Tag: smoke

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 2, 20207:41 am

Smoke from a Distant Fire, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Viral Smoke

The smoke rolled in
From a distant fire
Down the narrow valley

Not so stealthy as a virus
But with a smothering effect
Which would someday seem
Not so unfamiliar

A dis-ease
From which none are immune
And all are infected

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 1, 20206:31 pm

Reflective Fire

This blue
Twilit artifice
Sunset muzzled by smoke
From distant fires

Rosy sky
Pastel remnants
Of celestial fire

River echoes
Light and land and life

Fuels reflective fire

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 17, 20194:34 pm

Wildfire Haze, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Haze ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #179

Through the haze
Of day I peer

Now what is near
Seems quite clear

But far from here
Is more obscure

Detail lost
Colour sallowed

Though sun breaks through
Its presence mellowed

Yet, still

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 31, 20187:24 pm

Smoked In Sunset, Transcanada Highway, Approaching Golden, British Columbia, Canada

Reset: Next!

The year
Grew darker
Every day

Grim hope
Bleak finale

Reset: next!

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 28, 201810:09 pm

All the Sky was Smoke

The creatures toiled
Upon the land
They built machines
To ease the work
Created engines
To drive the cogs
And fueled it all
With all that burned

For every thing
The creatures made
Five other things
Were thrown away

For every turn
Of every cog
The fuel they burned
Created smog

‘Til over time
Before too long
In fact, before
The fuel was gone

Their world could not
Sustain their waste
The climate changed
With break neck pace

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 9, 20189:01 pm

Coast Mountains Wildfires, British Columbia, Canada

Fire ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #152

I cannot see the fire
Still, the sky betrays its presence
As yet the flames present no danger
Though the possibility be mentioned

So am I reminded
A threat may seem remote
Or weak in its intention

But a threat it is
Toxic in its notion

I do well to heed an atmosphere in tension

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 8, 20184:16 pm

where there is fire, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Where There’s Fire

Sinewy sifting
Suffusing valleys
Smoke expanding
Soft stifling blanket
Seeking prairies
Eastward

Landscape by Patrick JenningsSep 3, 20182:33 pm

Black Kite over Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, New Delhi, India III

Naught but the Light

In the darkness
Lay the deepest shadows
Where no light has fallen
For so many years

I visit with them
Let the shadows
Fall under my light
Until they become known to me

Appreciate them for their wisdom
Thank them for their insight
Forgive them for their fears and distractions

Illumined, I see their purpose

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 8, 201811:24 am

Smoke Suffused, Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park, Icefields Parkway, Alberta, Canada

The Rockies

Even under the duress
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 15, 20182:26 pm

Occluded Valley, Banff National Park, Icefields Parkway, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Occluded ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #135

Oh the grandiosity
Of mountain ranges
Under cloudless skies

Though here demurred
Occluding smoke
Smothers valley’s depth and scale

Still, upon a closer look
The trees, a ridge
A jagged line

And then another
Slight serrated edge
The third and fourth both smoother still

So scale restored
I can imagine depth, at least
As this choking smoke occludes my breath