Category: Olympus OM-2

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 5, 201512:13 pm

On the steps with young monks, Labrang Si monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province, The People's Republic of China

My eye, right back at me

I give my camera to a young monk
Without words, show him the basics
He steps away
Points my eye right back at me
And snaps a perfect moment

It occurs to me… Sometimes
The best way to see ourselves
Is to hand our vision to someone else
And let them tell us what they see

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 4, 20159:13 pm

Uyghur Children, Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China

Understanding Fame

It is said, in China
“If you stand anywhere
In the Middle Kingdom
And turn 180 degrees
You will surely see
Another human being”

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 201510:30 pm

WIlly's Wiggle, Zion National Park, Utah, United States of America

The twisty-turny road

The best roads
The most interesting ones
Are the twisty-turny ones
With a steep incline
Or descent

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 20157:00 am

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Realms as beautiful as any I could imagine

Travel brings me
To realms as strange
And exquisite
As divine and beautiful
As any I could imagine
Or read about
Or discover
In the photographs of others

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 201511:51 pm

Nature’s Cathedral

Nature was building
Cathedrals to touch the sky
Long before we
Ever came along

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 20157:00 am

A world of my own making

I live in a world of exquisite beauty
Fantastical in form
Vibrant in colour
A sensual delight
Of textures
Rough and smooth

I live in a world
Of song and voice
Of love and wisdom

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 1, 20159:31 pm

Monument Valley Navajo Park, Arizona, United States of America

Time walked here

Time walked here
Aeons ago
Leaving its footprints
On the landscape

Not to become
Icons of Hollywood
But to impress upon the inhabitants
Where the true source
Can be found

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 27, 20158:40 am

No mere recorder this

Light falls
On an electric canvas
Strokes from a brush
Made of glass

Interpretations
Of a world made
From highlights
And shadows
Rendering texture
And line

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 22, 20157:26 am

Faith ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #12

A flower bloom
Of porcelain
A dozen tiles
Or more

A stupa grand
And towering
Each tile placed
By hands of men

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 19, 20157:00 am

When the only tool you have …

When the most powerful diplomatic tool you have
Is an army
Every geo-political problem begins to look
Like a war