Tag: Australia

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 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 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 10, 201610:14 am

The Mereenie Loop, Grassland, Near Gosse Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia

The Singing Land

In this land
Of endless grass
And rolling hills
With scattered trees
And clinging brush

We roll on through
With singing tires
On bitumen
Both dreaming of
This singing land

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 11, 201610:58 am

Stone and Wood and Time, Kata Tjuta, The Olgas, Northern Territory, Australia

Withering ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #54

Look at you!
Said the stone
Sun has had his way
Now you are naught
But gray
And withering
While I?
Sun has burnished me
Patinaed stone
Bright red, you see

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 10, 20167:00 am

Golden sunrise

Like a gold bar
Perched on horizon’s edge
The promise of a new day rising
A wealth of potential
Infinite possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 6, 20165:16 pm

Patrick Jennings, Twin Falls, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Learning Humility

I walked through the world
With a mighty swagger
Until humiliation
Taught me humility
Until poverty
Taught me what to value
Until failure
Taught me grace

Now I walk with a gentle deference
Listen, when I might have spoken
Forgive, when I might have challenged
Let go, when I might have held on

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 24, 20167:00 am

Old Telegraph Building, Gregory Highway, Queensland, Australia

The Walls I Erect

The walls I erect
To protect myself from others
Define me

After a while
All anyone sees of me
Is the walls

After a while
All that is left of me
Is the walls

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 23, 20166:16 am

Macdonnell Ranges, Mereenie Loop, Northern Territory, Australia

Glimpses

Sometimes

I only have a glimpse
Of the way ahead
Through difficult terrain
Many sections of the path
Remain obscured
And the final destination
Still lies beyond
The visible horizon