Tag: humility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 9, 202310:06 pm

Humble

I remind myself

From humble beginnings
Possibility flows

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 26, 202010:32 am

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

Convergence

All that is
Converges on a single point
Where all that is known and imaginable
Exists in the experience and imagination
Of a single sentience

Earth alone
Is home to billions of such convergences
Leading to this gesture of humility:
How can I know this convergence of mine
Is the best of billions

Or even any good at all

All I know
Of the billions of others
Is at best learned conjecture
Even with the most intimate knowledge
Thus am I both creator and interpreter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20197:00 am

Amphitrite Light, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Amphitrite Lighthouse

As the sun began to fall
The Great Light said
To the little light
At Amphitrite

Oh, little one
Feel my heat
See my radiance
Do you not wish
To be so grand as I?

Oh, indeed, Great One
The little light replied
Your luminous warmth
Is the envy of all

Words in which the Great One
Took no small pleasure
Preening in preparation
To further explain its greatness

But… were I to be you
Continued the lighthouse
When the night comes
Or the fog grows heavy
Who would guide the sailor’s way?

Startled, chagrined and angered
The Great Light drew a deep breath
Preparing a dismissive retort
Then sank below the horizon

Leaving the little light
At Amphitrite
With its ever present beacon
To shine into the quiet night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 29, 20177:00 am

Cascade, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Mighty & Humble

In this land
Of such magnificence
Even the mighty
Know humility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 6, 20165:16 pm

Patrick Jennings, Twin Falls, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Learning Humility

I walked through the world
With a mighty swagger
Until humiliation
Taught me humility
Until poverty
Taught me what to value
Until failure
Taught me grace

Now I walk with a gentle deference
Listen, when I might have spoken
Forgive, when I might have challenged
Let go, when I might have held on

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 3, 20167:00 am

Vancouver and North Shore mountains, from English Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Seeming Small

I love a city
Which allows itself
To seem small

So that its setting
In all its glory
Becomes the tale