Tag: nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 6, 20227:20 am

Lost in the Fog

The monuments we erect
To assure ourselves
Of our own greatness

Barely breach
The lowest cloud

Of nature’s modest creation

While the proof
Of our existence

Is a contrail adrift in time
Dissipating in the empty sky
Of infinite space

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 22, 20229:26 am

On a Cold Day, Porteau Cove, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Cold Reminder

On the cold days
I’m reminded
That most days
Life is a struggle

A struggle
To stay warm
And keep fed

To love
And be loved

A beautiful struggle

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 19, 20227:00 am

Epiphany, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Remembering Epiphany

I squint into the sun
And existence becomes
A blackened vignette
With a sparkling path
Leading directly
To a burst of light
In a cloud-strewn sky

A vision I recognize
From those times of connection
When I was one with everything
And the knowledge of all existence
Seemed not only plausible
But within my grasp

Heady times

And I wonder
Was I mad then to believe
The epiphany was real

Or mad now to have let it slip
From experience
To memory
Now a personal myth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 202210:45 pm

Blustery, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lion's Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Bluster ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #296

With some bluster
Does the wind complain
Drives the sea
And the clouds
To fraught disdain

In these throes do I
Count my many blessings
For the calm
Which stills me
Deep inside

Unlike the waves
Upon the water
And the sky
My mind is quiet
Without torment to promote a cry

And while horizon
Soon the sun obscures
The star within
Shines bright
With everlasting light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 202210:17 am

White Noise

Water’s souciant song
White as the snow still falling
Nature’s whisper: shhhhhhhh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 31, 202110:49 am

Train Wreck Suspension Bridge, Cheakamus River, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Grace through the Rubble

I make my way
Down channeled paths
Wending through
Hardship and trouble

To overcome
My flow adjusts
Weaves a line
Ofttimes turbulent

While rocks and stumps
Which interfere
I push aside
With force of will determinant

And rest I may
In respite of pools and lakes
To carry on with grace aplomb
Through demise and rubble

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 202110:57 am

Lavender on Broken Glass

Soft and sharp
Lavender petals fall
On broken glass

So is the acceptance
Of our sad reckoning

Embraced in tears

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 20218:30 am

Dawn Nears, Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Tantalus Range, British Columbia, Canada

Upon the Sigh

Dawn already
Come and gone
First sun reflects
From wintry throne
Beneath the glow
Of cloudless sky

I hold my grief
In chill repose
The magic light
Has challenged woes
Soon comes the smile
Upon the sigh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 26, 20214:27 pm

i of the Storm

I come for the storms
To be confronted
By nature
At her extremes

To remind myself
Of things much more
Than my self

In my calm lagoon
Of self import

I am touched

By what others
Might call God

Though I admit
To no more knowledge
Than such is divine

With I
In my little i
Of the storm
That is existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 7, 202111:43 am

Ferry and Mount Baker, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo Ferry, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada II

I Wipe Them Away

We make time across the Strait
The ferry carries me
From all that I’ve known
To I know not where

Yet

But that matters not
The where is not there
I’ve left there behind
Moved on

Forward?

Who knows
Not I
Just an hour gone
And I miss parts of it

Already

Like a child’s stuffed toy
Or her comfort blanket
The woman no longer needs
Nostalgia alone soothes adult vulnerability

A bit

I hope I’ve left
All such things
To the past
They have earned

Like tears

That have fallen
Already forgotten
But for the trails
Dried on my cheek

I wipe them away