Tag: life lessons

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 26, 20181:27 pm

Off Kilter, Amphitrite Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Challenged Path

Along this broken shore
I make my way
Stutter stride
Across uneven rock
Where scattered life
Though clinging, thrives

Much as I
On challenged path
Lose my balance
Then regained
A beacon there
Should day grow dark

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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 20173:00 pm

Graffiti, Bon's Off Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I Create

I create
Layer upon layer
Expression upon expression

The new obscures the old
The old shines through the new

A temporal collage

Of overlapping insights
Expressions, realizations

Hoping, in the end
The sum of it all
Creates some enduring meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 10, 20176:21 pm

Triangulated, Alphanumeric Sphere Sculpture, New Westminster Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

Hardened Shell

Cutting through the hardened shell
Of cognitive dissonance
And confirmation bias
Reveals a frightening realm
Of ill-defined objects
And unresolved detail

But better to crawl through
To this wilderness of consciousness
Than remain unconscious
Battering the cage
Of my own ignorance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 28, 20164:14 pm

Heron, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Nature’s Teachers ~ Heron

Nature offers many teachers
From Heron I learned
The peace of stillness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 7, 20169:44 pm

Bright Angel

Down into the depths
Of this world
Of my spirit
Plunged the Bright Angel

Bringing light
To darkness
Bringing purpose
To doubt
Bringing meaning
To listlessness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 15, 20168:54 am

Lichen on Granite, Hope Slide, Cascade Mountains, Nicolum Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Honey on Burnt Toast

Sometimes
Reciting aphorisms and positivity
In bad times
Is like spreading honey
On burnt toast
It’s sweeter
But the toast is still burnt
And it tastes like shite