Tag: hope

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 26, 201810:12 am

Lichen at Hope Slide, British Columbia, Canada

I Rhyme With Orange

Nothing rhymes
With me

Like me
Like orange

Not range
Not fringe

Not forage
Nor porridge

Though all tinker with
The tongue and the ear

The elusive rhyme
The elusive me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 1, 201811:14 pm

Just a Hint of Blue, Clouds and Sky, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Clouds ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #146

In the brooding atmosphere
Of patterns woefully disturbed
I seek glimmers of possibility
I optimistically call

Hope

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20183:24 pm

Lake Powell, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Visualizing

I swim down
Deep into the reservoir
Of the pain and suffering
That is my despair
Find the glimmer of hope
Release it from the bottom
Cradling it in my arms
As I rise back to the surface
Breathe deeply in the fragrant air
Pull myself up onto the solid shore
Basking in the sun’s warmth
While pain and suffering drains away
Despair releases from my being
While hope swells in my heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 8, 20182:19 pm

Sunshine Beach Sunrise, Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Hope and Possibility

Where there is romance and reminiscence
In a sunset
There is hope and possibility
In a sunrise

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 20187:15 pm

Yet I Remain

Left behind
As if detritus
Like pilings
Rising from
The ocean depths
Stripped of the planks
Which gave them cause
Still, pretty they
Beneath their grey torment
So to offer
Weathered wise remark

Reach for the sky
Stand proud
And straight
Find new intent
If naught for aught
But to be seen
Standing here
Survivor still
Where some may fail
Yet I remain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 201810:12 am

Beyond the Thrashing Shore, Cygnet Cove, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Sliver of Hope

In the cold grey forever
Beyond the thrashing shore
Some small sliver admits
A hopeful warmth
Igniting the sky
With possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 26, 20175:21 pm

The Last Throes of Daylight, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The Final Throes of Daylight

In this oncoming night
When the sea seems
As big as the sky
And the absent sun
Has set the horizon
On fire

I think of you
The final throes of our daylight
Hoping you’ll return
From the long, dark night
With the promise
Of a new sun
Rising

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20179:58 am

Castle Towers Mountain, From Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada

Emergent

The sky
A ceiling
Rock reaching
Oppressed by ice

Constrained
And confined
Horizon suggests
Warmth and possibility

Shadowed land
Scattered gentle highlights
Promising illumination
Hope prevails

The rock reaches
Resisting burden
Unflagging
Emergent

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 4, 20177:25 pm

Valley of Discontent

In this valley of discontent
Light falls in but cannot escape

So I climb to highest ridge
Carrying unsubtle hope

Else bathe below in light’s deceit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 1, 20167:00 am

Harmony, Graffiti, Alley, Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Harmonious Lines

I find harmony
In places unexpected
A dirty, broken alley
Amid the smells
Of misery and death

Scrawled there
In pigment
And love
Arcs and lines
A language of hope
And possibility