Tag: NaPoWriMo

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 7, 20179:54 pm

Jewellery Seller and Pigeons, The Ganga (Ganges River), Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Marker on the Way Home

She’s my marker
The jewellery seller
Leaning against
The Tower of Baba

I stop by her ad-hoc shop
Mapping my way home
In my mind

From here
A set of stairs
Like a hundred others
All along the the Ganga banks
For miles north and south
Except these stairs
Lead home, almost straight

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 6, 20179:28 pm

Saris on the Steps, The Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Spirits Cleansed

They come to bathe
In waters pure
Then, with spirits cleansed
They dry their saris
Upon the steps
Which bore them down
To Mother Ganga’s shore

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 5, 20179:24 pm

Rower on the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Rower on the Ganga

Flotilla at rest
On the quiet river
In the grey cool morning

A few boats rock
As tourists clamber aboard
Laughter and photographs

As my camera surveys the scene
One boat begins to move
Oars dipping, splashing

I find frame on the boat
Zooming out; zooming in
Click a few exposures

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 4, 20177:00 am

Spire and Sunset, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sunset & Minaret

Sunset and minaret
What more need be said
But for the hundreds who
Meander through
The tranquil peace
This evening grace
Within the shadow of
Perfection

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 3, 20177:00 am

Queued For Viewing, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Unnoticed Details

Minarets and domes
Archways and inlays
All this beauty
Did I capture

And through it all
A grand parade
Of faces, of beings
The beauty hardly noticed

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 2, 201710:30 am

Southern Gate Reflections, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Reflections ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #81

Passed through the gate
Now stand in awe
Before a wonder
Of the world

Then turn around
To discover
Yet another wonder

Leaves me to wonder
How many others

Reflect upon this other

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 1, 201711:15 pm

Bicycle Rickshaw Stand, New Delhi, India

Transitions

Long day behind
Long night ahead

Bed roll and cardboard mattress
Stashed in the tree for later

When night rounds the corner
Some small time for sleep

Otherwise
Pedalling

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 201611:34 pm

Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

I am not thirsty

In the dry
I am not thirsty
In the heat
I am not too warm

In the sand
I dig in roots
In the sun
I bask in life

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20161:13 pm

Sunset, Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

Presence

I spend some time
In a place like this
A place which strips away

Pretense
Distraction
Aggrandisement
Avarice

I find my presence
In the present

And in that presence
Is love

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Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20165:00 pm

Howe Sound, Pporteau Cove, British Columbia, Canada

Pregnant Calm

In the cool grey
Of a cloudy afternoon
The air so still
Even the birds respect the silence

In repose
I reflect
On the day that has been
On the day to come

Until
Like the birds
I respect the silence
Let my mind go still

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