Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 19, 201611:53 am

El Castillo Pyramid, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Building Castles from the Architect’s Plan

I set down the words
In first person
Or try to

Not because I think I am important
Or I have something important to say

It’s just the way the words come
And I’m just fine with that

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 19, 20167:00 am

Uyghur (Muslim) Cemetery, Between Aksu and Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, THe People's Republic of China

Death and Deliverance

Into this landscape of death
They deliver their dead
So the living can remember
Keeping the dead alive

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 18, 20166:09 pm

From Tower Hill, Lac Du Bois Grasslands, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Gaia’s Breath

Sage and grass
In endless waves
Blue sky clouds
Race the sun

While I sit
High upon the hilltop
Feeling the breeze
Wash over me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 18, 201612:55 pm

Gibraltar Rock, Paul Lake Provincial Park, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Experience

The quality of an experience

Is not proportioned
By the difficulty of obtaining it

But is informed
By the quality of attention I offer it

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 17, 20167:00 am

Donkey Carts & Families, Staging for Market Day, Kuche, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China

Family ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #46

They come
The families
In their donkey carts
Loaded with goods to sell
At the weekend market

An anachronism
A paradox
To a Westerner
Like me

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsJul 16, 20167:03 pm

My Brodie and Me, Under the grape trellis, Seman Hotel, Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China

Reawakenings

Every now and again
I reawaken to the extraordinary adventure life is
An adventure as epic and unique
As bicycling 6,000 kilometers across China
Or as small and day-to-day as a sunset on English Bay
Enjoying a cold beer over conversation with a good friend

I take a breath, breathing in the magical divinity of existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 16, 20167:00 am

Magic in the Darkness

There can be extraordinary magic
In even the darkest clouds

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 15, 20167:00 am

Gods and Bodhisattvas

The love and reverence
Of gods and bodhisattvas
Elevates art and architecture
Creating glorious beauty
Magnificent engineering

I remind myself
To love and revere every being
Every living thing as if
Each were a god or bodhisattva

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 14, 20167:00 am

Golden Sunset, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America

Improbable Places

I love finding
Improbable places
Where my reason
And imagination
Are equally taxed

When the unimaginable
Becomes reasonable
Imagination soars

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 13, 20166:11 pm

Golden Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Made of Gold

Were all the world
Made of gold
Then wealth beyond
Imagining
Would be ours to share

But for lack
Of soil and sod
What food
Could riches grow?