Category: Poetry

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20178:44 am

Dragon Brazier, Kong Miao, Confucius Temple, Beijing, China

Focus

I look back
At times of impatience
Of diligence lacking
Decisive moments

Reminded of the virtues:
Steadfast focus
Attention to detail
And a good tripod

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20179:38 pm

Beauty in Detail, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Order

Symmetry denied by framing
Yet in smallest detail
Order unfettered

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20171:56 pm

Sailboat and Crescent, Howe Sound, Bowen Island from Horseshoe Bay, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Becalmed ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #91

Under an empty sky
But for the lonesome crescent

And I
Becalmed
On the quiet sea
Furl my sails
Start the engine
Turn for home

To which I bring
This peaceful moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 7, 201711:24 am

Oh so pretty, Bowen Island, From Horseshoe Bay, Sea to Sky Highway, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

This land of oh-so-pretty

In this land of
Oh-so-pretty
The comings and
The goings become
As much the point of travel
As arriving

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 4, 201712:05 pm

Pleasure Craft at Dusk, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Diminutive ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #90

Diminutive
Am I within
This grand design
Of laws and matter

Such that I
Go travelling
A great expanse
Or one so seeming

In truth
A journey of
A thousand miles
Is hardly more than one

In a universe
Far wider still
Than light
Has ever gone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 30, 20177:00 am

Magic Hour

Magic hour
In a land
Of no small magic
Conspires to create
Tableaus of beauty
Inimitable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 28, 201711:37 am

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

Evanescent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #89

Celestial cyclic moment
With every day arise
As starlight crests horizon
Seeking eastern skies

Awakened human spirit
A grace divine replies

The night is done
New day is come

I breathe in deep
Exhale a grateful sigh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 21, 201710:27 am

Moon over Bowen, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Bowen Island and Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada-1

Infinity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #88

I seek the moments
When the infinite
Becomes the infinitesimal

When the All
Which is everything
Becomes the One
Which is nothingness

I seek the moments
When paradox
Becomes awareness

Then am I filled
With the insight of mystery
The light of darkness
Then being becomes non-being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 17, 20172:04 pm

Hero Fork, Stage 6, Ironwood Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada copy

Heroes

Words
I love them

All the many ways we use them
All the many ways they come to me
All the many ways they coalesce

Promoting insight
Undermining ignorance
Evoking feeling
Forming meaning

Hero
A word of nuance
Of many meanings
Of differences
Subtle and grave

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 201710:00 pm

Lotus Petals

Petals fallen
To dimpled pond
Where raindrops gather
On lotus pads
A thousand diamonds glittering
Under slate grey skies

Rain quells nature’s sounds
No songbirds sing
No children shout
Ours are the only ears
To hear
The gentle white-noise patter
Of rainfall
Coming back to Earth