Tag: religion

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 20168:22 pm

Golden Shrine, Wat Chong Kham, Mae Hong Son, Thailand,

Of Gold and Gilt

Of gold and gilt
And opalescence
The shrines we build
To gods and money

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 7, 201510:23 am

Juggernaut of Intricate

A juggernaut
Of intricate
Each rosette
So delicate

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 18, 20157:00 am

Gold, Azure and Crimson

Religion fascinates me
The passion and devotion
Of its practitioners
Equaled in vibrancy
By the colour palette
Of its expression

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 5, 20153:52 pm

The beauty and insight I will never know

It is not the unknown
Which frightens me
But the stories I create
To comfort my ignorance

And so I forfeit
The beauty
And insight
I will never know

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 14, 20151:47 pm

Places of Tranquility

There are places
Of peace
Of tranquility

Places where we simply
Are

Places where we simply
Be

Fascinating
How often I find
Places of worship there

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 9, 20157:00 am

Something greater than I

There is something
Utterly delightful
In the interplay
Of mountains and clouds
In the late afternoon sun

No. No, no.
Divine
I mean divine.

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsJun 6, 20152:57 pm

The Grace of the Blue Swallow

Sept. 18 – 1997

Greetings traveler:

In ancient times, there was a prayer for “The Stranger Within our Gates.” Because this motel is a human institution to serve people, and not solely a money-making organization, we hope that God will grant you peace and rest while you are under our roof.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 28, 20158:58 pm

A little help, please!?

Sometimes
All you really need
Is a little help
From a friend

Ricoh RF 500 by Patrick JenningsMay 26, 20157:00 am

Give me shelter

Roofs. Shelter and safety.

First, a tangent.

Chinese characters are beautiful things. The more interesting ones often contain characters within characters, known as ‘radicals’. So any character containing the character for water is inflected with the sense of liquid, and any character containing the roof radical is inflected with the sense of shelter/safety, or lack of it.

Landscape by Patrick JenningsMay 9, 20156:50 am

The Jesus Effect

On an otherwise cloudy afternoon the sun suddenly breaks through, casting rays down onto the Andaman Sea and its Karst sentinels. “The Jesus Effect,” I say, loudly enough so Katrin can hear me over the engine’s roar and the ocean sloshing against the Thai longtail’s hull.

“What?”

“The Jesus Effect,” I say more loudly. “When the sun comes through the clouds in shimmering rays like that.”