Category: Words

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 27, 20207:00 am

When Strangers Become Friends, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, New Delhi, India

When Strangers Become Kin

Among the many magics
Of brandishing a camera
Amongst a crowd of strangers
Is that someone, always
Steps out of the crowd
Offers an intimate glimpse
Into the nature of their being

In that instant of friendship
The camera records a kind of kinship
Which is eternal and universal

I think every photographer must know
We are all much more alike
Than we are different

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20209:18 am

Choking Smog, Varanasi to Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Breathing

Held down
Choking smog
Escape delayed
Hours long

Runway clears
Now aloft
Miles high
Above the smog

Crisp blue sky
First in weeks
Smogless air
First I’ve breathed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 202012:21 am

Passing By, Airport Taxi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Privilege

I remind myself
Often
Even in times like these
Especially in times like these
Just how privileged my life became

By a simple accident of birth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 20207:00 am

Backlight, Point Sur State Historic Park, Big Sur, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Taps

Subdued
Somnolent sun descends
Asleep before the pillow
Deep sepia blankets
Nightlight on
Sweet dreams

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 23, 20207:00 am

A Glimmer Beyond the Surreal, Golden Gate Bridge, From the Marin Headlands, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Glimmer ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #225

I come to
At the shadowy peak
Of surreal darkness
Above a world both familiar
And utterly strange

Shrouded beacon
Reaches into the murk
Whisper of stifled radiance
Beckons

Illuminates
A serpentine road
Beginning and end uncertain

Strike out for the unknown
Keep faith the road reaches the bridge

Hopeful glimmer beyond

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 22, 20207:00 am

Golden Glory, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Marking Her Presence

In the grand moments
Of golden glories
It is easy to miss
The subtler wonders
Like a small ship
Making her way
Across the gleaming sea
Marking her presence
In the vastness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 21, 20207:00 am

Watching Over Us, Point Montara Lighthouse, Montara, California, United States of America

Something to Watch Over Us

I am grateful to have learned
Beyond any shadow of a doubt
That something greater than I or any one
Watches over us

That there is a purpose to my being
To my existence
Here in this time and place

That I get more than one shot
At finding that purpose

And bringing it to life

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 16, 20207:48 am

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

Awe ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #224

Ageless roil
Tide incoming
Hardened shore

I trundle along the escarpment
Of this thin edge of immensity
Immersed in the awe
Of all that I do not yet know
And the greater mystery
Of all that I will never know

Thus is the curse
And the beauty
Of consciousness