Category: Abstract

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 1, 201711:01 pm

Sweet Dreams are Made of This, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Corridor Dreaming

I dream of corridors
Every one different
But all the same

The light is soft
Though harsh
Streaming in
Through doors
All open
On the right

An inviting light
Nonetheless too bright
And as I tread
Ever-so-gingerly
Down the corridor

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20171:03 pm

Trust

She was broken and battered
Her ability to love
Damaged and misaligned
And yet

There was to her
A tenacious spirit
She grappled despair
And brought it down
Smothering the darkness
Not so much with light
But with a glimmer

I thought it was hope
But it was trust
Not just the kind
Given to others
But the kind given to self
Given to circumstances
Given to time, and possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 10, 201711:01 pm

Aum, Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Aum

Aum
I sing
From deep within

Aum
The sound
Resonates
Like kundalini
When spirit rises
Energy of life
And being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 18, 20177:00 am

Sunset, Laxman Jhula Bridge, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Silhouette Clarity

Sometimes
I get caught up in the details
See all the differences
Understand why
It can be so hard to get along

And then
On some glorious sunset evening
I see the world in silhouette
And understand how
We are all the same

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 2, 20177:00 am

Light and Shadow, The Magicians, Season 2, Fraserwood Studio, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Going Light

My power drained
The darkness came
And in this isolated
Night of the soul
I must seek the light
Within

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 10, 20176:21 pm

Triangulated, Alphanumeric Sphere Sculpture, New Westminster Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

Hardened Shell

Cutting through the hardened shell
Of cognitive dissonance
And confirmation bias
Reveals a frightening realm
Of ill-defined objects
And unresolved detail

But better to crawl through
To this wilderness of consciousness
Than remain unconscious
Battering the cage
Of my own ignorance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 10, 201712:11 pm

Alphanumeric Sphere, New Westminster Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

Angles and Hard Lines

I have made myself
A collection of angles and hard lines
A manifestation of steely pride

Still the shadow of nature
Falls upon me
With her supple forms
Her irregular grace

So I quiet the urge for being
Let her sunshine warm me
And become the bough
Blowing in the wind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 20179:29 am

Willow, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

World Awry

In a world gone awry
Yet burgeoning
With the potential
For growth and new life
He clung to the old ways
Like a dead leaf
To a broken stem
On a barren tree
In the dead of winter

He lived
In oblivion
Surrounded by
Possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20167:00 am

Frost and Lichen on Granite, Cheakamus River, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Frost on Lichen on Granite

I wish for the solidness of rock
The stolidness of stone
Like the lichen clings to granite
Like the frost adheres to lichen

But the cold wind soon enough warms
While all life passes in time
And even the granite
Breaks down to pebbles
Then sand, then dust
Lifted by the wind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 11, 201611:59 am

Geometry, Morrocan-inspired Lattice Screen Wall and Light

Geometry ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #67

With arc and sphere
With line and square
I fix the world
In sight and mind
The world I build
Becomes this kind

While Nature’s skilled
Geometry
Is rarely square
Organically
Math more complex
So beautifully