Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 8, 20176:08 pm

moon and road, Lakelands, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

Still not Still

A high country road
I stop beside a lake
Find a place which centers the moon
Wait for the headlights on the shore

Click open
Wait (tick tick tick)
Twenty seconds wait
Click closed
Repeat

I watch the universe
In subtle motion
While my camera freezes time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 7, 20177:00 am

Flood of Truth

It was an open secret
Yearning for its time
To become an open truth

When time came
Truth was a flood
Which swept the world clean

And like the river Nile
After the waters recede
Fertile ground remained

A gift
Of the tide
Of reckoning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20178:00 am

Maligne Lake, Queen Elyzabeth Ranges, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Repose ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #112

I paddle on the water, rippley
The lake upon my shoulders, heavy
This effort bringing me repose
When following where nature goes

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 30, 20174:20 pm

Squirrel

Sometimes, like a child, I
Squint my eyes
To blur the world
A greener green
And crimson reds
To another realm go I

There I see
Some small creature stand
Up on hind legs
With flicking tail
It looks at me
And chirps a bit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 29, 201711:32 pm

Gold, Rock, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Gold ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #111

The light runs through the black
I remind myself of that
There’s gold within the rock
Riches to be found in the hardest of times

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20171:14 pm

Snowline, Scored Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The light in the depths

My toes in the water
So still
They cast no ripple
Even as the milfoil sways
Gently tickling my skin

My shadow on the pond
Consumed by the canopy of trees
Ringed by the light blue sky
The reflections smooth and steady
Upon a surface of euclidian perfection

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 23, 20177:40 am

Forest of Luminous Trees, Etched Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada copy

Bringing Home

Night falls
On the Forest of Luminous Trees
The tungsten fireflies flit
Like comets
In a Milky Way sky

On a world
Of alien beauties
We’ve given familiar names
So not to feel
So far from home

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 22, 20174:46 pm

Sunset Silhouette, Athabasca Glacier, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada-Edit copy

Rock ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #110

A trail through loose stone scattered
Gouged from mountains, crushed by time and ice, now at rest
Here I, immersed in the hiker’s mindful peace
Each measured step a meditative breath

Though, could I see
The immensity of time
With the eyes of this still young Earth

Then peaceful moment lost
Turmoil and cataclysm of tumbling land

And in those eyes, what am I?

But a mote of dust
Lost to infinity

Canon 5D Mark II by Patrick JenningsOct 20, 20177:00 am

Courage, A-Maze-ing Laughter, Yue Minjun, West End, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Courage (for Gordon Downie)

We lost a good one this week in Canada, Gordon Downie, frontman, lyricist, songwriter for The Tragically Hip, a Canadian rock powerhouse. In the 80s and 90s, they were probably my favourite band.

This song, Courage (for Hugh MacLennan), has always resonated deeply with me. In 1998, while spending six months bicycling across China, it inspired this blog post from the road. As it turns out, with all that’s going on in the world right now, it proves a timely reminder to get back on the path of love and light and insight. It was a path Gordon Downie forged and followed vigorously, right up to the very end.

Here’s to you, Gordon. And thanks, again, for all the insight.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 16, 20171:44 pm

Shadow Selfie, Ming Sha Shan, The Mountains of Singing Sands, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China

The Uncluttered I

I miss the desert
Its clarity
Its stillness
Its silent challenge

I miss the uncluttered I
Standing alone
In an expanse of sand