Tag: beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 22, 20167:00 am

Light streaming through lattice and vines, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Butterfly

The light streamed into the room
Like butterfly wings
And I couldn’t tell
Which was the more sensuous caress

The warm, dappled sunshine on my cheek
The cool, fragrant breeze rippling my hair
Or the way her fingertips
Lightly traced the nouveau shadows
Playing across my abdomen

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 21, 20161:41 pm

Light Through the Lattice

There are multiple sources
Of light in this world
Not all of them
Illuminate my way

Of the rest, I’ve learned to follow
Not always the brightest
Nor the nearest

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 20, 20169:13 pm

Enduring Walls, Glen Canyon, Utah, United States of America

Endurance and Change

I love what has endured
Through the trials of time
Through the efforts of grace and love

I love more what will change
The injustices which endured
Through the long history
Of intransigent ignorance
And self-interest
But have no place
In a conscious society

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 20, 20169:54 am

Desert Sunset, Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

Small Wonders

The heat of the day lingers
Even as the low haze
Filters the sunken sun

I stop for a moment
Lean up against the fender
In the dry, brittle air
While the engine tinks and cracks

I never tire
Of the small wonders this world offers

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 19, 201610:46 pm

Railroad Crossing, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

Steel Wheels

Steel Wheels
Get me where I’m goin’
When rubber on the road failed
And the leather on my soles
Wore through

Freedom
Ain’t never gotten with a dollar
Or no lawful decree
Not like a box car
Give to me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 18, 20163:36 pm

Lichen on Granite, Hope Slide, Crowsnest Highway, Near Hope, British Columbia, Canada

Organic

I like to think
Of the propagation of ideas
As organic

Like the spreading of lichen
Across the surface
Of bare granite

Some colonies
Stronger than others
Some weaker

They interact
Intermingle
Mutate and conjoin

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 16, 20169:00 am

Lattice Wall, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

A part of us all

There are moments of clarity
When I see, clearly
How connected we all are
How our beings interweave
Overlap
How each of us is
In some small
Significant
Way
A part of us all