Tag: night

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 22, 20182:15 pm

Point of Recognition

Where was I?
When I shot this?

Like waking up
In a strange bed
In a strange room

Trying to find
That one thing
That one point
Of recognition

A silhouette
Bicycle rickshaw

India

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 18, 20174:50 pm

Departed Star, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Illumination

Illumination lingering
Day’s departed sun
Twinkling distant galaxies

Dotted sky
Cloud obscured

Nighttime creatures hurrying
Light beam shoreline racing
Destination seaside stars

Dotted land
Life obscured

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 18, 20177:00 am

Ribbon of Highway, Okanagan Highway 97, From Oyama Lake Road, Lake Country,, British Columbia, Canada

Presence

Sometimes
I like to turn the radio off
Let the silence fall upon the car
Let the experience of driving
Transcend the noise
Otherwise in the background

I hear pavement’s texture
Know the coarse and the smooth
From the form of a wave in my ear
I feel it
Transferred from tires
To frame
To chassis
To the wheel beneath my hands
The pedal and floor beneath my feet
The seat enveloping my body

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 17, 20173:14 pm

Mountain High to City Lights, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

City Light Homecoming

Driving down
From my mountain high
Headlights
Tail lights
Darkening sky

On the Sound
A sheen of cobalt and amber
Twilight
Cloud light
The last burning ember

A city beyond
Awaiting, my home
Hearthlight
Heart light
The end of my roam

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 16, 201710:03 am

Waiting, Bicycle Rickshaw Line, Lajpat Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi, India

Maelstrom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #96

Amid
The maelstrom
Of life
Which is

India

They wait

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 11, 20179:49 pm

Boats

In the deepening night
Long after Aarti fires
Extinguish
A late boat returns
While some colleagues rest
On gentle ripples
And others await repair
Uncomfortably aground

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 17, 201711:40 pm

Sleeping Dogs

It’s a dog’s life
They say
But “they” have never been
A dog

And in the 16th century
When they first said it
Life as a dog
Was hard
And that’s what they meant
When they said it

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 26, 201712:35 pm

Golden, The Ganga, (Ganges River), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Golden ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #76

Oars dip gently
Into Mother Ganga
A calm, steady rhythm
Like a deep breath

While the bells clang
Insistently
In golden Varanasi

Where the priests
Celebrate Shiva

With a dance of fire

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 19, 20176:30 pm

Bicycle Rickshaw Stand, Outside Lajpat Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi, India

In the Cacophony

The Cacophony
Of motion and sound
Falls away
Deep into the background
As he waits
For the next fare
In a peaceful quiet
Of his own making

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 20, 20164:23 pm

Encroaching Ice

Daylight wanes
Night encroaching
Like the ice
On the lake
Like the snow
On the mountains
Like the years
On my life

Transitions
Whether, in the end
For the better
Or for the worse
A matter of perception

But in transitions
Themselves, I always find
Some beauty
Large or small