Tag: Pic and a Word Challenge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 24, 20198:16 pm

Entangled, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Entangled ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #176

Entangled in dreams and traumas
Is my heart betrayed
By actions driven
From deep inside
The darkness
Unplumbed
So
Finally do I
Enter the dark
Holding the light
Of my broken heart
To heal the injuries
And discover the truth of dreams

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 17, 201912:24 pm

Swirly Light, Boston Pizza, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Colour ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #175

These moments of some small artistry
Grasped upon and toyed with oh so playfully
A passing thought
Become a pleasing naught
For there is no deeper meaning here
Just some pretty colours challenging the black
Amid the balanced forms I’ve caught

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 10, 201911:31 pm

Valley Flow, Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Valley ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #174

Through the valley
Between the rocky mounts
Where days go by
Too fast to count

Then what remains
But moments lost
In timeless frame

I let them go
And count no more

Just live them all

In endless flow
So none pass by

For none remorse
Nor row against
The river’s course

The ripples
And the rapids play
The challenges
Of every day

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 3, 201910:24 pm

Etched Granite, Athabasca Glacer, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Fences ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #173

Beyond the fence
Which keeps me out
Or holds me in
I’m not sure which

There is a place
I want to be
Or fled in fear
I’m not sure which

Until I breach
And clamber through
Then come to know
Beyond the fence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 27, 201911:15 pm

fraser river pilings, steveston, british columbia, canada

Vanishing ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #172

As the sun
So the pilings
So the day
So my life

In a whir of calm
And failing light
The river
Never stops

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 20, 20196:48 pm

wordy window on the world, mojave desert, route 66, california, united states of america copy

Words ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #171

I am no Poet
Least not in
The classic Poet’s manner

I’ve never studied
What the Poets say
Nor worried much
How they place their words
Or why that way

I do not know
How to write a sonnet
I am not sure
What makes pentameter
Iambic

I hope that’s OK

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 13, 201910:18 am

winter mesa, mesa verde national park, colorado, united states of america copy

Blanket ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #170

On a crisp chill morn’
Paradox so comforting
Fresh blanket of snow

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 6, 201912:31 pm

narrow channel, athabasca falls, athabasca river, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Rapid ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #169

A chasm in my spirit formed
Through which my rage and pain now roils
Channelled through such rugged gorge
It churns and gouges rocky walls
With ill effect upon my soul

I hold on tight
This tiny raft
Upon the raucous
Seething froth
Ride the fury
Through the pass
All the while
Seek inward poise

For only then
Will ire abate
The rapid’s run
Is fueled by hate
While narrow walls
Are blinders worn
To keep my mind
In raging state

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 23, 20185:23 pm

Stillness, Howe Sound, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Stillness ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #167

On some unseen horizon
Beyond my peace of mind
Where shadows play
In savage grey
And hope has not yet
Even hope

No flutter on the water
No ripple in the wind
No fish or whale
To breech the sea
No gull on wing
To cry the air alive
No colour falls to eye

In this world
Of nothingness
In stillness
Drifted I

Aboard a ship
No sails were set
Devoid of all intent
My mind awash
In listless thought
No acts of love
From feckless heart

Yet all the while
And deep below
This ship becalmed
My spirit spare
A current
Ran unseen

It swirled
And tossed
It mustered
Forces unbeknown
Which bubbled to the top