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Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 20, 202011:46 am

Pinnacle Obscura

There is a path
To distant peak
Though peak itself
Remains obscure

And should I find
A mountaintop
Who’s to say
I find the one

Reserved to some
Refused to those
Who’ve never known
The pinnacle

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 27, 20177:00 am

Bazaar Shipping, Chandni Chowk Market, Old Delhi, New Delhi, India

Finding Focus

I don’t even mind
That I missed the focus
On the two men
Finding instead
The propane bottles
Between them

In a very important sense
The tanks are assets
The propane is product
Both have value
While the men transporting them
Represent labour
Labour is an expense

The material vs the abstract

Landscape by Patrick JenningsDec 1, 20157:00 am

Lonsdale Quay, Burrard Inlet, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Unfathomable Wealth

What kind of person, with the power and resources to do so much for so many others, chooses instead to exploit them?

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 21, 201511:17 am

Sunlight sinters through

Sunlight sinters through the canopy
In crystal rainbow rays
Lush forest floor life
Basks in filtered glimmers

Some things need
Just a hint
Of the plenty
Others deem
Essential

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 8, 201512:53 pm

A time of battlements and bulwarks

I set myself
In bygone time
Fantasize
On maidens fair
And fair white knights

This castle’s lords
Then I rethink
Erected stone
To stay the will of men

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 26, 201510:39 pm

City of Ghosts

I came to the city
Seeking
Vibrance
Colour
Culture
Excitement

But I found instead
A monochromatic panoply
Of materialistic
Greed
Selfishness
Dishonour