Tag: photography

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 20173:00 pm

Graffiti, Bon's Off Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I Create

I create
Layer upon layer
Expression upon expression

The new obscures the old
The old shines through the new

A temporal collage

Of overlapping insights
Expressions, realizations

Hoping, in the end
The sum of it all
Creates some enduring meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20178:44 am

Dragon Brazier, Kong Miao, Confucius Temple, Beijing, China

Focus

I look back
At times of impatience
Of diligence lacking
Decisive moments

Reminded of the virtues:
Steadfast focus
Attention to detail
And a good tripod

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20171:56 pm

Sailboat and Crescent, Howe Sound, Bowen Island from Horseshoe Bay, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Becalmed ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #91

Under an empty sky
But for the lonesome crescent

And I
Becalmed
On the quiet sea
Furl my sails
Start the engine
Turn for home

To which I bring
This peaceful moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 7, 201711:24 am

Oh so pretty, Bowen Island, From Horseshoe Bay, Sea to Sky Highway, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

This land of oh-so-pretty

In this land of
Oh-so-pretty
The comings and
The goings become
As much the point of travel
As arriving

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 4, 201712:05 pm

Pleasure Craft at Dusk, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Diminutive ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #90

Diminutive
Am I within
This grand design
Of laws and matter

Such that I
Go travelling
A great expanse
Or one so seeming

In truth
A journey of
A thousand miles
Is hardly more than one

In a universe
Far wider still
Than light
Has ever gone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 30, 20177:00 am

Magic Hour

Magic hour
In a land
Of no small magic
Conspires to create
Tableaus of beauty
Inimitable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 28, 201711:37 am

Himalayan Foothills Sunrise, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Evanescent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #89

Celestial cyclic moment
With every day arise
As starlight crests horizon
Seeking eastern skies

Awakened human spirit
A grace divine replies

The night is done
New day is come

I breathe in deep
Exhale a grateful sigh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 21, 201710:27 am

Moon over Bowen, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, Bowen Island and Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, Canada-1

Infinity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #88

I seek the moments
When the infinite
Becomes the infinitesimal

When the All
Which is everything
Becomes the One
Which is nothingness

I seek the moments
When paradox
Becomes awareness

Then am I filled
With the insight of mystery
The light of darkness
Then being becomes non-being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 201710:00 pm

Lotus Petals

Petals fallen
To dimpled pond
Where raindrops gather
On lotus pads
A thousand diamonds glittering
Under slate grey skies

Rain quells nature’s sounds
No songbirds sing
No children shout
Ours are the only ears
To hear
The gentle white-noise patter
Of rainfall
Coming back to Earth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 14, 201712:27 pm

Patrick Jennings, Ganga Aarti, Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Heart ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #87

I make no room
In my heart
For hate