Tag: love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 4, 20182:58 pm

Tugboat and Log Booms, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mother

In magic hour’s
Golden glow
She tucks them gently
Into rustling sheets
Already deep
In slumber’s keep
A loving kiss
Upon each brow
Then turns away
Though not without
A backward glance
A silent sigh
She carries
With her
Into night
The peaceful sleep
Of innocents

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 3, 201811:42 am

Seagull at Melfort Bell

A seagull cries
O’er the buoy bell ringing
The lapping tide
Is a gentle sigh

While I gather mussels
To steam in seasoned water
For dinner and wine

With you, my love
While boats and whales

Ply the narrow channel

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 20189:02 pm

Love Grace Beauty Meaning

I am moved most

By the things we
     construct
     create
     imagine

For
     love
     grace
     beauty
     meaning

Utility
Matters little
To me

Except
In a tool
For creation

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 17, 20182:24 pm

Queen of the Bazaar, Chandni Chowk market in Old Delhi, New Delhi, India

More Love

Come away with me
I will let you be
Whoever you wish to be

He doesn’t love you
Who would limit you
To who you are now

He does not love you
Who would have you
All to himself

That is not love
But the need of love
As if you are a fetish

Come away with me
And I will let you love
Whomever you want to love

Because I love
That you want
More than just me

It would be enough
To know
You loved yourself best

It would be enough
To know
Who you loved most, next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 7, 20186:36 am

Strait of Georgia Sunset, Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada

I the Sun; You the Moon

I wonder at you
Lapping at the shores
Of my consciousness
The light sussuru of wavelets
Tumbling onto the beach
A constant presence
Only noticed
When I turn my mind to you
And I realize
You’re always there
A tide
In constant ebb and flow
As I live in the world of the sun
And you the moon

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 6, 20185:14 pm

Black Hole, Light Fixture, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

The Most Powerful Love

I try to imagine
Something more powerful
Than the beauty of you
More magnetic
Than the light of your being
Something which could draw me in
With such inescapable gravity
As the love I’ve discovered
At the center of your heart

Nothing comes to mind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 22, 20181:10 pm

Earth and Sky on Fire, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America

Sky and Earth on Fire

The sky
And Earth
On fire

Like your touch
Trailing a line
Along my flesh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 19, 20182:59 pm

Old Wood Cool

He was old wood cool
Rugged, lined and beautiful
Someone people clung to
Like paint

He didn’t choose his friends
Everyone was welcome
And he played no favourites
But few weathered well in his company
Most faded quickly
In that radiant presence

I loved the bastard
And hated him