Category: Abstract

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 20162:22 am

Lichen on Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, Crowsnest Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Making America Hate (Again)

This broken web
This strife
This hurtful anger
Which raises some
By lowering many

This fear
This anguish
This mounting dread
That things will never be
As things never were
Except in the cheap dream
Sold to those
Who want more
Than they’ve
Ever
Given

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 12, 20167:30 am

Lichen on Red Patina Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Liquid Rage

Once she finally saw through
The gaslighting
The manipulations

Once she saw
The abuse
In the abuser

The anger rose
Fire in her veins
Pooled, glowing
As if lava flowed
Like liquid rage
Just below
The surface
Of her flesh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 11, 20167:00 am

Lichen and Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

The Golden Heart

There is a golden heart
At the centre of my everything
Though oft obscured
Sometimes forgotten

I call for it
In times of need
Or if too dark
It calls on me

It guides me true
Though rarely easy
But I know my path
When e’er I follow

My golden heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 6, 20163:12 pm

Lightfanthe Earth, Deep Cove, British Columbia, Canada

From the Earth

In the darkness
I plant my feet
Firmly on the ground
Breathe the light
Up from the Earth
Connected to the source

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 4, 20168:48 pm

Light Converging Through the Lattice, Fraserwood Studio, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Convergent Light

I love when people discuss opposing ideas
In language spoken truly
With humility
Intent upon discovery
More than defense
Or the objective of winning

Only under such conditions
Can the light of both ideas
Converge upon unexplored ground
Where it often illuminates
An insight better than either idea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 1, 20168:42 am

Ring Chandeliers, The Magicians, Season 1

Magic Darkness

As I learned to photograph
All my mentors taught me
Seek the magic light

It took me many years
To discover on my own
The magic in darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 26, 20167:00 am

Turquoise Concrete Wall, Riverview Mental Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Imagination

At first
I saw a concrete wall
Brightly painted
With a few cracks
Rain saturated

But on closer inspection
I realized
It was the surface
Of a turquoise planet
Where a river once ran
Along a cerulean canyon
Carved through southern aqua badlands