Tag: clarity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20194:39 pm

Blur, South of England, Barcelona Bound, United Kingdom

Beautiful Blur

Sometimes
It’s a blur
All of it
As if through a window
Stained by fog and rain

A beautiful blur
For which clarity
Is not always
An improvement

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 17, 20194:34 pm

Wildfire Haze, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Haze ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #179

Through the haze
Of day I peer

Now what is near
Seems quite clear

But far from here
Is more obscure

Detail lost
Colour sallowed

Though sun breaks through
Its presence mellowed

Yet, still

Landscape by Patrick JenningsFeb 16, 20186:56 am

Clarity

A facebook friend challenged 16 of her friends, including me, to each write down 16 random notes about themselves, post it as a note, then ask 16 of their friends to do the same. A neat challenge.

I didn’t intend to write the following, it’s just what came out. It’s not really what the challenge called for, so I’ll go back and try that one again. But I thought it was worth posting anyway. . .so here it is.

1. There’s a spiritual sensation of connectedness I get from time to time, a few moments in time that feel as though I’m connected to and can sense the existence of all things, an awareness that there is a grand spiritual reality beyond my rational ken that is graspable by my ever developing being.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 15, 201710:21 am

High Ground, Pacific Coast Highway, Northern California, United States of America

High Grounding

I climb up
Out of the fog
I see forever
But there is nothing to see
Only the fog
And the road which brought me here

Still, there is the blue sky
And the sun
I bask in its warmth
Smell the grass
Breathe the fragrant air

I remind myself
Fog is ephemeral
And there is always this high ground
Above the fog
Even if I can only reach it
By closing my eyes
And remembering this moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 6, 20177:02 am

Seeking the Light, Amphitrite Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Light Seeker

Awakening in darkness
I seek the light

Though the intensity
Brings initial pain

Vision soon resolves
Restoring clarity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 16, 20171:44 pm

The I of Clarity, Ming Sha Shan, The Mountains of Singing Sands, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China

The Uncluttered I

I miss the desert
Its clarity
Its stillness
Its silent challenge

I miss the uncluttered I
Standing alone
In an expanse of sand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 8, 201711:47 pm

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

Giants ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #108

In this hard-scrabble place
Where little life lives
I walk amongst the lichen and scrub
Like a giant
On giant’s shoulders
All my world
Its worries and attachments
Lie far, far below

I linger here
With the sun
My fading friend
As the cool night advances
I am clear and light
As the rarefied air