Tag: being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 14, 20188:42 am

Sunset, Gibsons, Strait of Georgia, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Occluded Light

I try to let the light in
But the clouds
Occlude it
A dark shroud

The gentle beat of my heart
A metronome
A clockwork

But the thrum of life
Is not the energy of being

Body working; spirit latent

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 11, 20182:27 pm

Himalaya Foothills Sunrise VI, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Daybreak

Gently
I enter the day
Warming slowly
To the light
The birdsong
The clackety rumbling
Of footfalls and engines
Outside the window
As existence draws me back
Into being

Though, really
I could do with a few more hours
Of non-being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 27, 201810:19 am

Moon and Shadows, Davis Bay Pier, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada

Moon & Shadow

In the warmth of a summer night
We picnic on the pier
A gathering of family and friends
Me, set apart, just pondering

We are all just shadows
In the moonlight
Beneath a darkening sky
Of stars and cloud

All in motion, even I
In this moment fixed in time
Which has no memory
Or destiny

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 21, 201811:15 am

Three Figures, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Silhouette ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #123

Three figures teeter on distant rock
Silent silhouettes
Animate without the subtlety of gesture
Barely beings
Tottering along
A knife’s edge horizon

Three lives there
Faceless beneath the clouds
Unknown
Unknowable
But for outlines
Against the sky

One drops off the world
Lost forever
To anonymity
But for the unnamed character
Forming in the theatre
Of my mind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 20, 201811:18 pm

No more than an Island

I am but a man
No more than an Island
In space and time

An Island without shoreline
Whose only boundary is infinity

The same Island that is every other being
Who has ever existed
Who will ever exist

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 27, 201710:15 am

Making Haste, small craft, burrard inlet, north vancouver, british columbia, canada

Across the Still Water

I make haste
Across the still water
Seeking the shores
Which absorb the ripples

Beyond them
Is a land secure from
The inadvertent effects
Of being

There
In the silent depths
I listen for the voices of insight
Beyond manifestation

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 10, 20177:00 am

Small Craft and Infinity, Bowen Island, Howe Sound, From Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Infinity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #117

With the strongest telescope
I cannot see beyond what I know to be

With an electron microscope
I cannot see within the smallest part of me

With the clearest mirror
I cannot see the me that is me

With the mightiest pen
I cannot set down the words defining me

With the cleverest mind
I cannot imagine the bounds of me

With the truest heart
I love, which is all I need to know of infinity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 9, 20175:43 pm

Crescent Moon and Sailboat, Bowen Island, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Questions for the Crescent Moon

Comfortable in this infinity
Of space and time
Of love and light and meaning

No small finite creature I
Of sight and hands
Of heart and mind and spirit

If it comes down to the question
Is my living owed a purpose
I answer, oh so surely

I live to live
To love and give
My existence is, quite simply, these

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 30, 201712:14 pm

Last Colours, Jericho Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Savouring Discovery

In the serenity
Of a quiet fall day
I savour the colours
Of transformaton

In the emptiness
Of my quiet mind
I discover the contours
Of being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 16, 20171:44 pm

Shadow Selfie, Ming Sha Shan, The Mountains of Singing Sands, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China

The Uncluttered I

I miss the desert
Its clarity
Its stillness
Its silent challenge

I miss the uncluttered I
Standing alone
In an expanse of sand