Tag: river

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 20201:14 pm

Young Hustler

Softwood and salt
The smell’s never more intoxicating
Than when a log boom’s safely set to rest
At the end of a long week

Kyle heads out
To recheck the lashings
I like that about him

He never leaves anything to chance
Always stupid checks his own work

That, and he always buys the first round

Landscape by Patrick JenningsJul 1, 20199:12 pm

Storm Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada II

My Home and Native Land

Oh! Canada!

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 3, 201911:23 pm

Seaspan & Tug, Steveston, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

Upriver ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #177

Against both tide and current
Headway slow and steady
Though the river hurries by

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 16, 201911:00 pm

Bent

This world through lens of mind
Is bent
To be a thing my eyes
Can see
Not quite what is
Reality

So bend my mind to fit
The world
Then see only the things
That fit
Ignore the things that don’t
One bit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 15, 20197:19 am

That River Flows

That river flows

While I
Stand by

Upon the banks
Watch my life
Drift idly by

But why?
Ask I

Just join the flow

The river says

So I
Close eyes

Like the water
Enter life
Become the flow

Then I
Realize

Like the river
Being flows
I the water
Gather all
The river knows

‘Til I
Reside

In moment’s rhyme

The end of time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 10, 201911:31 pm

Valley Flow, Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Valley ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #174

Through the valley
Between the rocky mounts
Where days go by
Too fast to count

Then what remains
But moments lost
In timeless frame

I let them go
And count no more

Just live them all

In endless flow
So none pass by

For none remorse
Nor row against
The river’s course

The ripples
And the rapids play
The challenges
Of every day

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 27, 201911:15 pm

fraser river pilings, steveston, british columbia, canada

Vanishing ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #172

As the sun
So the pilings
So the day
So my life

In a whir of calm
And failing light
The river
Never stops

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 6, 201912:31 pm

narrow channel, athabasca falls, athabasca river, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Rapid ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #169

A chasm in my spirit formed
Through which my rage and pain now roils
Channelled through such rugged gorge
It churns and gouges rocky walls
With ill effect upon my soul

I hold on tight
This tiny raft
Upon the raucous
Seething froth
Ride the fury
Through the pass
All the while
Seek inward poise

For only then
Will ire abate
The rapid’s run
Is fueled by hate
While narrow walls
Are blinders worn
To keep my mind
In raging state

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 30, 20189:34 am

Chasm

Roar of the river
My own deafening fury
Churning water cuts a chasm
Seething anger rends my spirit

Standing on the ledge
Letting rage flow away
Wounds upon my soul
Close and begin to heal

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 201811:31 am

Into the Chasm, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Power

I stand beside the chasm’s tumult
Powerless to end the flood
Or even mitigate the flow

Spectator at the edge
Close enough to feel the spray

Of power’s fearsome rush