Tag: Canada

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 28, 20171:45 pm

Mystery Envelopes Me, Cloudy Day, Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Shrouded

Sometimes
I prefer
Mystery
Envelopes me

In this shroud
Of anonymity
I allow
The self is free

To explore
Deepest edge
Furthest field
Darkest path

So I may
Emerge again
Into light
Lit within

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 27, 20171:22 pm

Rocky Mountain Starburst, Athabasca Glacier, From Wilcox Pass Trail, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 25, 20171:09 pm

Sunset from Whistlers Mountain, Jasper Skytram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Hurdles

With every sunset
I am reminded
There will always be
Another hurdle
And another opportunity
To clear one

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 24, 20174:51 pm

The Colour Fading, Eastside Road, Okanagan Lake, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

The Sails Long Furled

In the calm
In the calm
In the gentle calm
With the sun now gone
And the colour fading

I trace the line
In reflecting mind
From a day long past
One last empty kiss
The sails long furled
On a love at rest

I trace the line
Of her long wet tear
A single note
One regretful smear
Not for promise lost
But what never was

I’d held too long
To the love she gave
Held her close
Held her heart
Knowing all too well
Love went just one way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 23, 20179:50 pm

Silvery Moons, Lakelands Region, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

Do Good

I do not need
To be whole
To do good

I do need
To do good
To be whole

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 22, 20176:58 pm

Infinite Shades of Grey, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada copy

Infinite Grey

I’m not sure
Whether I’m alone now
Because I’m tired of getting hurt
Or I’m tired of hurting others
Somewhere I lost track
Maybe it’s both

I’m not sure
What needs to change
What needs to heal
What I need to fix

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 20, 201710:41 pm

Rainbow in the Spray, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca River, Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada II

Rainbows ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #101

Sometimes

Even the appearance of a rainbow
Cannot dispel the darkness

So I plumb the darkness
Seeking the rainbow within

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 20, 20171:41 pm

Mountain and Clouds, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

The Fog of Pain

I remind myself
That the pain is just a fog
Cloaking the mountain

The wind, soon enough
Will blow the fog away

And there will be I, the mountain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 20175:12 pm

Smoke Valley, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

What the Veil Reveals

I want to know the world
With the clarity and vibrance
Of a postcard
But that is not the world

I remind myself
The fog sometimes reveals
A scale and depth
Often obscured by detail

Landscape by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 201711:49 am

Cairns, Athabasca Glacier, Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Mortality ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #100

Grey.

Smoky.

The smell of a campfire.

But the nearest fire set a hundred thousand trees alight, a hundred or more kilometers away. I wonder, was that one lightning? A cigarette? A carelessly managed fire?