Category: Words

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 13, 20182:57 pm

The sky; the sea; the land

The sky
     like a distant hope
The sea
     is my rolling pain
The land
     oh, it anchors soul

And I
     hold the sky
Let the pain
     roll away
Heel to land
     find my soul

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 12, 201811:05 pm

Peeling

I study the frame
Seek the beauty
In the broken
The decrepit
And ugly

I find it
Almost always

A lesson as valuable
For the photographer
As for the pilgrim

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 11, 20185:20 pm

Shimmer Wings, Fireboat, English Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Butterfly

Shimmer wings filter
Sunset glitter dying day
Butterfly takes flight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 10, 20182:48 pm

The Wind, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, United States of America

Steady in the Wind

I recall the wind
Insistent
Pummeling
Leaning into it
Just to stand upright

I recall the sun
Hard
And hot
Burning through
The cold air coursing

I recall the sea
Singing
Its white noise crescendo
The roar
Of a planet alive

I recall this moment
Blissfully
Unattached
Firmly rooted to ground
In the grip of experience

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 9, 20182:14 pm

Himalayan Foothills Sunrise VIII, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Steps ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #165

Sometimes the light
     Seems very far
And the way
     So dark and perilous
And the path
     Occluded mystery

I remind myself
     Just take a step
I remember
     Where every journey begins
I find my courage
     In the many paths already taken

I’ve held the light
     before
I’ve made my way
     before
I’ve found the path
     before

I will hold the light
again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 6, 20182:00 pm

Sunset, The Strait of Georgia, BC Ferries, Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

An Unmoving Frame

I began to notice
With fascination
Placing a moving object
Near the center of the frame
Tended to convince my mind’s eye
The object was no longer moving

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 5, 201810:32 am

Celestial Lullabye, Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Earth-song

Clouds pull blankets high
The sun playing peak-a-bye
Earth-song’s lullaby

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 4, 201811:40 pm

Crescent Sliver, Bowen Island, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Sliver of Light

A sliver of a whole
Adrift in a vast duskiness
Far removed
From this gentle Earth

Yes

I know something about you
Moon

But soon enough
The stars, and the Milky Way

So I want to thank you now
Moon

For the reminder to come
That I need not linger
In the dusk

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 201811:20 am

Perfect

This perfect valley
In the perfect light
With the perfect clouds
Make a perfect moment

This perfect is mine
Not the valley’s
Not the light’s
Not the clouds’

I remind myself
True happiness
Is found in finding
The perfect in everything

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 201810:31 am

Golden Heights, Bolinas, From Panoramic Highway, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California, United States of America

Heights ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #164

From the Golden State’s
Golden heights
I kick back

Refreshed by the cool breeze
Chilling the fire
Of the hot sun

Atop the curvilinear delights
Of hillocks dappled
With grasses and pines

Where even infinity seems so close
I could touch it
Right there

As the curve of the Earth
Rounds the line
Where ocean meets the sky