Tag: nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 17, 20167:04 pm

Misty Shoreline, Cannon Beach, Pacific Coast Highway, Oregon, United States of America

Greys and Greens

This misty shore
Calls to me
Greys and greens
The susurro
Of waves on sand
The whispered wind
In long stemmed grass
Relieve me from
Hard lines and steel
Harsh words and sound
My urban stress

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 15, 20167:00 am

Sunrise, Pigeon Point, Near Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Was there life before life?

I love the places which transport me
Back to a time
When all there was
Was rock
And gas
And water

A time before anything lived
And the closest thing to life
Were molecules
Which looked like
The kinda things
You built life with

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 13, 20167:21 pm

Sunrise, 13,000 feet, Mount Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo

Stratospheric Sunrise

Climb up into darkling sky
Long before the sun awakes
Ambush it there
In its rising shout
Neon rainbow
Across the world
Beyond the edge
Of Earth
Beyond the realm
Of life itself

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 12, 20164:47 pm

Fog Shroud, Oregon, United States of America

Shrouded in Fog

This rocky land
This forlorn place
This world in
Shrouded grey

Beyond the straight
A farther shore
Receding
In the mist

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 12, 20167:00 am

Desert Snow

This snowy shroud
On the sand
This crystal air
In my lungs
This layered cloud
Filters sun
This pristine world
Silent land

I feel my heart
Thrum in my chest
I feel the heat
Within my soul
I feel the beat
Of wordless rhyme
I am complete
Connected time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 11, 20163:17 pm

Winter Rangeland, Highway 87, Somewhere between WInslow and Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

This Wintry Road

This wintry road I travel by
Takes me through a country wide
Feathered here and there with buttes
Which break the plain to just one side

A single car approaches me
Then whistles by
The last I’ll see
Before sky fades and daylight flies

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 11, 201610:58 am

Stone and Wood and Time, Kata Tjuta, The Olgas, Northern Territory, Australia

Withering ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #54

Look at you!
Said the stone
Sun has had his way
Now you are naught
But gray
And withering
While I?
Sun has burnished me
Patinaed stone
Bright red, you see

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 10, 20161:44 pm

Saguaro Sunset, Superstition Mountains, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Darkness Falls

Darkness falls
Upon the desert
Driving daylight’s
Golden rays
Beyond the Earth

But at the edge
Brief silhouette
As sunlight rages
And resists

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 10, 20167:00 am

Golden sunrise

Like a gold bar
Perched on horizon’s edge
The promise of a new day rising
A wealth of potential
Infinite possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 8, 20167:00 am

Frozen Range Land, Somewhere west of Mesa Verde, Colorado, United States of America

Test of Mettle

I love a deserted beach
On a hot day
With a cool onshore breeze
The surf a subtle metronome
Counting out my breaths
A calming solitude
Existence
Languid, placid serenity

I love also this frozen range
Its crystalline air
With a cutting wind
Driving the storm my way
Stealing my breath
A vulnerable solitude
Presence
Aware, active vigilance