Tag: dragons

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 6, 20184:48 pm

Howe Sound Greys, Porteau Cove, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Magic Isle

Like some magic Isle
Home of sorcerers and kings
A misty shroud
Hides secret things

The waters
Preternaturally
Still
Beneath them slinks
Unearthly beast

And I
A Knight
With hallowed sword
Will sail across
Beyond the wards
And battle dragons
Which hurl epithets
And fire

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 4, 201811:42 am

Breathing Fire, New Brighton Park, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Imagination ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #129

In the dimness
I saw a monster on my bed
But just a towel
In a jumble
A child’s mind
Trying to make sense

In reflections
I see a dragon breathing fire
But just a building
With a light on
Like the child
Imagination still at play

Should the day come
When I see only what’s there
No monsters, no dragons
Which I playfully must slay
How sad I will be
In a world so plain and grey

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsJul 14, 20157:00 am

Dragon Brazier, Kong Miao, Confucius Temple, Beijing, China

The Dragon is China

“The Dragon is China,” she told me.

I nodded an assent, then shook my head… paused. “What does that mean?”

She told me. I must still not have understood, because I’ve forgotten. Only the phrase is left. I couldn’t focus, and the image in my mind drifted away.

Like this photo of a dragon-handled brazier at Kong Miao, the Confucius Temple in Beijing. Ever so slightly, focussed too deep. And like a photograph, there is no way, hard as I’ve tried, to bring China fully into focus.