Category: Street Photography

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 4, 20186:01 pm

Contemplation, Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Contemplation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #160

I often stop
And wonder
At what others stop
And wonder

And I wonder
Need I say more?
Or is there more
To say?

I could ask
What might she say?
Caught in the moment
Mind gone astray

That moment is hers
Not mine to know
Nor is it yours
Not part of the show

Landscape by Patrick JenningsOct 22, 20189:52 pm

Sunny Delight

On a grey gloomy day
Spattering rain and mist
The sun rose
On the westerly horizon

In the form
Of a bright yellow slicker
With matching wellies

Animated
By a girlish delight

In the roiling sea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 20, 201812:02 am

Fetch!

Simple pleasure
Elemental
Satisfaction

For the dog
For the man

For the unseen eye
Guiding the lens

To capture
The perfect
Moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 18, 20188:43 pm

Surf’s Up!

In all the world
Few things seem heartier
Or more profoundly confounding
To the meek
Than a thrill-seeker
Seeking thrills

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 18, 20184:27 am

Seashore Solitude, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

The Assurances of the Shoreline

I let the tide
Carry my worries away
As the sea whispers
Sweet lullabies
In timeless rhythm

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 16, 201811:37 pm

Inner Child

Dour and grey
Is a frame of mind
Which cannot survive
An inner child

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 30, 20189:13 pm

Two Uyghur Girls, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

Girls ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #155

Rage rises

With every
Repetition

“Boys will be boys”
They say

All around
The world

Meaning
Simply

Girls are made
To be had

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsAug 26, 20183:36 pm

Pix to Words ~ Volume I :: Harmony in Word and Form

Pix to Words Magazine ~ Volume I

I promised myself way back in 2015, “I’ll publish a book based on Pix To Words if I reach 500 followers by the end of the year.” I did, but I didn’t, so now I finally am. Motivated to provide something people could take home from my gallery exhibit, Harmony in Word and Form, now showing at Gallery Bistro, and also something to share a bit of the gallery experience with those who can’t possibly make it to the gallery, I present Pix to Words Magazine ~ Volume I. The magazine features most of the photographs, poetry and stories appearing in the gallery exhibit, with a couple additions thrown in.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 15, 201812:07 pm

Here, NOW, Boy, Mother, Aunt, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

Gesture ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #148

One need not read nor write
Nor even understand
A single word here spoken
To know the story
In the gestures
A narrative
As old as time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 13, 201812:03 am

Serrated Edge

I walk along serrated edge
Just beyond the tumult’s grasp
Not retreating, no
Nor taking up the task
Of hushing life’s cruel whispers
Caught between my courage
And despair
A darkness near enveloping

So stop
Take stock
Find firm footing
And there turn
Full face
Into all that comes
Lick the salt
Upon my lips
And savour
All strange beauty
In the bitterness