Tag: depth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 201911:42 pm

Depths, Hotel Continental, Tangier, Morocco

Depth ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #206

I leave the depths unplumbed
Fearful of its denizens
Unaware
All my fears
I carry on my shoulders
A smothering weight

Take a breath, my son
Take a breath
Sit with the present

What you fear
Is already past
Or has not come

That is all your dour spelunking
Will ever find
So long as you believe
The depths are darkness

Be not your mind
But mindful
Open your heart
For in its depths
Is always light

I leave the depths unplumbed
Take a breath
Quiet my mind
And from the depths rises
The light that is love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 15, 20182:26 pm

Occluded Valley, Banff National Park, Icefields Parkway, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Occluded ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #135

Oh the grandiosity
Of mountain ranges
Under cloudless skies

Though here demurred
Occluding smoke
Smothers valley’s depth and scale

Still, upon a closer look
The trees, a ridge
A jagged line

And then another
Slight serrated edge
The third and fourth both smoother still

So scale restored
I can imagine depth, at least
As this choking smoke occludes my breath

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 11, 201811:23 pm

Depth, Howe Sound, From Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Depth ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #126

I seek the depths
Plummet through the layers
Finding comfort
In the silent saturation
Of unknowns
To be discovered

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20171:14 pm

Snowline, Scored Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The light in the depths

My toes in the water
So still
They cast no ripple
Even as the milfoil sways
Gently tickling my skin

My shadow on the pond
Consumed by the canopy of trees
Ringed by the light blue sky
The reflections smooth and steady
Upon a surface of euclidian perfection

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 29, 201610:44 am

Sunset, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The subtle depths of sunset

Many layers deep
Darkness receding
Clarity in the distance
Journey’s end in sight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 20, 201510:52 am

Pic and a Word Challenge #3: Depth

I have explored
The depths of the people I love
And discovered profound beauty

Still, there remain aspects unseen
Valleys undiscovered
Some never to be revealed