Tag: peace

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 16, 201912:05 pm

The Susurrus of Grey

On a day I wondered
If the rain might never end

The clouds did not break
The sun did not shine

So I sat with the rain
Found the beauty in the greys
With the susurrus of droplets
Falling on the gentle sea

In the peace I found there
The spark of a mirthful hope

Perhaps it would be better
If the rain did never end

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 20181:26 pm

Athabasca Bridge, Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Bridges ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #168

We build a bridge
To cross the gap
Or tear it down
No going back

Below the deck
A roiling rift
Divides our world
Apart, we drift

But let us take
A moment, slow
To contemplate
Terrain below

I’m sure we’ll find
On valley floor
Our common ground
Then peace restored

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 201810:31 am

Golden Heights, Bolinas, From Panoramic Highway, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California, United States of America

Heights ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #164

From the Golden State’s
Golden heights
I kick back

Refreshed by the cool breeze
Chilling the fire
Of the hot sun

Atop the curvilinear delights
Of hillocks dappled
With grasses and pines

Where even infinity seems so close
I could touch it
Right there

As the curve of the Earth
Rounds the line
Where ocean meets the sky

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 29, 20188:55 pm

Draft Lager, Dubh Linn Gate Pub, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Liquid Meditation

Sometimes
The clink of glass
Works as well
As a meditation bell

The first
Long
Draft

Is a
Deep
Breath

Attachments melt away
The mind quiets
Its obsessive
Narcissism

For a moment
Nothing else matters
But this
Single

Moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 23, 20189:47 am

Islands in the Mist, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The Beauty of Mystery

I find serenity
In the mystery
Peace in the unknown

Accept the beauty
In what is revealed

Keep faith in the obscured

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 20182:20 pm

Fallen Maple Leaf, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Remembrance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #161

For all of you
Who’ve gone to ground
Fallen in a season
For which life
Had not yet come around
Bleakest autumn
Fell upon your spring

I remember
And I write

Words seeking time
In some future dream
When the Flanders torch
Shall not be passed
We will no longer ask
The young to die
For causes wrought
Upon the lie
Of righteousness

A time when poppies bloom
In their rightful spring
Not this remorseful
Autumnal rite
No longer red
No blood be spilled
But lovely white
Our peace fulfilled

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 31, 20181:56 pm

Subtle Hour

In the subtle hour
At day’s end
Serenity
Transcends presence
Transforms being

I bask
In expansion
Become vivid
In my finite
Infinity

Tag: peace

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