Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 2, 20177:00 am

Pastel Twilight, Okanagan Lake, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Beauty and the Breath

Vibrant
Violent
Fire

Consumes
Valleys
Distant

Choking
Smoke
Creates

Pastel
Twilight
Artistry

Calm
Lake
Okanagan

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 30, 201712:39 pm

Old Man at Station, New Delhi to Agra Express Train, Uttar Pradesh, India

Fleeting ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #98

The express train rumbles through
town after town
station after station

Fleeting moments
in the picture of India
forming in my mind

Instants
out of the corner of my eye
stopped in time

Unfocused
Blurred
Impressions

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 201712:59 pm

Ganges Current, Laxman Jhula Bridge, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Current ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #97

With
Against
Over
Bypass

All the ways I’ve learned
To make my way in life
Unconsciously, they become habit
Forgetting the current running through it all

I remind myself
Stand on the shore
Breathe in the quiet
Observe the current

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 21, 201712:16 pm

Monolithic Demagogue

Monolith

Monumental
Immense
Magnficent

Formidable
Immovable
Immutable

Rooted, gravitas

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 20, 201711:30 am

Twilight Encroaching, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Magic Hours

Where land and sky
And sea and sun meet
There the magic light
Comes twice daily

Glorious hours
Connect me
To all
In grace

Seen and unseen
Known
And unknowable

Mystery
And divinity

All that ever was
All that will be

All that is

Becomes

One

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 19, 20171:37 pm

Tantalus Sunset, Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

I, not this I

A different Tantalus
Every viewing
Just like
Everything else

No thing
No one
No place
No moment
No emotion
No insight

Is ever the same
One moment
To the next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 18, 20173:11 pm

Gambier, Bowyer, Bowen and Horseshoe Bay, Howe Sound Sunset, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Bowyer, Bowen and Gambier

Light and soft
My mood
My spirit
Charmed by the pastel sunset
Playing over
The gently rippled Sound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 17, 20173:14 pm

Mountain High to City Lights, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

City Light Homecoming

Driving down
From my mountain high
Headlights
Tail lights
Darkening sky

On the Sound
A sheen of cobalt and amber
Twilight
Cloud light
The last burning ember

A city beyond
Awaiting, my home
Hearthlight
Heart light
The end of my roam

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 16, 201710:03 am

Waiting, Bicycle Rickshaw Line, Lajpat Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi, India

Maelstrom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #96

Amid
The maelstrom
Of life
Which is

India

They wait

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 14, 20175:27 pm

Queen of Surrey, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Underway

Nothing quite calms me like

The mountains
And the sea
Beneath azure skies
Underway

Destination of no concern