mountains, crushed by time and ice, now at rest
Here I, immersed in the hiker’s mindful peace
Each measured step a meditative breath

Though, could I see
The immensity of time
With the eyes of this still young Earth

Then peaceful moment lost
Turmoil and cataclysm of tumbling land

And in those eyes, what am I?

But a mote of dust
Lost to infinity