Tag: postaday

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 1, 201610:00 am

Late Afternoon Rays, Sandia Peak, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Glory

Is not this world exquisite?
With the sunlight cascading
Through the clouds
Across the mountains
Onto the valley floor

Revealing greens
And blues
Ambers and golds
While the clouds
So softly textured
Puffs of greys and whites

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 31, 20169:45 pm

Grafitti in the Darkness, Downtown Eastside Alley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vibrance and Beauty in the Darkness

There can be
Even in desperate places
During the darkest times
A vibrancy to life
A beauty of expression
Which fills emptiness
Overcomes despair
Brings purpose
Meaning
Hope
And love
To existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 31, 20165:24 pm

Sunset, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America

Dawn or Apocalypse

There are places in this world
Which take me back in time
Or is it forward?
I don’t know

Is this the dawn of time?
Or apocalypse?
The beginning of life?
Or the end of it?

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 31, 20167:00 am

Sunset Over Reflecting Pool, Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Reflections

My reflection
In your eyes
I see myself
More truly

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 30, 20164:21 pm

Mineral Mound, Mammoth Geyser Basin, Yello

A matter of scale

A twig
Or a tree
Mountain
Or a mound

Were I to climb out
Upon this leafless bough
Would I be
Of Lilliputian dimension

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 30, 201612:42 pm

Grey Mist Rising, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America

Misty Stillness

Sometimes, a haze descends
Obscuring all I see
I don’t mind

The misty grey
Becomes a canvas
On which I create worlds

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 30, 20166:40 am

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

Unintended Shadows

I work hard
With intention
To express
And create

Heed artistry
Inscribe wisdom
Apply passion

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 29, 201612:49 pm

Stupa in Reflecting Pond, Sukhothai, Ancient Capitol of Siam, Thailand

Bigger Than I

I lay bricks
Upon a foundation
Build them up

Until they are taller
Than I

Until they are taller
Than trees

Until they are taller
Than mountains

Not to prove
That I am bigger
But in homage

To what is bigger
Than I

Architecture by Patrick JenningsMay 28, 20165:39 pm

Buddha, Sukhothai, Ancient Capitol of Siam, Thailand

Buddhas Long Forgotten

In this realm
Of time and change
And buddhas long forgotten

I sit
Then breathe
To quiet mind
Of learnings misbegotten

This land once rose
And then it fell
By men of mind besotten

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 28, 20164:00 pm

Sitting Buddha, Sukhothai, Ancient Capitol of Siam, Thailand

Under the Bodhi Tree

We have landed
On the moon
We’ve trained our eyes
Upon the stars
Looked deep inside
The sun’s corona

We’ve gone as fast
As sound and cheetahs
Slowed down time
To see a bullet
Sped it up
To watch grass grow