Tag: music

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 13, 202111:43 am

She Sings, Josephine Choi, Badaboom, Bay Moorings Restaurant, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Creation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #278

There is nothing so beautiful
As a moment offered in whole
To the act of creation

Except perhaps
One given
To love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 4, 201911:02 pm

Slinki Extra Wide I, Gallery Bistro, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Loss ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #199

From time to time we lose
People, places and things
We love

In the absence
Recollections induce the bittersweet
With time, perhaps, becoming less bitter than sweet

Losses lightened
By the moments, words and images
We’ve captured

The joys once lived
Remain in our memories
And in our hearts

In the empty spaces
Something new, perhaps
Something new to love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 17, 20197:41 pm

For the Birds, Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Birdseed

All the world’s aflutter
For little girls
Fistfuls of birdseed
Their indiscriminate chaos

Such are the conditions
Of beautiful perfections

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 17, 201810:26 am

The Wells and Dancing Boy, Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Focus ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #144

Sometimes
It’s hard to stay focused
To capture all the details
To see the whole picture

Still
I see enough
To know the beauty
Of a moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20173:22 pm

She Sang

She sang
With all her heart
She sang

Though the power
In her voice came

From the moments
Between words
Between songs
In quiet introspection

Canon 5D Mark II by Patrick JenningsOct 20, 20177:00 am

Courage, A-Maze-ing Laughter, Yue Minjun, West End, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Courage (for Gordon Downie)

We lost a good one this week in Canada, Gordon Downie, frontman, lyricist, songwriter for The Tragically Hip, a Canadian rock powerhouse. In the 80s and 90s, they were probably my favourite band.

This song, Courage (for Hugh MacLennan), has always resonated deeply with me. In 1998, while spending six months bicycling across China, it inspired this blog post from the road. As it turns out, with all that’s going on in the world right now, it proves a timely reminder to get back on the path of love and light and insight. It was a path Gordon Downie forged and followed vigorously, right up to the very end.

Here’s to you, Gordon. And thanks, again, for all the insight.