Tag: Pic and a Word Challenge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 25, 20168:35 am

Sky Becomes the Land, Porteau Cove, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Intertwined ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #69

Where the clouds intertwine
With the mountains
And the trees
Until the sky becomes
Part of the land
Distinct but inseparable

Reminds me how
Your love for me
Becomes a part of me
And my love for you
Becomes a part of you

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 18, 20169:35 am

Forbidden Places, Tantalus Mountain Range, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Forbidden ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #68

I sidle up
To places forbidden
Marvel and wonder
So much grander
More formidable
Than I

The places
The people
Who challenge them
Whether they succeed
Or fail

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 11, 201611:59 am

Geometry, Morrocan-inspired Lattice Screen Wall and Light

Geometry ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #67

With arc and sphere
With line and square
I fix the world
In sight and mind
The world I build
Becomes this kind

While Nature’s skilled
Geometry
Is rarely square
Organically
Math more complex
So beautifully

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 4, 20167:00 am

Islet in the Sound, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Islands ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #66

I make an Island of myself
Against every prohibition
Bask in the sun
On isolated shores

Until the gloom rolls in
And I see the distant lights
Across the unbridged gap
Understanding at last

The vulnerability
Of this small Islet of Me
Amiss in a vast
And lonely sea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 27, 201611:47 am

Snow and Shovels, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Winter ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #65

I want to take a picture
Of winter descended
But the snowfall changed
To light drizzle
It’s cold and damp outside
True signs of a
Coast Mountain winter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 20, 20167:00 am

Stained Glass Window, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Windows ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #64

Sometimes
All a window allows
Is the light of some unknown source
To illuminate a deep
Unsettling darkness

Often
That is enough
To learn the nature of darkness
So I may seek the source
Beyond the world I know

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 13, 201612:41 pm

Howe Sound Greys, Porteau Cove, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Grey ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #63

Even in a world of grey
I seek the beauty to be found
In the delineation of tone
The somber dance of line and form

I find peace, calm
In a space undistracted
By the flash of colour
Or the dominance of black or white

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 6, 20166:52 pm

Curving Steel, The Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Curves ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #62

Harder to hit
More fun to drive
A pleasure to touch
A challenge to follow
Tangle of wire
Plateful of noodles

Arc vs line
Hard vs Supple
Crooked as a fish hook
Straight as an arrow
The well-trodden path
The less-travelled fork

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 30, 201611:19 am

Tree on Grassy Hillside, Atherton Tablelands, Palmerston Highway, Queensland, Australia

Space ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #61

Space to grow
Space to live
Space to explore
Space to stretch out
Space to breathe
Space to be

Making space
For what comes next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 23, 201611:40 am

Full Moon, Reef Point, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Moon ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #60

Like the moon moves the ocean
Like petals draw the bee
Like dawn wakes the songbird
Your love’s compelling me