Category: Poetry

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 13, 20189:35 am

Gathering of Friends, Amphitrite Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Still
The best moments
Gathered in little circles
Words and laughter exchanged
While the stormy world
Just falls away

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 12, 20184:40 pm

Waves

The wave rolls and rolls and rolls
Having crested well out to sea
Up the long, shallow beach
Never with much force

Foamy leading edge
Losing momentum

Energy fading

It hangs

Still

Just

A moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 12, 20187:00 am

Shaping Clouds

It surprises me
Sometimes
Which words reach
Which words do not
Which pix are loved
Which pix are not

Sometimes
I know
Sometimes not
Which will touch
Which will not

Surprised, too
Often
By how they are read
By what is seen
By others

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 11, 201812:01 pm

Amphitrite Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Unexpected Light

Sometimes
The light I seek
Is not to be found
Emanating from the elegant spire
Tradition expects
But from a plain, squat block
On a blackened beach

No matter
It is still the light
And the unexpected source
Offers additional insight

I open my heart and mind
To the abundance
Of possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 10, 20181:42 pm

The Retreat

She retreated
Not because the waves
Had come perilously close
Nor because the wind
Made it difficult to stand

She retreated because she had come
To feel the tumult of the ocean
To feel the battering of the wind
To feel the beauty of violence

Without consciousness
This is why she came here
And for a while
It was beautiful
And calming

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 9, 20187:00 am

Proximity to Mortality, Blackrock Resort, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Clinging to Inhospitable

The grit
And determination
With which life clings
To even the most
Inhospitable places
Astounds me

The iciest cold
The rockiest coastline
The hottest desert

And when I say life
Of course I mean
Homo sapiens

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 8, 20184:10 pm

Lavender, Canary and Cobalt

Sometimes I like to imagine
A world just like my own
But with some small, unsubtle change

Lavender sun
Cobalt clouds
Canary sky

I love
That I get to bring
Such visions to life

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 8, 20187:00 am

Stormy Crossing, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, Queen of Cowichan, BC Ferries, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Threatening Weather

Windswept ragged
Choppy sea
Islands recede
Occluded grey
Splattered raindrops
Penetrate me

Though I flinch
In a fusillade
Of wind and rain
I stay on deck

Deep breath

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 20181:16 pm

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

Crossing ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #121

The afterglow of stormy weather
Sky and sea a dusky amber
Water gently rippled

A deep breath
In place and time

Crossing

From what was
To what will be

From the holding on
Returning
To the letting go

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 6, 20183:09 pm

Islets

Islets in the bay

Three drift
Lazily

On unseen currents
And gestures of
Some subtle local breeze

Yet held fast
In approximate array
By anchor chains
Deployed to ocean floor