Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 29, 20167:00 am

Vancouver Night, From Cypress Mountain Lookout, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cloudy Canvas

A million people carried on
Each inhabiting their own little world
Oblivious to the city lights
Painting impressionistic abstracts
On the night sky’s cloudy canvas

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 28, 201610:06 pm

Light in the Darkness, Squamish River Valley, Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Hunting in the Dark for Light

I go hunting in the dark
For light, I find
Where eyes see naught

For in the darkness
Beauty thrives

Captured here by glassy eyes

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 28, 20161:32 pm

Snow Falling on Aspen, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Spectacle of Winter

The quaking aspen
Its shivering leaves
Long since yellowed and fallen
Spreads bare branches

A net to capture
Brittle broken crystals
Falling gently
Alighting on smallest twig
A coat of soft white
On gnarled white bark

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 27, 20165:24 pm

Path through brambles, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Entangled Path

I seek the path to awareness
Reminding myself
The way through
Entanglement and attachment
Is not easily cleared

I carry compassion
A torch to light my way
Through the darkness of unseeing
I wield mindfulness
A blade to cut my way
Through the brambles of being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 27, 201611:47 am

Snow and Shovels, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Winter ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #65

I want to take a picture
Of winter descended
But the snowfall changed
To light drizzle
It’s cold and damp outside
True signs of a
Coast Mountain winter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20168:00 am

Mountains and Pilings, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Favourite Places

There are places I return to
Time and again

Physical
Geographical
Emotional
Intellectual
Personal
Romantic

And every time
Find something new
Some original way to see
Some valuable insight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 25, 201610:38 am

Charcoal and Smudge

The clouds
Descended like a cloak
Over the mountains

The light
Flat as the calm sea
And equally tranquil

A scene
Rendered entirely in charcoal and smudge
But for a band of cottony hanging fog

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 24, 201610:58 am

Deteriorating Paint, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

The Creativity of Destruction

There is creation
In every act of change
Even the most destructive

I seek the frame
In which destruction’s beauty
Can be seen

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 23, 20167:00 am

Bubbling Paint with Algae, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Cinematically Ugly

She asked:
Why can’t something just be ugly?

But it can, I replied.

She looked at me. Puzzled.

It just needs to be cinematically ugly.
Which is to say
It must still be beautiful.

Still puzzled.
So I expanded.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 22, 20163:57 pm

Brooding Monochrome

I love the blue skies
Snow-capped peaks
Atop emerald mountains
Over turquoise sea

But here is a rainforest
In this brooding monochrome
The nature of its beauty lies

And come to revel in it
Have I and many others