Tag: Pic and a Word Challenge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 4, 201811:42 am

Breathing Fire, New Brighton Park, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Imagination ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #129

In the dimness
I saw a monster on my bed
But just a towel
In a jumble
A child’s mind
Trying to make sense

In reflections
I see a dragon breathing fire
But just a building
With a light on
Like the child
Imagination still at play

Should the day come
When I see only what’s there
No monsters, no dragons
Which I playfully must slay
How sad I will be
In a world so plain and grey

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 25, 201810:36 am

Ice and Hoar Frost, Rainbow Beach, Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Frozen ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #128

Sometimes
The ripples of change
Become frozen
Caught in time
Like the waves
Lapping up on the fringe
Of a freezing lake

And I am the ship
Caught in arctic ice
Waiting out the season
Hoping for the sea to open

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 18, 201812:35 pm

Rainbow Sky, Near Lions Bay, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Blemish ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #127

Vibrant rainbow spans the sky
Colours smooth (though lacking green)
Broken only by small clouds
Blemish on a model’s cheek
Mirrors ferry, homeward bound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 11, 201811:23 pm

Depth, Howe Sound, From Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Depth ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #126

I seek the depths
Plummet through the layers
Finding comfort
In the silent saturation
Of unknowns
To be discovered

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 4, 201812:51 pm

Shadows in the Station, Random Station Platform, Delhi to Agra Express Train, Uttar Pradesh, India

Shadow ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #125

He stood apart
A shadow in time

Cast by the weak glow
Of a wan sun
Frustrated by the dull grey
Of the everyday

He stood apart
Waiting for trains

For the one
Which never arrived on time
And for the one
Which would never arrive

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 28, 201812:43 pm

Broom & Detritus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wisdom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #124

A broom
To sweep away
The detritus

Of wisdoms found
And wisdoms lost
Wisdoms over-written

Time-worn wisdoms
Worn out
Worn down
Worn through and through

Worn like a cloak
Like a shield
Or wielded
Like a sword

Bon mots
Of thought

Here collected
Erased
Memorized
Forgotten

Fragments of
Fragmentation

Misjudged
Misunderstood
Misapprehended
Mistaken

The nattering
Incessant
Of those
Who tell
But do not ask
Themselves

And should not
Yes
There’s the rub
Instead be
Silent

Who am I?

This wall
Has no wisdom
For me

Words
They clutter up
My consciousness

Lead me astray
Turn me away
From where I find
The one true I
Deep inside

I breathe
Let go

In quiet mind
At the core
Of silence find
The I that is not I
But All
And One

That is all
I need to know
This simple wisdom

All are One

What more is there
To ask?

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 21, 201811:15 am

Three Figures, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Silhouette ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #123

Three figures teeter on distant rock
Silent silhouettes
Animate without the subtlety of gesture
Barely beings
Tottering along
A knife’s edge horizon

Three lives there
Faceless beneath the clouds
Unknown
Unknowable
But for outlines
Against the sky

One drops off the world
Lost forever
To anonymity
But for the unnamed character
Forming in the theatre
Of my mind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 14, 201811:15 am

Weathered, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Weather ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #122

Broken sleek
The hardened shore
In answer to
The winter storms

Here life conforms
To wind and sea
Which cleaves the stone
With crushing wave

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 20181:16 pm

Sunset Crossing, BC Ferries, Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Crossing ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #121

The afterglow of stormy weather
Sky and sea a dusky amber
Water gently rippled

A deep breath
In place and time

Crossing

From what was
To what will be

From the holding on
Returning
To the letting go

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 31, 20175:22 pm

Shaping Clouds, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Atmosphere ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #120

Three times travelling
Three times atmosphere
Dominates the scene

Once pollution
Once wildfire
Once winter storms

Twice undesired
Once intended
Often spectacular

Demanding
A different
Perspective