Tag: California

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 23, 20207:00 am

A Glimmer Beyond the Surreal, Golden Gate Bridge, From the Marin Headlands, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Glimmer ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #225

I come to
At the shadowy peak
Of surreal darkness
Above a world both familiar
And utterly strange

Shrouded beacon
Reaches into the murk
Whisper of stifled radiance
Beckons

Illuminates
A serpentine road
Beginning and end uncertain

Strike out for the unknown
Keep faith the road reaches the bridge

Hopeful glimmer beyond

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 22, 20207:00 am

Golden Glory, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Marking Her Presence

In the grand moments
Of golden glories
It is easy to miss
The subtler wonders
Like a small ship
Making her way
Across the gleaming sea
Marking her presence
In the vastness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 21, 20207:00 am

Watching Over Us, Point Montara Lighthouse, Montara, California, United States of America

Something to Watch Over Us

I am grateful to have learned
Beyond any shadow of a doubt
That something greater than I or any one
Watches over us

That there is a purpose to my being
To my existence
Here in this time and place

That I get more than one shot
At finding that purpose

And bringing it to life

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 20, 20208:32 am

Viewpoint, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern California, United States of America

Corona

I watch them
Photograph them
And the vast world
Beyond us all
Which makes us all seem
Such little things

I watch them
And wonder if they notice me
Or if I’d remember them
Without this photograph
Each of us in our discrete worlds
Beyond each other

I watch them
And know we’re all connected
Not just in that spiritual sense
But in the sense that one small event
In a place far far away
Can touch us all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 16, 20207:48 am

Awe, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern California Coast, United States of America

Awe ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #224

Ageless roil
Tide incoming
Hardened shore

I trundle along the escarpment
Of this thin edge of immensity
Immersed in the awe
Of all that I do not yet know
And the greater mystery
Of all that I will never know

Thus is the curse
And the beauty
Of consciousness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 1, 20208:15 pm

At last, the coast, Douglas Family Preserve, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Connections ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #222

The sun ebbs
Drawing the sky blue curtain
Infinity revealed

Here we draw together
To feel the connection
Through all that is
To each other

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 9, 202010:00 pm

Clam Diggers, Seaside Creek Beach, Mendocino County, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Dig ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #219

Digging in the sand
Seeking delectable gems
Then steam and butter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 2, 20205:17 pm

Tiny Below the Expansive Sky, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

tiny ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #218

How glorious am I
To be just one tiny speck
In all this immensity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 26, 20208:10 pm

Tourists, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

Tourists ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #217

Yea, though I walk
Through this valley of death
I will fear no hardship
Among these many tourists with me
While the road and the cafe comfort me
No shadow falls to Earth
But footfalls

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 12, 202010:19 pm

Point Sur State Park, Point Sur Lighthouse, Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur, California, United States of America

Point ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #215

The edge of earth
Harassed by sea
A shield of stone
Protects the land
And the people in its lee