Tag: British Columbia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 201812:32 pm

Clinging Green, Cygnet Cove, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tenacity and Grace

I wonder at
Tenacity
Life finds it way
To barren rock
Beside a salty sea

Whether just a patch of green
Or misshapen spindly tree
Harassed by wind’s
Ferocity

Life grows
It plunders
Empty place

Fills it with
Such beauty

Grace

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 201810:12 am

Beyond the Thrashing Shore, Cygnet Cove, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Sliver of Hope

In the cold grey forever
Beyond the thrashing shore
Some small sliver admits
A hopeful warmth
Igniting the sky
With possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 20182:20 pm

Cygnet Cove, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Nestled In

Nestled in
Amongst the trees
Beyond the rock
Beyond the seas

Sheltered from
The wind
A little

Below the cloud
Upon the land

This restful haven

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 201810:08 am

Boiling Churn, Blackrock Resort, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Storms

The sea and sky
In boiling churn
Salt foam dashed
Upon the rocks
Tumbling clouds
A sullen bruise

And I
Perturbed by
Surly wind
Stand upon
This blackened shore
Witness to
Such vicious storm
Attest to irony
As anger seeps
Drawn from me
In receding waves
While despair
My unhappy lot
Whisked from me
By driven air
To mingle with
The passing cloud

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 1, 20183:18 pm

Stormy Wake

In the stormy wake
I leave
Behind

The thrashing winds
Of change
Reply

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 1, 201811:51 am

Last Looks

With one last lingering look
I turn
And leave
The past behind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 20174:56 pm

Cloudy Sound, Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Raincoast

On a dour grey day
In this ashen light
Spectacular seems
Not to apply

And yet…
Above the boughs
Perched on rocky cliff

Perturbed sea
Sullen clouds

Mountains from sea through sky

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 20179:23 am

Summer Ferry

Summer riffles
Through their hair
Destinations
Across the Sound
Anticipation
Swimming, hiking
Lakes and ocean
Forests, sunshine
Family camping
The summer adventures
Of carefree youth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20178:26 am

Cloud Cover, Porteau Cove, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Atmosphere

This land of Sea to Sky
Is formidable enough
Without the sky going
All stormy doom-like

So when it does
I shout out
To the atmospheric mayhem

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20177:12 am

The Sea the Forest and the City, Stanley Park, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The city, the sea and the forest

Entwined with nature
The sea surrounding
The forest abutting
The mountains above

Vancouver
Gateway
To the outdoors

Adventure’s
Threshold

My city