Tag: British Columbia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 12, 20188:42 pm

Signs and Cormorants, English Bay, From Jericho Pier, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Diving Deep

Insight always delves
Deeper than my immediate grasp
Like a sign with clearly printed letters
Arranged as enigmatic words

While a mystery
Perfectly perceived
Remains a mystery

The cormorant dives deep
But must wait for its feathers to dry

Before it can fly again

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 10, 20188:55 pm

My Hot Dog, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, David Lam Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

First Bite

A chill glare
At a li’l dog
On the first bite
Of her chili dog

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 7, 20189:32 am

Eerie Light, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Seeing the True Nature of Darkness

Sometimes the light
Makes the eerie
Eerier
Makes the darkness
Darker

I remind myself
It’s better to see
Things as they are
To see the dark
In the darkness

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 5, 20185:59 pm

Twice a Day an Island, Whytecliff Park, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Twice a Day an Island

This little bit of rock
Twice a day an Island
Momentary wilderness
Beyond an urban beach

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 4, 20182:58 pm

Tugboat and Log Booms, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mother

In magic hour’s
Golden glow
She tucks them gently
Into rustling sheets
Already deep
In slumber’s keep
A loving kiss
Upon each brow
Then turns away
Though not without
A backward glance
A silent sigh
She carries
With her
Into night
The peaceful sleep
Of innocents

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 4, 20189:46 am

Tugboats and Log Booms, Strait of Georgia, From Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Backlight

There’s a bright light
Beyond the back of my mind
Illuminating a hint
Of a promise
For a possibility
I cannot quite
Comprehend

Formidable
Majestic

A divine grace

Nonetheless

Ultimately
Terrifying

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 3, 20186:19 pm

Unlikely Hues, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Unlikely Hues

I linger in deepening darkness
Counting out time
In fives by five

Collecting virtual waves
Of indigo and azure
Lavender and cobalt

Refracted and reflected
By atmosphere and cloud
And a near-flat sea

Magic time and light
Conjures from the darkness
Invokes unlikely hues

With the flourish of a shutter
Reveals to all the world
And me

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 3, 201811:42 am

Seagull at Melfort Bell, Carolina Channel, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Seagull at Melfort Bell

A seagull cries
O’er the buoy bell ringing
The lapping tide
Is a gentle sigh

While I gather mussels
To steam in seasoned water
For dinner and wine

With you, my love
While boats and whales

Ply the narrow channel

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 2, 20181:05 pm

The Reaching Sea, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

The Reaching Sea

The questing sea
Reaches for me
Then for the sky

Not at all content
With her lowly lot

Seeks to climb the shore

Or sunders self
Evaporates

Obtains a cloudy high
Though just a mist (as liquid falls to Earth)
Flows back as river to the sea

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 1, 201810:23 am

Bruised and Sullen, Strait of Georgia, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo Ferry, British Columbia, Canada

Bruised Sullen Delight

Bruised
     the sky
     the land
     and the sea

Sullen
     in demeanor
     and intent
     are they

Delight
     do I
     in the extremes
     of existence

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