Tag: chaos

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 5, 20208:58 am

Placid Amidst the Tumult, Pacific Coast Highway, Northern California, United States of America

Inferno ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #214

The day ended as an inferno
Sea and sky wracked with enmity
A calamity of chaos

But for the gulls
Soaring with graceful ardour

Placid amidst the tumult

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 9, 20194:57 pm

Falling

I tumble
Into an unknown
Wrapped within
A cacophony
Of confusion

Resist
And be dashed against
The rocks

Let go
Allow the chaos
To coalesce

I rejoin
Resolving flow
Into the known

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 13, 201812:03 am

Serrated Edge

I walk along serrated edge
Just beyond the tumult’s grasp
Not retreating, no
Nor taking up the task
Of hushing life’s cruel whispers
Caught between my courage
And despair
A darkness near enveloping

So stop
Take stock
Find firm footing
And there turn
Full face
Into all that comes
Lick the salt
Upon my lips
And savour
All strange beauty
In the bitterness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 22, 20181:53 pm

Alien Beauty

Alien beauty
Is the most compelling
Challenging me to expand

Like discovering the harmony
In discord
Like finding the order
Underlying chaos

So that all the world
Alien and familiar
Becomes more beautiful

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20177:07 pm

Propeller Wash, Queen of Cowichan, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Monochrome Chaos

Simplified to monochrome
The world remains chaotic
And seeing it in black and white
Obscures the details of its tumult

So too the beauty of the world
Its colour makes it vibrant
And lacking subtle textures
Diminishes its glory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 1, 201712:43 pm

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

Seeking Serenity in Turmoil

In turmoil
I seek serenity
Not by blocking out

The noise
The chaos
The violence

But by finding within these

The song
The rhythm
The transformation

Therein I discover
The beauty in all things

Therein awaits
Serenity

Therein am I
Transformed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 21, 20172:33 pm

Rainbow in the Maelstrom, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Lightworker

In the turmoil of fragmentation
As what was once whole
Fractures and atomizes
I am startled to discover
Running through the center
Of this formidable chaos

A rainbow

Vibrant
Insistent
Inspiring
Beautiful

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 JenningsJun 2, 20163:31 pm

Patterns in Beach Sand, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

Patterns in the Chaos

I love finding
Patterns in the chaos
When order emerges
From disorder

I try not to mind
Immersion into chaos
When the irregular
Overcomes the regular

These are all
Fundamental states of being
And who am I
To argue with reality