Tag: beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20177:07 pm

Propeller Wash, Queen of Cowichan, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Monochrome Chaos

Simplified to monochrome
The world remains chaotic
And seeing it in black and white
Obscures the details of its tumult

So too the beauty of the world
Its colour makes it vibrant
And lacking subtle textures
Diminishes its glory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20178:26 am

Cloud Cover, Porteau Cove, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Atmosphere

This land of Sea to Sky
Is formidable enough
Without the sky going
All stormy doom-like

So when it does
I shout out
To the atmospheric mayhem

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20173:22 pm

She Sang

She sang
With all her heart
She sang

Though the power
In her voice came

From the moments
Between words
Between songs
In quiet introspection

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 201711:04 am

Angel of the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi. Uttarpradesh, India

People ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #119

Landscapes, abstracts and architecture, a world of line and form, texture and atmospheric mood. A vision intended to evoke sensations, even emotions in the viewer, especially wonder, awe and appreciation of beauty. Camera in hand, this is the vision I seek to express through the lens.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 23, 20178:09 pm

Sunset on the Sea, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

This Fair Land

This land
Which called to me
Then said, “Stay!”

To which I return
No matter how far
Astray

I wander
I seek
But carry always

This fair land
Which speaks my heart
Which I am, in all my being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 21, 20174:28 pm

Peak to Creek, Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada

Transcending Hardships

I find my way
Through the rockiness
Down the icy steeps
Traversing the flats

Along the way
Seeking the deep powder
The cruisable hard pack
The soft moguls

The challenge
Is not so much the hardships
But remembering
What trandscending
The hardships brings

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 17, 20174:13 pm

City on the Bay, Vancouver, From Jericho Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Diminutive ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #118

I like the cities best
When they seem small
Diminutive

     Dwarfed by sky and clouds
     Or in the mountain’s shadow
     Some small dot upon the plain

Not so much larger
Than its inhabitants
Nor any one who on the streets
Looks up at towers looming
Considering what hands have built
In any way diminishes
The smallest human being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 15, 201711:46 am

Warm and Cool, Black Tusk, From Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada

Inverted

Inversion
When the peak is warm
And the valley cool
The cloud stays low
And the sun up high

Inverted
Yes, like me
Upside-down and
Unsettled

Shake me up
And let the layers
Resolve

Until
Settled

At rest

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 15, 201710:21 am

High Ground, Pacific Coast Highway, Northern California, United States of America

High Grounding

I climb up
Out of the fog
I see forever
But there is nothing to see
Only the fog
And the road which brought me here

Still, there is the blue sky
And the sun
I bask in its warmth
Smell the grass
Breathe the fragrant air

I remind myself
Fog is ephemeral
And there is always this high ground
Above the fog
Even if I can only reach it
By closing my eyes
And remembering this moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 14, 20171:56 pm

Rainbow Mountain, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

In Wait

From the valley floor
I see
Some few imposing
Icy peaks

But clamber up
One mountainside
And from atop
Discover

Endless array
Of pinnacles
Each mighty in itself
Waiting to be conquered