Tag: Route 66

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 20, 202012:15 pm

Cadillac Ranch, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Landscapes

These things we do to landscapes

Of space and time
Of politics and social norms
Of family and friends

The things that stay
But never stay the same

The ephemeral things
Lost and soon forgotten

Nothing ever stays
But change

Which is often the point
Of these things we do to landscapes

Change the landscape
Change each other
Change ourselves

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 20, 20196:48 pm

wordy window on the world, mojave desert, route 66, california, united states of america copy

Words ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #171

I am no Poet
Least not in
The classic Poet’s manner

I’ve never studied
What the Poets say
Nor worried much
How they place their words
Or why that way

I do not know
How to write a sonnet
I am not sure
What makes pentameter
Iambic

I hope that’s OK

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 18, 20184:57 pm

Another Roadside Attraction, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

Inexorable Intent

Necessity creates
Necessity destroys

Intentional purpose
Inexorable decay

Dynamic tension
Eternally entwined

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20189:20 pm

Sunset, Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

Seeing in the Brightness

Sometimes
The light seems too bright
So I seek
The respite of darkness

I remind myself
The darkness is always present
Even in the brightest light
Its balance is available

I remind myself
The light is not too bright
Rather my eyes remain
Accustomed to the darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 1, 201812:09 pm

Wall of discord, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

A Comfortable Wall

This strife
This discord
It’s a wall
A familiar obstruction
I’ve grown comfortable with

As comfortable as I am
With the window
And its pretty scene
Offering distraction
As respite

It occurs to me
Pass through the window

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 23, 201811:12 am

Curves

The twists and turns
Of highway curves
Carry me
So far from here

No matter
All the miles
I’ll go

The turn for home
Eventually comes

Curves twist back upon themselves

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 6, 20181:16 pm

Built for Speed, Corvette Stingray, The Glancy Motor Hotel, Route 66, Clinton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Speed ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #138

Odes to a different time

Built for speed
Lived at a Main Street pace

The paradox
Of a mechanical world
As seen from this virtual realm

Because here am I
Everywhere at once

Yet nowhere at all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20182:41 pm

Railway Sunset, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

The Long Straight and Narrow

Some roads are a joyride
Some roads are a roadtrip
Some roads are a journey

And some roads are the long haul
Running straight and narrow
Ending somewhere beyond the horizon

Roll onto one of these
And I’ve made a commitment
Right to the end of the line

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 24, 20182:47 pm

Stagecoach Motel, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona, United States of America

Past and Present

I take the old roads
The back roads
The scenic routes
In the off-season

I love the places
Which carry the past
Into the present

Better still, the places where
Past and present co-exist

Without need for justification

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 3, 201811:53 am

Rangeland Sunset

Making time
Across a wide flat land
Sky burnished amber
Prairie icons
Punctuate the horizon
In a place of
Simplest existence
Simple and hard
And I drive on

Tag: Route 66

Landscapes

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Words ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #171

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Inexorable Intent

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Seeing in the Brightness

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A Comfortable Wall

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Curves

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Speed ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #138

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The Long Straight and Narrow

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Past and Present

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Rangeland Sunset

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