Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20169:33 am

Hikers and Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Looking for Myself

Sometimes
When I look for myself in the world
I’m very hard to find

Not because I am so small
But because existence
Is very, very big

So I remind myself
I am not in the world
I am not of the world

I am the world
And it is me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 201611:45 pm

Uluru, Ayer's Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

The Land Which Fell on its Side

One day
Geologically speaking
The land rose up
Then fell back to Earth
Landing on its side
Where it took a long
Long
Very long
Rest
Even geologically speaking

And as it lies there
Like a cat on blanket
Napping in the afternoon sun
Coming through the window
Mother Nature soothes
Its hard, rigid body
With a massage of
Wind, rain and
Savage heat

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 2, 20167:00 am

Laksa

Spoon
In the left hand
Chopsticks
In the right

Spicy hot
Hot hot
Curry Laksa

Tea with milk
Black black tea
Condensed milk
Sweet Hot
And thick

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 1, 20167:00 am

Winding Road, Atherton Tablelands, between Peeramon and Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia

A road to take me away

No matter where I am
There is a road
To take me away from there

And I have taken all of them

Some have called that heartbreaking
Some have called that courageous
I only know what Pascal told me

My nature lies in movement
Complete calm is death

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 31, 20167:00 am

Ghost Gum, Stuart Highway, Near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

Ghosts

I held you
In my arms
Stroking yours
Skin white and smooth

Like the ghost gums
In the Red Centre
I would come to know
Centuries later

I held you
While you grew cold
Your eyes
Already clouding

My body emptied
Of presence
Hollowed
By your absence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 30, 201611:19 am

Tree on Grassy Hillside, Atherton Tablelands, Palmerston Highway, Queensland, Australia

Space ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #61

Space to grow
Space to live
Space to explore
Space to stretch out
Space to breathe
Space to be

Making space
For what comes next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20162:08 pm

Tranquil River, Murray Falls National Park, Queensland, Australia

Time Traveller

I travel through time
Not with feats
Of technology
But as an enterprise
Of imagination

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 27, 201610:57 pm

Snowfall, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, United States of America

Times Forgotten

I linger here in times forgotten
Imaginings of men long gone
Who’d quarried stone
And built their homes
In cave and crevice
On cliff side perch

Their loves and lives
All but lost to us
Except for edifices left behind
A story told in rock and refuse
And daytime dreams
Of my construction

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 26, 20162:47 pm

Goanna

I admire the wisdom
Of ancient intelligence
Expressed through atoms
And molecules
Biology and behaviour

Chance and mutation
Viability, adaptation
Until I look back
A hundred million years
At selections long enduring

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 20167:00 am

Navajo Sandstone Domes, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States of America

Where Am I Going!

Sometimes I wonder
Where am I going
Where is this road taking me
How am I going to get past this

I stop
Reconnoitre
Check the maps
Consider my options

Except for some times