Tag: moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 10, 20227:00 pm

Captured & Gifted

Moments in time
Suspended

Amplified
By the snap of a shutter

Held now in perpetuity
Captured

Gifted
To become

Moments for
Others

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20211:51 pm

For the Dawn

Dawn comes softly
In pastels
With a light wind

I breathe in the moment
Then hold on
To what I don’t want to let go

This peace
This sanctuary
This moving on

A quiet
I have not allowed myself
To experience

In a long time

Time
In my body
Letting the world be

Just as it is

Beautiful
And dark

Tranquil
And distressed

But just for this moment

Beautiful
And tranquil

That is enough
For the dawn

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 22, 202110:15 am

ad Eyes, Motorcycle Rickshaw Driver, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, India

Moments We’ll Never Know

You with the sad eyes
Who found the glass
In this swarm of activity

And I released the shutter
Capturing your moment
Of I know not what

Tired?
Beaten down?
Or just weary

Of yet another tourist
Stealing a moment of your life
For a purpose you’ll never know

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 31, 20207:00 am

Nearby Star, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

A Nearby Star

Perched on a mossy cliffside
Basking in the warmth
Of a nearby star

The scents of sea
And conifers

Carried on the breeze

While I
Close my eyes

Breathe in
All of existence
Gathered in a moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 18, 202012:08 am

Symmetry, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Symmetry ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #245

I revel
In asymmetrical symmetry
Seek the imperfectly perfect
For there is no beauty
No moment
No experience worth a memory
Confined to the bounds
Of the expected
Or the predictable

A perfect world
Constructed with ruthless precision
Would be far too mundane
To provide the challenge
Which offers existence
Meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 15, 20201:17 pm

Afternoon Ride, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Turn that is not Return

The world begins
To turn again
No longer still
Though somnolent, still

The long exhale
Following the deep, deep breath

The moment which moves
Between the change
And knowing
There is no going

back

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 20205:59 pm

Mathura Junction in 1600th Time, Mathura Junction Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh, India

Untold Stories

Every picture tells a story
While the stories of the photographed
Remain untold

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 4, 20205:25 pm

Alcoves, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

Breathing the Moment

In an alcove of my mind
Tucked away from memories and desires
I find this moment
Of nothing but breath
The sensation of breathing
Awareness of the necessity
Of nothing but breathing

Breathe in this moment
Breathe out the past
Breathe in this moment
Breathe out the future
Breathe in this moment

Every inhaled breath
Overflows the alcove
Expands into every aspect of mind

Every exhaled breath
Empties the mind
Allowing the moment to flow into it

I breathe
Until all that I am
Is this single moment