Tag: silence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 14, 202011:33 am

Solitude, Goose Lake State Park, New Pine Creek, Oregon, United States of America

Solitude ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #257

crisp
cold
wind

sun falls
like a poet’s first words
illumination lacking warmth

so I shiver

wrapped in a blanket of silence
broken only by the wind
bending the tall grass

rapt in a solitude
broken only by gulls on the wing
bending the air to their whim

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 24, 20187:42 am

Death and Deliverance, Taklamakan Desert, Aksu to Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

Whispers of the Dead

The dead don’t speak
Or so it’s said
But I have heard the whispers
From beyond the grave

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 17, 20182:11 pm

Hearing Silence

In the emptiness, I listen

In the silence
I begin to hear the wind

I render the wind silent
And begin to hear the sand
Rustling across the dunes

Silence the sand
To hear the dune
Which sings the song
Of desert’s true nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 201710:00 pm

Lotus Petals

Petals fallen
To dimpled pond
Where raindrops gather
On lotus pads
A thousand diamonds glittering
Under slate grey skies

Rain quells nature’s sounds
No songbirds sing
No children shout
Ours are the only ears
To hear
The gentle white-noise patter
Of rainfall
Coming back to Earth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 20, 20157:00 am

In the dawn time

When the light lies low
Yet vibrant

When the dew clings
And the earth seems still

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 1, 20157:00 am

Until at last I feel

Burn it off
Burn it away
Patinaed shell
This armour plate
Which walls me off
From light’s deceit
Reveal raw flesh
Beneath repose
So I must feel
The pain it knows