Tag: autumn

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 1, 20189:01 am

Fallen

Fallen colour fades
Silent soldiers lying still
After the battle

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 20182:20 pm

Fallen Maple Leaf, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Remembrance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #161

For all of you
Who’ve gone to ground
Fallen in a season
For which life
Had not yet come around
Bleakest autumn
Fell upon your spring

I remember
And I write

Words seeking time
In some future dream
When the Flanders torch
Shall not be passed
We will no longer ask
The young to die
For causes wrought
Upon the lie
Of righteousness

A time when poppies bloom
In their rightful spring
Not this remorseful
Autumnal rite
No longer red
No blood be spilled
But lovely white
Our peace fulfilled

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 18, 201711:13 am

Cattails and Colour

Cattails sway
Moved by the breeze
Summer songs
Giving way
To crows and jays
While summer’s creatures
Burrow deep
Or fly away

Soothed
By gentle light
And subtle colour
Fall’s transition
Life retired
The air goes cold
Wafts of change
Await the spring
To be renewed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 17, 20178:26 pm

Empty Bench

Last of the colour clings
Pool of yellow below
The bench, empty

Walking past
Eyes turned away

She would never sit there again

Not without him

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 17, 20166:35 pm

Late Autumn Colour, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Transitions

The last of fall’s vibrance
Lingering
The trail from the beach
Transitioning

From bathers and sun-seekers
The summer of crowds
To seekers of solitude
Contemplative connection
With Earth and sea
And self

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 16, 201610:12 am

Autumn Light, Over Lynne Mansion, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Autumn Moon

In the chill night air of autumn
I lay down on a rainbow
Of dewy grass and withered leaves
To watch the super moon rise
Between shedding branches

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 9, 201511:29 pm

Kakadu in the summer, no — it’s fall — no, actually, spring

Travellers
We get confused about seasons

Like when we’re in Kakadu
And it’s October
Which is fall
Except it’s early spring
Yeah, spring in Australia

Samsung Galaxy S5 by Patrick JenningsNov 4, 20159:34 pm

Resonant truth

“But, how do you know?” she asked.

I paused. Reflected. Then, “have you ever known something to be true, absolutely true, even though there was no way you could know it to be true, because there was no reason to think it was true? Something you can’t explain to anyone else, even explain to yourself?”