Tag: Pic and a Word Challenge

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 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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 7, 20179:27 am

Impenetrable Light, Langley, British Columbia, Canada copy

Hate ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #86

I began to realize

If I could learn to love myself
Completely
I would no longer want to hate

That kind of inner light is
Impenetrable
Even to hate’s formidable darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 201712:08 pm

Gnat, Indian Airforce Recruitment Center, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Movement ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #85

In a world
Flattened and stilled
My taxi crawls
Toward a fogged-in airport
Flights delayed

Forward progress
Intermittent

Passing
Ill-advised

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 23, 20177:00 am

Vacant yet Vibrant, Alley in Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Emptiness ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #84

I often ponder
Choices made
When I’m taking
Photographs

A moment here
A moment there
Adjusting frame
Awaiting light

Or add a child
Just running through
What once was full
Seems emptiness

Which strikes me now
So much like life

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 16, 201712:10 pm

Cricket Under The Lights, Ganga Banks (Ganges River) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Games ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #83

The game of games
In every land
Its dreams
Of fame and glory
Roaring crowds
And adulation
Playing out
In young boy’s hearts
Under the lights
Imagining a stadium
Fans in every seat
A swing away
From eternal meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 9, 20177:49 am

Fire and the Boy, The Ganga (Ganges River), Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Fire ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #82

Every night
The aarti fire
Five priests
Pay homage
To Shiva’s gifts
While one boy
In their shadow
Shines bright

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 2, 201710:30 am

Southern Gate Reflections, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Reflections ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #81

Passed through the gate
Now stand in awe
Before a wonder
Of the world

Then turn around
To discover
Yet another wonder

Leaves me to wonder
How many others

Reflect upon this other

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20171:25 pm

Beach Cows, The Ganga Banks, (Ganges River), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India copy

Context ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #80

To understand
And embrace
Paradox

I recognize
The limits
Set by context

Which, I’ve learned
Confines me
Not reality