Tag: peace

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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 4, 20182:58 pm

Tugboat and Log Booms, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mother

In magic hour’s
Golden glow
She tucks them gently
Into rustling sheets
Already deep
In slumber’s keep
A loving kiss
Upon each brow
Then turns away
Though not without
A backward glance
A silent sigh
She carries
With her
Into night
The peaceful sleep
Of innocents

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 2, 20184:59 pm

Sunday

Through the trees
The rock
And the sea

A rugged shoreline
In splendid
Repose

While I
Breathe silently

In time
With the rush of ocean
Upon the land

Dappled sun
Offers
Tonic warmth

Tag: peace

Heights ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #164

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Liquid Meditation

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The Beauty of Mystery

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Remembrance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #161

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Mother

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