Tag: change

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 5, 202112:52 pm

Beckoning Highway, State Road 374, Beatty, Nevada, United States of America

The Promise

There is a promise in the road

Not the destination
Every place I may want to go
Is a waypoint
On the way to another place

Neither the journey
What is to be gained
From moving
For the sake of movement

But once the wheels
Begin to roll
Changes begin
The promise manifests

What I see; How I think; Who I am

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 20, 202012:15 pm

Cadillac Ranch, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Landscapes

These things we do to landscapes

Of space and time
Of politics and social norms
Of family and friends

The things that stay
But never stay the same

The ephemeral things
Lost and soon forgotten

Nothing ever stays
But change

Which is often the point
Of these things we do to landscapes

Change the landscape
Change each other
Change ourselves

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 202011:24 am

The Beauty of Decay, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Nature & Time and Time & Nature

Nature and time
Eat away
At rings
Of hidden time
The history
Kept by nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 15, 20201:17 pm

Afternoon Ride, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Turn that is not Return

The world begins
To turn again
No longer still
Though somnolent, still

The long exhale
Following the deep, deep breath

The moment which moves
Between the change
And knowing
There is no going

back

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 11, 202012:30 pm

Crosscurrents, Badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

Sometimes the flow of events
Runs across the prevailing currents
Revealing both in high relief

Some will argue for the flow
Some will argue for the current

I remind myself

Step back to appreciate the whole
Evaluate the emergent patterns

Given an opportunity to observe
Beyond the confines of existing paradigms
Seek the possibility of a new way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 3, 201911:23 pm

Seaspan & Tug, Steveston, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

Upriver ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #177

Against both tide and current
Headway slow and steady
Though the river hurries by

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 21, 20189:51 pm

A Beautiful Rut

This life
This repetitious life
It cuts a swath
Erodes away
Possibilities

Call it a canyon
Or call it a rut
A pretty enough rut, you say
Perhaps… but still a rut

So I scamper out
Leaving a trail
Of dusty memory

Seeking the open vista above
The expanse of the big sky

A land of possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 2, 20188:34 pm

Monochrome Canyon, Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Arizona, United States of America

Time and Change

I stand on the edge
Of a hundred million years
Changing, changing, changing
Always change

One score and five thousand years ago
Human eyes came to see
Human hands learned to make

All our grandiose change
No match for nature’s hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 25, 201810:36 am

Ice and Hoar Frost, Rainbow Beach, Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Frozen ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #128

Sometimes
The ripples of change
Become frozen
Caught in time
Like the waves
Lapping up on the fringe
Of a freezing lake

And I am the ship
Caught in arctic ice
Waiting out the season
Hoping for the sea to open

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 7, 201810:58 am

City Street with Scooter, Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Crossing Boundaries

To explore other worlds
I must cross the boundaries
I’ve erected to contain my own

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The Promise

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Landscapes

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Nature & Time and Time & Nature

The Turn that is not Return

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Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

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Upriver ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #177

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A Beautiful Rut

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Time and Change

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Frozen ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #128

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Crossing Boundaries

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