Tag: nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 15, 20169:57 pm

Derelict Pier, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

In another time

In another time
When the ships sailed in
And the ore shipped out

In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came

In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 14, 20167:00 am

Mittens at Dusk, Near Mexican Hat, Arizona, United States of America

Perception ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #50

Through a lens
I see the world

With filters
Adding colours
With thinking
Adding meanings

Until the world I see
Looks nothing like
The world which is

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 20162:12 pm

A brook in the woods, Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

A Natural Peace

There is a special kind of peace
A harmony in the presence of nature

One I observe most completely
With a quiet mind
And a still body

A peace I take with me
A harmony I can experience, anytime
By relaxing my body
Stilling my mind
And taking a few deep breaths

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 11, 20166:55 am

Becalmed, Tyaughton Lake, Near Gold Bridge, British Columbia, Canada

The grey cool calm of existence

In the grey cool quiet
Of late afternoon
I paddle out into the lake
And just go calm

Calm as the air
Calm as the water
Resolute as the mountain
Free as the clouds

In a silence unbroken
But for the loon’s plaintive call
I sit
And rest

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 7, 201611:09 am

Obscured Path, White Lake Trail, White Lake Grasslands, Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Obscured ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #49

I follow the obscured path
Tall grass licking my legs
Tickling the spokes
Going “teedle teedle teedle”
While handlebars cut a swath
Parting a bow wave in the ocean of grass

It’s like swimming through a sea
Of stems and raspy leaves
The stiff breeze wrestles up a wave
Which rolls across the grassland and trees
A moment of cool in the sun roasted air
Which clings to my lips, dries my lungs

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 3, 20167:22 am

Broken Shells and Sand, South Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

She Danced

She danced
As if everyone was watching
And all they wanted
Was to see her dance

She danced
As if every word she’d ever spoken
Could be translated
To a gesture, a swirl, or a twirl

She danced
And all I knew was
I wanted to be there on the dance floor
With her, now and forever

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 2, 20167:38 pm

Crowsnest Highway, East of Hope, British Columbia, Canada

The Granularity of Existence

There is this granularity
To all existence
To things
To life

The fractal geometry
Of everything

Littler things
Make up little things
Little things
Make up bigger things
Bigger things
Make up big things

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 2, 20167:00 am

Light in the Trees, Seymour Demonstration Forest, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Light in the Forest of Non-Being

Sunlight cracks through the canopy
Spreading through the boughs
Falling to the forest floor
Where I sit
With the birdsong
And the whisper of the wind
Through rustling branches

All there is
Is me
And nature