Tag: geology

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20169:33 am

Hikers and Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Looking for Myself

Sometimes
When I look for myself in the world
I’m very hard to find

Not because I am so small
But because existence
Is very, very big

So I remind myself
I am not in the world
I am not of the world

I am the world
And it is me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 201611:45 pm

Uluru, Ayer's Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

The Land Which Fell on its Side

One day
Geologically speaking
The land rose up
Then fell back to Earth
Landing on its side
Where it took a long
Long
Very long
Rest
Even geologically speaking

And as it lies there
Like a cat on blanket
Napping in the afternoon sun
Coming through the window
Mother Nature soothes
Its hard, rigid body
With a massage of
Wind, rain and
Savage heat

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 20168:13 pm

The Stone in the Lake

Oh I
Who felt the contractions
Of a world in birth
I carry the experience of aeons
The history of Earth

A solid from liquid
Carved and shattered
Cracks refilled by molten rock
Uplifted and fractured
Sundered and separated
Tumbled and rolled

Now here
Settled gently
On the shore
Of a still lake
On a quiet dawn
To marvel at the fleeting existence
Of the things that live
Even the tree

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 7, 20168:27 pm

Buttes, Near Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States of America

Sandstone Clouds

The buttes
Like clouds
Floating over the valley
Bringing a storm of stonefall

If only I had the eyes
Of old father time
I could see the rock raging
Dropping aeons of boulders
Upon the valley floor
Like hailstones
From sandstone clouds