Tag: beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 27, 20167:00 am

Homestead, Marron Valley, Highway 3A, British Columbia, Canada

Becoming the Uncarved Block

All I ever wanted
Out of life
Was to carve out
Some small domain
In this wild expanse
I could identify
As me

Until
I discovered non-being
And realized
Being
Was not
All it was cracked up
To be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 25, 20169:47 am

Bridges

I build bridges
From here to there
And there to here

Then cross them
To see what’s there
Or bring it here

And burn them
To keep what’s there
Away from here

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 24, 20168:06 pm

Violet and Peony Abstraction, Lichen on Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Violets and Peonies

The violets
And peonies
Blooming under
Willow trees
There ruffled by
The summer breeze

To pick them now
Would be a sin
Though lovely vase
I’d put them in
No matter rooms
They’re brightening

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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 21, 20165:23 pm

Granite and Lichen, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

On the Beauty of Tones & Textures

I am enthralled
With all of Earth
In its many tones
And textures

Such varieties
Among societies
So much beauty
In its peoples

Nothing stuns me more
Than when some implore
There’s but room enough
For One

This makes me take a sigh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 20, 20161:46 pm

Lichen on Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Petals on the Ground

We plucked the petals
And put them down
The reds and yellows
Gently on the ground
As we intoned
An old count-down

The beauty of a flower is
The life it holds
While purpose lives
Not in its petals
On the ground
Arranged so pretty
An artful mound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 20, 20169:08 am

Campfire

I watch the flames rise
Into the cool night sky
Follow the path each spark flies
Tracing their frenetic yellow lines

I breathe a sigh
Stop asking why
Stop telling myself lies
Stop being so damn wise

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 19, 20162:12 pm

Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Conifers and Alder

They clamber up the mountainside
The lofty trees
With mighty boughs
And riffling leaves

Fir and cedar, conifers
And alder with its lighter leaf
Like steps of cones
All feathery

But my lens
Sees everything
Grand patterns lost
In details keen

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 19, 201611:32 am

Lichen, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Patterns of Existence

Patterns of existence
Delight me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 19, 201610:37 am

The Art of Reality

Some consider photography
The art of recording

Moments
Beauty
Reality

But I have always used
My camera to create them

The art of life
Provides a more difficult task