Category: Street Photography

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 17, 20182:24 pm

Queen of the Bazaar, Chandni Chowk market in Old Delhi, New Delhi, India

More Love

Come away with me
I will let you be
Whoever you wish to be

He doesn’t love you
Who would limit you
To who you are now

He does not love you
Who would have you
All to himself

That is not love
But the need of love
As if you are a fetish

Come away with me
And I will let you love
Whomever you want to love

Because I love
That you want
More than just me

It would be enough
To know
You loved yourself best

It would be enough
To know
Who you loved most, next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 15, 201812:00 am

A litle light electrical, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, India

Just Take It In

Sometimes
I just take it in
Don’t try to figure things out

Sometimes
There’s just too much going on
Too many possibilities

Overwhelmed
Confused
Disoriented

So I watch
So I listen
And try not to think

Let it all settle

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 9, 20187:00 am

To the Delight of Tourists, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India

An Intimacy Between Strangers

There is a certain kind of inner smile
Which accompanies a smile
Shared among strangers
An intimacy to be treasured

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 29, 20188:05 am

Curious Young Monk, Lagrangsi Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province, China

Curiosity

Into the deepest shadows
I peer
Before entering

Initiate
Expectant
With trepidation

But driven
By curiosity
And possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 19, 20187:00 am

Lost to Eternity

His memory of them was faint
Especially his father
The moments
Which held them both
Were few
And distorted

Because he tried so hard
To place features
On their bodies
On their faces
Which he just couldn’t recollect
Over time he’d lost
The recollection of the places, too

How odd
That the one crystal clear element
In this one otherwise tortured image
Was the frame shop
Filled with photographs and paintings
Recorded for eternity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 18, 20185:16 pm

Here It Comes

He
Never
Saw it
Coming

No one
Ever
Does

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 18, 20181:18 pm

Barely Solid, Fast Frames, Denman & Nelson, West End, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Blur and Shadow

Sometimes the world seems
Populated by blurs and shadows
Even I am not entirely solid

I often wonder, then
Am I the blur?
Am I the shadow?
In all those other eyes
I can barely see

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 18, 20187:17 am

Frozen in the Frame, Fast Frames, Denman & Nelson, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Time ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #131

Walk/don’t walk
Stop/maybe don’t stop
Make up my mind
Wavering on this indecision
Irresolute at the crossroads
Considering east and west
North and south
All avenues open
None being taken
With nowhere to go
And all day to get there
I am not going
Anywhere

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 12, 20188:44 pm