Tag: Route 66

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

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

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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 23, 20186:00 pm

Times I Never Lived

I like to reminisce
About
Times I never lived

They seem to be much
Grander
Than the times I’m living now

I create them like
A dream
All lofty and sublime

Believing there’s
A truth
To the beauty of the lie

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 19, 20173:04 pm

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

Relief

Curious it seems
To experience
Relief so profound
Exposed to
Climate so unforgiving

Among the desert’s
Many victims:
My haughty ego
And petty worries

Matters unworthy
Of a life
Worth living

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