Tag: light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 5, 202211:10 pm

Reaching for the Light, Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America

Gloom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #336

Reach for me, my friend
From the gloom besetting you
I have light to spare

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 7, 20228:54 pm

Waiting, Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Waiting ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #333

I wait my turn
Impatient
For the opportunity
To challenge
The sky
Leave the storm sodden Earth
Rise into the promise
Of light
Breaking through the cloud

But why?

Why wait?

Is not the sky
Beckoning?
Are these not wings
To lift me?

There is no control tower
No queue for the runway
My hand rests
On the throttle

All that’s needed
Is the will to engage
The engines

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 20224:17 pm

Sometimes a Flood

A trickle
Where sometimes a flood
In a land grown thirsty
While from the sun falls
Torrents of heat
And light
In a valley
Deeper than shadow

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 30, 20226:00 pm

Little Northern Window, North Window Arch, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, United States of America

North Light

The little window
In the northern wall
Through which the lovely light falls
When the drapes aren’t closed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 15, 202212:11 pm

Himalaya Foothills Sunrise VII, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Valleys and Passes

Layers deep
To promising light
From a ledge of darkness

Valleys and passes
Stand between

Despair and possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 14, 202211:06 pm

Furious Nature

This ominous sky
This cataclysm of cloud
Sinister storm
Unleashed on a landscape
Unapologetically lethal

The exquisite beauty
Of furious nature

And I
Defiant
Steadfast in the wind
Rain pelting flesh
Breathe in all that might
Make the power my own
Become the desert
And the storm

Find the darkness
In the light
And the light
In the darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 11, 202212:51 pm

Shadow Explorers

We in our little windows
Of shared wonders
Bathed in common light

While some seek the shadows
To discover glories unknown

Then bring them into the light for all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 12, 20227:00 am

The Ebb & Flow of Possibility

In between
The dead
And the not dead

In between
What is
And what is not

In between
The light
And the not light

There find
The realm
Of possibility

Seen only
By those who conceive
A world without absolutes

Where dreamers dream
Between sleeping
And waking

While the world flows
Between being
And non-being

In the wakening hours we dance
Between self-remembering
And self-forgetting

This is the ebb and flood
Between the conscious
And the unconscious

Like the darkness
And the light
In eternal conflict

Only the master sees
The dominance of either
Is true darkness

While the light burns brightest
In those who come to know
The balance of both

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20227:00 am

Night Flight, two women on a scooter, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Night ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #314

We traverse the night
Guided by our inner light
Undistracted by the dark
Nor the turmoil of the flock in flight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 16, 20227:00 am

The Eye, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Self Remembering

Spirit cracks
Inner light
Pierces darkness
Reminds conscious
Extant spirit