Tag: mountains

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 1, 20191:35 pm

Four Peaks, Tonto National Forest, Near Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Rise

I see the beauty
It’s not so very far
And a road which leads
From shadow to the light
From the broken lands
To where snow-capped pinnacles

Rise

Though I see
Not so very far ahead
I take the road
Into the valley maze
And trust myself
To find the way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 24, 20197:00 am

An Ode to The Seven

I see The Seven
In the land
The textures
The gestures
The shapes and lines

And the colours
Oh the colours
Ever vibrant
Even this brown earth

They painted
With expansiveness
Let the grandiose
Dominate the brush

Then I
So happy
For just a hint of them
Through the glass
Held in my hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 20192:56 pm

Brown's Peak Sunset, onto National Forest, From Apache Gap, Near Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Be Still

I find myself in moments
When even my hyper-active mind
Knows to be still
And listen

Let nature speak

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 201811:20 am

Perfect

This perfect valley
In the perfect light
With the perfect clouds
Make a perfect moment

This perfect is mine
Not the valley’s
Not the light’s
Not the clouds’

I remind myself
True happiness
Is found in finding
The perfect in everything

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 201810:31 am

Golden Heights, Bolinas, From Panoramic Highway, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California, United States of America

Heights ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #164

From the Golden State’s
Golden heights
I kick back

Refreshed by the cool breeze
Chilling the fire
Of the hot sun

Atop the curvilinear delights
Of hillocks dappled
With grasses and pines

Where even infinity seems so close
I could touch it
Right there

As the curve of the Earth
Rounds the line
Where ocean meets the sky

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 9, 20189:01 pm

Coast Mountains Wildfires, British Columbia, Canada

Fire ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #152

I cannot see the fire
Still, the sky betrays its presence
As yet the flames present no danger
Though the possibility be mentioned

So am I reminded
A threat may seem remote
Or weak in its intention

But a threat it is
Toxic in its notion

I do well to heed an atmosphere in tension

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 8, 20184:16 pm

where there is fire, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Where There’s Fire

Sinewy sifting
Suffusing valleys
Smoke expanding
Soft stifling blanket
Seeking prairies
Eastward

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 24, 20181:43 pm

Encroaching Twilight, Jasper Skytram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Peaks ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #145

I rise up
Above it all
See the world
Beyond the peaks
Touch the sky
Breathe in space
Feel the Earth
Beneath my feet
Await the stars
Infinity

Existence set
In time and place
Yet all at once
I’m every where
I’m every thing
I’m not at all

To be
And not
To be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 20, 20183:24 pm

Sun Burst, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

After the Oil Boom

Well I dreamed I saw the clouds
And the heat waves coming.
Wretched mad man on my mind
When the sun burst through the skies.
There was my heart there singin’ in the light
But I felt like I could cry.
Look at mother nature on the run
In the twenty seventeen.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 19, 20183:31 pm

Cloud Over Rock, Banff National Park, From HI Banff Alpine Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Water and Stone

I watch the clouds
Dominate the mountains
I see the rain
Cleave the stone

I understand
How the soft
Is stronger
Than the hard