Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20173:43 pm

Amit, Ganga, (Ganges River), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

The People Who Change the World

To roam the world
Is to see the unimaginable
To experience the unknown
And, most profound of all

To touch
And be touched
By people

I may never see again
But who will forever

Change my world

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 28, 20173:36 pm

Cloudy sky, Thompson River Valley, Savona, British Columbia, Canada

So Many “Me”s

There are so many places
Wanderlust takes me
And every one
Brings out
Another
Me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 20178:41 pm

Highway 87, Arizona, United States of America

Movement

I travel
Because
Standing still
Is death

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 20176:05 pm

An endless road, Highway 87, Somewhere between Round Top and Winslow, Arizona, United States of America

Miles of Earth

I have driven
Many miles of Earth
Across continents
And countries

And where others see
Monotony
Or mundanity

I discover
Exquisite

Subtlety

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 20177:00 am

Sphere of Influence

Sometimes I feel
Beyond my flesh
Sense the world
And its beings

Not by touch
Nor sight
Nor sound
Not by smell

Like a sphere of presence
A sphere of influence

Because others
Feel me, this way

And I feel them

Like I know them

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 23, 201710:21 am

Crescent Moon and Evening Star, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Earth

Every now and again
Landscape and sky
Conspire to remind

I exist
On a speck
Of rock

In an expanse
Of space

Dotted
Here and there

With other

Little specks

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 23, 20177:00 am

Vacant yet Vibrant, Alley in Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Emptiness ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #84

I often ponder
Choices made
When I’m taking
Photographs

A moment here
A moment there
Adjusting frame
Awaiting light

Or add a child
Just running through
What once was full
Seems emptiness

Which strikes me now
So much like life

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 22, 20171:45 pm

Five Priests

Five priests
Raise fire
Into night

On Ganga banks
At Shiva’s
Light

Where people come
To see
The sight

Some pray
Some pay
In boats
Packed tight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 16, 201712:10 pm

Cricket Under The Lights, Ganga Banks (Ganges River) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Games ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #83

The game of games
In every land
Its dreams
Of fame and glory
Roaring crowds
And adulation
Playing out
In young boy’s hearts
Under the lights
Imagining a stadium
Fans in every seat
A swing away
From eternal meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 11, 20179:49 pm

Boats

In the deepening night
Long after Aarti fires
Extinguish
A late boat returns
While some colleagues rest
On gentle ripples
And others await repair
Uncomfortably aground