Tag: change

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20173:43 pm

Amit, Ganga, (Ganges River), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

The People Who Change the World

To roam the world
Is to see the unimaginable
To experience the unknown
And, most profound of all

To touch
And be touched
By people

I may never see again
But who will forever

Change my world

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 6, 20177:00 am

Black Kite

Black kite soaring
Red Fort domes below
Smog smothering all

Weakened sun
Weakened lungs
Weakened resolve

Beauty and ugliness
Joy and hardship
Kindness and predation

This land of extremes
This country of paradox
Creating beauty from ugliness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 19, 201712:12 pm

Trimurti Gurudatt Ashram, Ganga, The Ganges River, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

River ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #75

Ganga falls from Himalaya highs
To lap at feet
On sandy shore
In Rishikesh
Where it and I
Find some small tranquility
In the turmoil
Of inexorable change

Ganga, take me down
Down to distant sea
Where I become the drop
Which is, itself, the sea
And learn eternal peace
In oneness with the One

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20167:00 am

Frost and Lichen on Granite, Cheakamus River, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Frost on Lichen on Granite

I wish for the solidness of rock
The stolidness of stone
Like the lichen clings to granite
Like the frost adheres to lichen

But the cold wind soon enough warms
While all life passes in time
And even the granite
Breaks down to pebbles
Then sand, then dust
Lifted by the wind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 20, 20164:23 pm

Encroaching Ice

Daylight wanes
Night encroaching
Like the ice
On the lake
Like the snow
On the mountains
Like the years
On my life

Transitions
Whether, in the end
For the better
Or for the worse
A matter of perception

But in transitions
Themselves, I always find
Some beauty
Large or small

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 30, 201612:59 pm

Between the Clouds, Cheakamus River Valley, Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Learning to See

I walk the world that is
Seeking the world that could be
If only I could learn to see it

Here and there, now and again
Exploration yields discovery

Not of a new world
But a new way of seeing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20168:00 am

Mountains and Pilings, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Favourite Places

There are places I return to
Time and again

Physical
Geographical
Emotional
Intellectual
Personal
Romantic

And every time
Find something new
Some original way to see
Some valuable insight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 24, 201610:58 am

Deteriorating Paint, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

The Creativity of Destruction

There is creation
In every act of change
Even the most destructive

I seek the frame
In which destruction’s beauty
Can be seen

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 9, 20167:52 am

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

Unfathomable

Some days
It’s like waking
Into a surreal world
Unfathomable events
Unimaginable consequences

I remind myself
The chaos of such moments
Brings change
The necessity of it
The inevitability of it

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 20, 20167:54 am

Rock Creek Bridge, Route 66, Near Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States of America

This old bridge

This old and rickety bridge
Which it seems I’ve been on forever
Must some day end
And leave me on the other side