Tag: flow

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 11, 202012:30 pm

Crosscurrents, Badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

Sometimes the flow of events
Runs across the prevailing currents
Revealing both in high relief

Some will argue for the flow
Some will argue for the current

I remind myself

Step back to appreciate the whole
Evaluate the emergent patterns

Given an opportunity to observe
Beyond the confines of existing paradigms
Seek the possibility of a new way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20203:20 am

Golden River, Storm Mountain, Over the Bow Riveer, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

The Amber Stream

I wend my way
Through life and all
Its myriad conditions

Oxbows and diversions
Rapids and reservoirs

Confined by circumstances

Wide and shallow
Narrow and deep

Always flowing toward the light
Golden warmth which fills my heart
Reflecting on the amber stream

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 11, 20199:42 am

The Flow of Intricacy

I dive deep
Into the intricacies
Lose myself
In the minutiae

Step back
Allow details
To live and flow

Breathes the rhythm
Breathes the rhyme

In the subtler play
Of space and time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 15, 20197:19 am

That River Flows

That river flows

While I
Stand by

Upon the banks
Watch my life
Drift idly by

But why?
Ask I

Just join the flow

The river says

So I
Close eyes

Like the water
Enter life
Become the flow

Then I
Realize

Like the river
Being flows
I the water
Gather all
The river knows

‘Til I
Reside

In moment’s rhyme

The end of time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 10, 201911:31 pm

Valley Flow, Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Valley ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #174

Through the valley
Between the rocky mounts
Where days go by
Too fast to count

Then what remains
But moments lost
In timeless frame

I let them go
And count no more

Just live them all

In endless flow
So none pass by

For none remorse
Nor row against
The river’s course

The ripples
And the rapids play
The challenges
Of every day

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 JenningsAug 27, 20185:02 pm

Dancing with the Darkness

Standing in the light
I see the darkness
The evil from which I emerged
Clearly
For the first time

Just as I cannot know the light
Without darkness
So too I cannot know the darkness
Without light

I thought I knew the darkness well
When I was caught in it
As it touched me
As it coursed through me

I believed the darkness was me

Standing in the light
I sense the true nature of my being
Radiating this warm glow

I have not emerged from the darkness
I have shed it
Like a cloak
Beneath which the light
Has always burned
Will always burn
Has always kept the darkness
In its dark

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 28, 201811:03 pm

Goosenecks State Park, San Juan River, Utah, United States of America

Trust the Flow

I make my way
Down winding path

Though much I seem
To go astray

Just trust the flow
To lead the way

So long as I
Keep steady craft

Row with the main
And level stay

I’ll reach the calm
Upon this raft

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 3, 20177:00 am

Ian and Josephine, beautiful sounds, North Vancouver,

In the flow

Heart, mind, body and soul
Four independent currents

Perhaps enlightenment
is the condition
when all four
flow together as one

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 201712:59 pm

Ganges Current, Laxman Jhula Bridge, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Current ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #97

With
Against
Over
Bypass

All the ways I’ve learned
To make my way in life
Unconsciously, they become habit
Forgetting the current running through it all

I remind myself
Stand on the shore
Breathe in the quiet
Observe the current

Tag: flow

Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

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The Amber Stream

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The Flow of Intricacy

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That River Flows

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Valley ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #174

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Falling

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Dancing with the Darkness

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Trust the Flow

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In the flow

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Current ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #97

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