Tag: British Columbia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 201911:12 pm

Chesterman Sunset, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

A Pause for a Moment Without Purpose

Sun coyly peeks
From cloudy perch
At one who skips
Across the rocks
Careful not to run afoul
Of gentle breakers
Or their spray

Gulls on wing
Horizon bound
Their cries
An ever-fading skree
Which mocks the beauty
Of their flight

And here am I
On blackened shore
Which rose from magma’s
Golden glow
Now in reverse
The waning sky
Will soon enough
Become the night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20197:00 am

Amphitrite Light, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Amphitrite Lighthouse

As the sun began to fall
The Great Light said
To the little light
At Amphitrite

Oh, little one
Feel my heat
See my radiance
Do you not wish
To be so grand as I?

Oh, indeed, Great One
The little light replied
Your luminous warmth
Is the envy of all

Words in which the Great One
Took no small pleasure
Preening in preparation
To further explain its greatness

But… were I to be you
Continued the lighthouse
When the night comes
Or the fog grows heavy
Who would guide the sailor’s way?

Startled, chagrined and angered
The Great Light drew a deep breath
Preparing a dismissive retort
Then sank below the horizon

Leaving the little light
At Amphitrite
With its ever present beacon
To shine into the quiet night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 24, 20198:34 pm

Departing for Departure Bay, Queen of Cowichan, Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Departures ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #208

The briefest glimpse back
Before finding the stillness
In moving forward

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 201910:56 pm

Walking, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

The path is wide enough to share
I need not walk alone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 6, 201911:16 pm

Child's Play, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Play ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #203

I recall the world
Through my child-eyes
To see all the world
Is play

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 25, 20198:59 pm

Mother and Child, Bicycle Path, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mothers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #202

When I was a child
There was always a hand
Within my reach

When I needed reassurance
Or wandered too close to peril
To share the warmth of a loving gesture

Be supportive to others
Defend the vulnerable
Love unconditionally

The subtle lessons
A mother teaches her child
With unconscious intention

Her giving hand
Always at the ready
For mine to grasp

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 18, 20195:21 pm

Fractured, Bicycle Path, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Fractured ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #201

All these moments
Become fractured memories
Altered with time

In a mind
Bent on manipulating them
To serve the present

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 11, 20197:57 pm

Wheels, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wheels ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #200

I roll along
With the flow
Some sunny Sunday
Afternoon

That’s all there is
Within my mind

Naught but the sound
Of wheels on pavement
As my body cleaves
The warm still air

The undulations
Of the path
The gentle song
My spirit sings

What else could I need

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 4, 201911:02 pm

Slinki Extra Wide I, Gallery Bistro, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Loss ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #199

From time to time we lose
People, places and things
We love

In the absence
Recollections induce the bittersweet
With time, perhaps, becoming less bitter than sweet

Losses lightened
By the moments, words and images
We’ve captured

The joys once lived
Remain in our memories
And in our hearts

In the empty spaces
Something new, perhaps
Something new to love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 28, 20198:59 pm

Beacons, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Beacons ~ Pic and a Word #198

We stumble over the blackened terrain
The dim beacon of possibility our guide
A brilliant luminescence promised
Just a few steps beyond our vision

These are the affirmations
With which we keep hope alive
And find in ourselves
The tenacity to persevere

This is how we establish
Purpose and meaning
Our reason for being
No matter the undertaking

These beacons
Were not set by fate
Nor any divine intervention
But by our own dreams

A life without dreams
Is a life of darkness
A blackened terrain
Unmarked by beacons

Dreams create hope
Hope creates purpose
Purpose creates meaning
Meaning lights the beacons