Tag: living in the moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 30, 20241:51 pm

A Moment of Repose

I take a moment
Just to sit and be
In my own thoughts
My own body

Reflect on the emotions
All bottled up
Which fill me to overflowing

When they come
Leave the sluice gates open

Don’t restrict the flow

Let them wash over me
Allow them to take what they will

The torrent is hard
And full
A tumult of the repressed

When the tide finally ebbs
Walk the flood path
Take stock of the flotsam and jetsam
Retrieve what is dear and useful

Leave whatever is not
After thanking it
For the lessons

Insight comes
But not without its reckonings

And with these comes healing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 27, 20247:00 am

In the Midst of Eternity

Some places just feel ancient
Time there stopped
And the land quit changing

I never feel more here and now
Than in such places

This little speck of life, I

In the midst
Of eternity

One tiny moment
Of meaninglessness
Writ large on existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 22, 20249:13 pm

Reach for the Sky

I reach for the sky
Its light
Its heat

Bathe in the glory
Of nature’s bounty

Alive to the moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 1, 202411:59 pm

Pukaskwa

We skim the slate grey
Beneath a gloomy grey

In our crimson coats
On our speedy boat

Exuding a rainbow of glee

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 31, 20247:02 pm

Boat House, Medee Bay, L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada

Médée

A bit rickety
And in disrepair
Could use a fresh coat too

I tell myself every morning
Dragging this body out of bed

But it’s got a good number of years in it yet

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 21, 20247:00 am

A Moment not in the Moment

I remind myself

A photograph is neither
A moment nor a place

Taking a photograph is neither
In the moment, nor the place
So I put down the camera

Take one breath
Then another

In the moment, and the place

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 15, 20244:44 pm

Decay, Skinners Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Renew ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #352

Once was

Vibrant
Living
Loving

Became

Decay
Barren
Listless

Now is

Renew
Reborn
Struggle

To be

Vibrant
Living
Loving

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 17, 20222:34 pm

Three Friends, Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Friendship ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #332

Celebrate the joy
Shared with friends
On an adventure

Making a meal
Out of life

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 9, 20223:45 pm

Rain Abated, Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America

Stormy Solitude

Rain abated
Dimpled sand dries in Rorschach patches
Sky a mottled grey
A single darkened cloud
Mimics patterns in the sand

Some might wish for the sun
To feel the heat on their skin
Or rising from the scalding sand
Secure in the haven of a beach towel
Beneath an umbrella in a sea of beachgoers

But I prefer this solitude
Shared only with the rumbling surf
And the gull idling by
On the penetrating wind
Which tousles my knotting hair

Draw my windbreaker tight against the insistent chill
Rub some warmth into my thighs through the denim
All the while engaging the impression
That I have this spectacular planet
All to myself

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 7, 20227:43 pm

Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America

Surf Song

With gentle insistence
The ocean rises up to greet me
And I, pant legs rolled to my calves
Welcome it’s cool, frothy embrace
Enjoy the caress of water over my ankles
The sensation of sinking into the sand
As the receding wave draws the beach
From beneath my feet

I stay there for an hour or so
Take a few steps back
When the waves threaten my trousers
A few steps forward
When they fail to reach me
My sandpiper dance
In time with the surf song
And its choir of gulls