Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 6, 20207:00 am

The Universe in a Single Breath

Sometimes I feel
Like the universe swallowed me whole
Without even the discomfort of a burp

So I close my eyes
Breathe in deep

Until all that is fills me up

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 5, 20208:58 am

Placid Amidst the Tumult, Pacific Coast Highway, Northern California, United States of America

Inferno ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #214

The day ended as an inferno
Sea and sky wracked with enmity
A calamity of chaos

But for the gulls
Soaring with graceful ardour

Placid amidst the tumult

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 20195:35 pm

The Road Below, Father Crowley Overlook, Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

Extremes of a Year’s Journeys

The road leads down
A scabrous red cut
Into a valley of death

The azure sky
Suspended upon its downy bed
Of purest white

Extremes of a year’s journeys
Found in a single switchback descent
Just ahead of a desert sunset

Somehow, I find
All of it
Beautiful

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 20192:56 pm

Day for Night, Topaz Lake, US HWY 395, Nevada-California, United States of America

Illusions ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #213

Sometimes the darkness
Is less a lack of light
Than a lack of seeing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 26, 201912:57 pm

Even Deserts Know the Rain, Mesquite Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

When the Rains Come

As the tears dry
I remind myself
Even deserts know the rain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20199:50 pm

Expansive, I-395, Willow Ranch, California, USA

Expanse ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #212

In the high desert
Where the land is wide
And the sky wider
I cross the expanse
On a knife’s edge of asphalt
Buffeted by furious headwinds

Inside my little cockpit of calm and warmth
I sing “Wassiye! Wassiye!”
With Habib Koite
A song of mirth and joy and love

Just as is the song within me
As I navigate existence
Across the expanse of being
And all its many storms

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 15, 201910:22 pm

Blur, Time Exposure, Some Random Netflix Show

Blur ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #211

We are but a blur
You and I
A collection of possibilities
Missed opportunities
Layered over time
An inkling of a beauty
Unrealized
Untested
Unknowable

Yet between us
Always
Undeniable light
Exquisitely tragic love