Tag: British Columbia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 6, 20227:20 am

Lost in the Fog

The monuments we erect
To assure ourselves
Of our own greatness

Barely breach
The lowest cloud

Of nature’s modest creation

While the proof
Of our existence

Is a contrail adrift in time
Dissipating in the empty sky
Of infinite space

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 31, 202211:03 pm

City in the Clouds, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

City~ Pic and a Word Challenge #300

We build
Ever higher
To breach the sky
This city in the clouds

City of privilege
Where feet rarely
Touch the ground

And hearts
Rarely

Touch each other

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 24, 202210:45 am

Amber Light, Howe Sound, Porteau Cove, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Amber~ Pic and a Word Challenge #299

This amber glow
To end the day
In just repose
As glories fade

Now soon the night
Will bring its peace
This wintry light
A shortened lease

Though night be long
December chill
The fire’s song
And downy fill

Warm my soul
‘Til slumber comes
Pay dreamy toll
Returns the sun

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 22, 20229:26 am

On a Cold Day, Porteau Cove, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Cold Reminder

On the cold days
I’m reminded
That most days
Life is a struggle

A struggle
To stay warm
And keep fed

To love
And be loved

A beautiful struggle

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 19, 20227:00 am

Epiphany, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Remembering Epiphany

I squint into the sun
And existence becomes
A blackened vignette
With a sparkling path
Leading directly
To a burst of light
In a cloud-strewn sky

A vision I recognize
From those times of connection
When I was one with everything
And the knowledge of all existence
Seemed not only plausible
But within my grasp

Heady times

And I wonder
Was I mad then to believe
The epiphany was real

Or mad now to have let it slip
From experience
To memory
Now a personal myth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 17, 202210:54 pm

Divine Moment, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Divine ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #298

I discover the divine
In moments
Of connection
With all that is

I begin to wonder
If the divine
Is in the moment observed

Or is divinity
Created by the act

Of observing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 202210:45 pm

Blustery, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lion's Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Bluster ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #296

With some bluster
Does the wind complain
Drives the sea
And the clouds
To fraught disdain

In these throes do I
Count my many blessings
For the calm
Which stills me
Deep inside

Unlike the waves
Upon the water
And the sky
My mind is quiet
Without torment to promote a cry

And while horizon
Soon the sun obscures
The star within
Shines bright
With everlasting light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 202210:17 am

White Noise

Water’s souciant song
White as the snow still falling
Nature’s whisper: shhhhhhhh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 1, 202210:29 am

Winter Sun & Snow, Whistler Mountain, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Yesterday’s Sun

A blanket of newness
Illuminated by the glow
Soon to become
Yesterday’s sun

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 31, 20213:49 pm

Train Wreck

Train wreck of a year
Called Twenty Twenty One ends
Twenty Twenty Two

Too?