Tag: darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 19, 20208:00 am

Cloud Cover

The band of ominous cloud
Hovers over the highway
Mile after mile

An oppressive weight
Waiting to fall

My mood becomes dark as the sky

Until I realize the low grey cover
Provides an atmospheric parasol

A gift to soften harsh desert sun
Diminish the heat of afternoon
An invitation to step out of the car

I breathe deeply in sage-scented air
While my mood becomes effervescent

As sage drifting in the desert breeze

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 202012:07 pm

The First Star

Through the clouds
Came first a star
Not enough
To break the spell
Of long dark night
But still a light
Come beckoning

Then soon I saw
Another star
Another then
Now several more
The mother bear
Who points the way
To guiding light

Now clears the sky
The night reveals
A sky of lights
Infinite
And always there
Beyond the clouds
Or light of day
The lights of suns

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 4, 20207:00 am

Alcoves, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

Crawling Into A Hole

A nook
An alcove
A cranny

A safe place
To hide away
While the unthinkable
Becomes inevitable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 14, 20207:00 am

Rosette ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #248

In the darkness
A rosette

Neither portal
Nor beacon

A reminisce
A reminder

Of the light
Beyond darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 31, 20207:00 am

Dome of Light, Valencia Cathedral, Valencia, Spain

Centre ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #247

I seek my centre
The source of light and being
Where darkness is not feared
But embraced with love and gratitude
For the insights it reveals
When accepted as a gift

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 10, 202011:40 pm

Ebbing Radiance, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Radiance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #244

In the ebbing radiance
Of a world slipping into darkness
The light is most vivid
Capable of magiks
Unknown to daylight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 20207:00 am

Star Chamber, The Alhambra, Grenada, Spain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 17, 202012:35 pm

Moonglow

A promise of possibility coming
Here the night made bright
Though by no small trickery
And patience

Moonglow breaks the darkness
While the stars take flight
In the cool blue of winter chill
But for the warmth of amber hearths

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 202010:01 pm

Log Booms XV, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Transition ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #237

Departing crippled harbour
As night approaches day
Light fails on near horizon
Transition now in play

Some might say
Dark times ahead
But unknowns
Are not darkness

One hand holds the chalk of light
While the other clears the slate
Upon the dark revealed we write
With clarity our fate

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 5, 20207:43 pm

Up or Down, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

Being in the Grey

Sometimes I prefer the grey

Shadows can be too dark
Highlights can be too bright

In the grey all is line and texture
I see the form of what is

Without interpreting darkness and light