Tag: Australia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 7, 20188:55 pm

The Twelve Apostles, The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

A Fortune of Time and Place

The sun settles softly into morning
Early, still quiet
I’m alone with the wind
With the waves
With my camera

I’ve seen a hundred shots
From just this spot
But none gifted with this light
Gifted with this atmosphere
Gifted with this glory

A fortune
Of time and place
Being there
In the moment
Camera in hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 29, 201810:50 am

Ghost Gums MacDonnell Ranges Station, Northern Territory, Australia

MacDonnell Ranges Ghost Gums

Twisted
Gnarled

Rock and bough

Resilient
Adaptive

Outback
Beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20189:20 am

Ancient Selfie, Aboriginal Art, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia copy

Selfie ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #137

With an economy
Of line and form
We learned to tell
Our living story

Upon the wall
Of ancient cave
A blogger posts
An early selfie

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20184:38 pm

Uluru Texture, Ayers Rock, Nothern Territory, Australia

The Texture of Beauty

What seems smooth
From afar
Proximity reveals

Scars
Pockmarks
Weathering

Textures of
Distress
Hardship
Healing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 201810:53 am

High Vantage, Above Twin Falls, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Brothers and Sisters of the World

Travelling
In the family
Of travelers

Brothers and sisters
Of the world

We bring its people together

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 28, 20172:43 pm

Rollling Hills, The Mereenie Loop, Near Gosse Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia

Rolling Hills

I roll
Into land
Which swallows me
Whole

I mind
Not a bit
Becoming one
With it all

Just me
And the land
And the dance
Of the road

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 27, 20171:09 pm

Gosse Bluff, from the Mereenie Loop, Northern Territory, Australia

Wheels

All I really need
Are wheels

And the fuel
To keep them rolling

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 201611:27 am

Sandstone Domes, Watarrka National Park, Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia

Fairy Tale Lands

I live in a world
Of fairy tale lands
I thought only possible
In the imaginations of
Novelists and filmmakers

Until I went exploring

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 21, 20168:14 am

Roadside Ghost Gums, Simpson Desert, Stuart Highway, Near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

The Ghosts I’ve Left Behind

In all these years of travel
Geographically
Professionally
Personally
Emotionally
I’ve stopped, from time to time
To look back and count
All the ghosts I’ve Left Behind

I’ve wondered, too
Is this the nature of travel
Or the nature of 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