Category: Landscape

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 15, 20169:57 pm

Derelict Pier, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

In another time

In another time
When the ships sailed in
And the ore shipped out

In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came

In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 14, 20167:00 am

Mittens at Dusk, Near Mexican Hat, Arizona, United States of America

Perception ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #50

Through a lens
I see the world

With filters
Adding colours
With thinking
Adding meanings

Until the world I see
Looks nothing like
The world which is

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 20162:12 pm

A brook in the woods, Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

A Natural Peace

There is a special kind of peace
A harmony in the presence of nature

One I observe most completely
With a quiet mind
And a still body

A peace I take with me
A harmony I can experience, anytime
By relaxing my body
Stilling my mind
And taking a few deep breaths

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 12, 201610:22 am

Rangeland Track, Trans Canada Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The lesser fork

Sometimes
I’ll take the lesser fork
Though I know not where it goes
Or what I’ll see
Or if I’ll find my way
To wherever I was going

Sometimes
I think
The road unknown
Explores as much
The me I do not know
Which is all the more enticing
Than the me I believe is me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 11, 20166:55 am

Becalmed, Tyaughton Lake, Near Gold Bridge, British Columbia, Canada

The grey cool calm of existence

In the grey cool quiet
Of late afternoon
I paddle out into the lake
And just go calm

Calm as the air
Calm as the water
Resolute as the mountain
Free as the clouds

In a silence unbroken
But for the loon’s plaintive call
I sit
And rest

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 10, 201611:03 am

Cloudy sky, Thompson River Valley, Savona, British Columbia, Canada

Looking back to remain present

Sometimes, I like to look back
At where I’ve been
At how I got here

There’s often a line
A flow
A grace unintended
Unnoticed
Unseen before the backward glance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 7, 201611:09 am

Obscured Path, White Lake Trail, White Lake Grasslands, Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Obscured ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #49

I follow the obscured path
Tall grass licking my legs
Tickling the spokes
Going “teedle teedle teedle”
While handlebars cut a swath
Parting a bow wave in the ocean of grass

It’s like swimming through a sea
Of stems and raspy leaves
The stiff breeze wrestles up a wave
Which rolls across the grassland and trees
A moment of cool in the sun roasted air
Which clings to my lips, dries my lungs