Category: Olympus OM-2

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 2, 20188:48 pm

Authentic

Quiet mind
Breathe

If nothing comes
Find a prompt
(Photographs usually work.)
Start again

Breathe
Quiet mind

Write what comes
Don’t argue with the words

It’s OK to not like what they say
Write them anyway

It’s OK to not have the right words

Write down the wrong words
The right ones can be found later

Wait or pause whenever it feels
Like the words aren’t coming… yet
Or the meaning isn’t right… yet
And the right way isn’t present… yet

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 28, 201811:03 pm

Goosenecks State Park, San Juan River, Utah, United States of America

Trust the Flow

I make my way
Down winding path

Though much I seem
To go astray

Just trust the flow
To lead the way

So long as I
Keep steady craft

Row with the main
And level stay

I’ll reach the calm
Upon this raft

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20182:22 pm

Boots

Inside
The chanting
The texts
Stripping away
Layer upon layer
Of being
Seeking
At the centre
The non-being
That is everything

Outside
The first layer

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20189:20 pm

Sunset, Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

Seeing in the Brightness

Sometimes
The light seems too bright
So I seek
The respite of darkness

I remind myself
The darkness is always present
Even in the brightest light
Its balance is available

I remind myself
The light is not too bright
Rather my eyes remain
Accustomed to the darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20183:24 pm

Lake Powell, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Visualizing

I swim down
Deep into the reservoir
Of the pain and suffering
That is my despair
Find the glimmer of hope
Release it from the bottom
Cradling it in my arms
As I rise back to the surface
Breathe deeply in the fragrant air
Pull myself up onto the solid shore
Basking in the sun’s warmth
While pain and suffering drains away
Despair releases from my being
While hope swells in my heart