Tag: British Columbia

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 27, 20177:00 am

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

Soaring

In dreams I soar
A gull on the sea wind
My bird eyes see
Where the air rises
Catch the updraft
Up high into the heavens
Then swoop and sail
Unfettered by land
Or gravity
Loudly skree with the bliss

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 201711:20 am

Vancouver Storm Clouds, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Storm Clouds at Sundown

We small creatures
Of no small hubris
Construct our wonders
In the shadow
Of glories profound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20179:45 am

Sunset, The Strait of Georgia, BC Ferries, Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Wanderlust ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #115

Sometimes I am unsure
Whether it’s the

Being there
Or the
Being away
Or the
Being in motion

Which defines the true nature
Of my wanderlust

I usually decide
There’s no need
To pick one

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsNov 25, 20178:25 am

Silhouetto of a Man, Amphitrite Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

little silhouetto of a man

Ego is a cruel master

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 24, 20177:00 am

Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Islands

I am this Island
In a shallow sea
Beneath the waning sun
Waves rolling by
Gently to the shore

The ebb tide comes
The Island transformed
Another rock
Beside the ocean
On a shoreline of nothing
But rock and sand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 22, 20178:12 pm

After the Storm, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Between

I am the storm
I am the waves battering the shore
The wind bending the trees

I am the sun
In a merciless sky
Casting heat shimmers on the endless sand

I am the night
Starless, moonless
An impenetrably dark fortress of isolation

I am too the calm
When the air is a puff of fragrant breeze
And birdsong carries for miles

And I am the earth
Fertile and life-giving
The solid ground underfoot

And I am the light
Illuminating the deepest darkness
Connected to all that is and ever will be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 20, 20171:04 pm

Dusk Falls, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

No Safer Place

In the falling dusk
With the tide well out
I feel secure
In the tungsten warmth
Crackling firelight
Plays off the walls
Which shiver and creak
When the storm gusts come

No safer place
Than a chair by the glass
Rain pelting the panes
Droplets running into lines
Refracting dying light
Journal in hand
The lamp set low
Raise my glass of red
To waves rumbling on the sand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 20, 20177:00 am

Race the Sky

I stand
On the exposed bar of sand
Close my eyes
And listen
For the wind
And the waves
And the shutter click
Counting out the seconds
One by one by one by one