Tag: night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 26, 20197:00 am

Amphitrite Light, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Amphitrite Lighthouse

As the sun began to fall
The Great Light said
To the little light
At Amphitrite

Oh, little one
Feel my heat
See my radiance
Do you not wish
To be so grand as I?

Oh, indeed, Great One
The little light replied
Your luminous warmth
Is the envy of all

Words in which the Great One
Took no small pleasure
Preening in preparation
To further explain its greatness

But… were I to be you
Continued the lighthouse
When the night comes
Or the fog grows heavy
Who would guide the sailor’s way?

Startled, chagrined and angered
The Great Light drew a deep breath
Preparing a dismissive retort
Then sank below the horizon

Leaving the little light
At Amphitrite
With its ever present beacon
To shine into the quiet night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 201912:00 pm

Eyes ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #192

Earnest and callow
Eyes and smile
Rendered in night’s
Deepest shadow

A smile to say
“Goodnight, my friend”
Then again to
Welcome morning

In the darkness
Protect the gate
From those who carry
Cans of paint

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 26, 20192:00 pm

Night Owls, Bar Mendizabal, Gothic Quarter, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain copy

Quiet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #189

In the small hours of the night
Somewhere between the last “sweet dreams”
And the alarm clock’s insistent chatter
I like to go out into the city

These quiet hours
In the quiet streets
Shared by a few other strays

When being alone in my own skin
Offers a kind of camaraderie with other lone souls

Being alone in their own skin

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 23, 20197:00 am

Cases Ramos, Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

The Trials and Rewards of Architectural Photography at Night

With this lens
No wider

Already
Standing in the street
Wary of taxis and buses
The trees obscuring
Already

In my hands
No tripod

The light
So very low
Contrast
So very high
Under a darkling sky
Near the end
Of the sun’s
Long good-night

By this light
No darker

click-cliick-cliiick

Exposures times three
Then merge exposures
To become one
In a too-small frame

With tree branches
Encroaching
While taxis and buses
Approaching

Held that lens
In my hands
With low light
And this frame

So this print
No better

But then too
Not bad

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 31, 20194:55 pm

Night Spot, Carrer de L'Hospital, Gothic Quarter, Barcelona, Catelonia, Spain

Night ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #181

Café por favor

The regular stop
In the deep of the night
Homeward bound

Warmed inside

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 17, 201810:47 pm

Valley Glow

In light too slight
For human eye
I setup lens
With hope intent
Rack focus to eternity

Allow the night
To enter frame
Count out seconds
Three by ten
Capturing
These timely glows

One from headlight’s driven thrust
Unfurls along the river’s edge
Another rises up
To meet the clouds
Escape from streets
Illuminate

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 201810:01 am

The Night Comes

As the sky signals
The coming of night
With glorious colours of caution
The night’s beacon
Hunkers down
It’s daylight glimmer
Set to become
A sentry in the darkness

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