Category: People

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 20, 20208:32 am

Viewpoint, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern California, United States of America

Corona

I watch them
Photograph them
And the vast world
Beyond us all
Which makes us all seem
Such little things

I watch them
And wonder if they notice me
Or if I’d remember them
Without this photograph
Each of us in our discrete worlds
Beyond each other

I watch them
And know we’re all connected
Not just in that spiritual sense
But in the sense that one small event
In a place far far away
Can touch us all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 1, 20208:15 pm

At last, the coast, Douglas Family Preserve, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Connections ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #222

The sun ebbs
Drawing the sky blue curtain
Infinity revealed

Here we draw together
To feel the connection
Through all that is
To each other

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 20207:00 am

Locals and Tourists

On a cold blustery morning
After the night of hard rains
Dimpled the sands
The sky spatters still

A couple dares the ocean
To douse their sneakers
Which it will no doubt oblige

Her morning walks allow no thought
For the outcomes of such imprudent wagers

Just the waves the sand and the wind

Now on the homeward leg to shower and eat
Then off to work six days a week

At the cafe with its cliches and charm
Where she serves many a breakfast
To tourists and their soggy feet

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 201910:56 pm

Walking, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

The path is wide enough to share
I need not walk alone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 6, 201911:16 pm

Child's Play, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Play ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #203

I recall the world
Through my child-eyes
To see all the world
Is play

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 25, 20198:59 pm

Mother and Child, Bicycle Path, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mothers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #202

When I was a child
There was always a hand
Within my reach

When I needed reassurance
Or wandered too close to peril
To share the warmth of a loving gesture

Be supportive to others
Defend the vulnerable
Love unconditionally

The subtle lessons
A mother teaches her child
With unconscious intention

Her giving hand
Always at the ready
For mine to grasp

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 11, 20197:57 pm

Wheels, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wheels ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #200

I roll along
With the flow
Some sunny Sunday
Afternoon

That’s all there is
Within my mind

Naught but the sound
Of wheels on pavement
As my body cleaves
The warm still air

The undulations
Of the path
The gentle song
My spirit sings

What else could I need

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 4, 201911:02 pm

Slinki Extra Wide I, Gallery Bistro, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Loss ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #199

From time to time we lose
People, places and things
We love

In the absence
Recollections induce the bittersweet
With time, perhaps, becoming less bitter than sweet

Losses lightened
By the moments, words and images
We’ve captured

The joys once lived
Remain in our memories
And in our hearts

In the empty spaces
Something new, perhaps
Something new to love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 18, 20197:00 am

Vulnerability

In time I began to understand
My vulnerability
Was more attractive
Than my strength

As I grew more confident
In being vulnerable
I began to understand
The strength in vulnerability

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 3, 20198:46 pm

Cafes and Conversation

In the heat of the afternoon
Cafes and conversation
The men of the medina
Cling to the shade
While the tourists
Do not