Tag: beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 6, 20169:58 pm

An Alien Beauty

I learn the bounds
Of my sense of beauty
When I see an alien eye
Rendering a familiar form

I am transported
To other worlds
To other dreams
To other insights

I learn my bounds
Then extend them
Beyond what I’d known
Or even dreamed possible

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 5, 20164:44 pm

Roadway Centreline, Lantic Inc.,(Old BC Sugar Refinery), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Line

I try to stay
On the right side of the line
I try to know
What the right side is

It’s not always easy
Not like a centreline
On the highway
On which I drive through life

Keep to the right
Keep to the right
Keep to the right

Except to pass

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 3, 20164:13 pm

Departing Departure Bay, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

The will to move

When I look back
At all the worlds
I’ve left behind
On journeys past

Some with regret
And, some, disdain
Though most with neither
This nor that

I think not
Of the world I’m in
The present
Not this very day

But all the worlds
I’ve yet to see
Which will also
Fall behind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 2, 20167:00 am

Graffiti, Urban Alley, Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cyclone

Tossed by the storm
While the cyclone raged
Inside my heart
Inside my mind
Circling ’round
The centre

My spirit
My soul
The eye
Of my
Being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 1, 20167:00 am

Harmony, Graffiti, Alley, Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Harmonious Lines

I find harmony
In places unexpected
A dirty, broken alley
Amid the smells
Of misery and death

Scrawled there
In pigment
And love
Arcs and lines
A language of hope
And possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 31, 20167:03 am

Derelict Service Station, Mojave Desert, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

Framing the World

Sometimes the frame
Is more worthy
Of closer inspection
Than the image inside it

The same is true
When exploring
Philosophy, science
And relationships

The subject
Of any investigation
Is not always as interesting
As the context of its conditions

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 30, 20167:00 am

Light through the Lattice Wall, RIchmond, British Columbia, Canada

Walls

I erected walls
To keep my darkness contained
To keep me safe inside
To keep the searing light out

The light
It hurt too much
I saw too much
I felt too much

Darkness was cool
Darkness was painless
Darkness was sightless
Darkness was easy

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 29, 20167:00 am

In the Wake, BC Ferries, Island Bound, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Looking Back ~ A Year of Pic and a Word

I like to glance back
At the path I’ve travelled
To learn from trials and failures
From adventures and successes
And celebrate them all

Then I turn forward
Take the next step
With a clearer vision
Of the trials and adventures
The path ahead promises

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 27, 20161:39 pm

Tranquility

I have learned
There is peace to be had
Tranquility
In any given moment

I close my eyes
Breathe, consciously
And bring up an image
Of tranquility

A memory
A fantasy
A painting
A scene

Hold that in my mind

Breathing in
Breathing out

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 24, 201610:40 pm

Stormtrooper, Anonymous Street Art, Downtown Eastside, Blood Alley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Many Faces of Evil

I am fascinated
By the many faces of evil
Or, rather, the masks
Put on, not by the wearer
But by the eye and imagination
By the prejudice and will
Of individuals
And the masses

Evil is, so often
A quality of the namer
Rather than the named