Tag: soft

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 27, 202011:41 am

Time and Patience, Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Patience and Peace

I remind myself
Time and water
Carved this canyon
From solid rock

Though patience
And softness
Cannot resolve
Every problem

The peace flowing
From their practice
Bears a reward
Of its own

As I watch
The sun set
Upon the stone
The river cut

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 5, 20208:59 am

Tantalus Mountain Range, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

On the Supple Application of Power

Stone

Majestic

Formidable

Hard

weak

water

soft

supple

tenacious

Power

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 21, 202011:50 pm

Softened Stone

Sweeping curves
And cylinders
I am not conscious
How calming
Is the round
Until I work
With the photographs

In a complex
Of rectangle and square
Though rich with gardens
Water flowing through fountains
This space of rounded stone
Softened only by circular curves
Is the place of peace for me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 15, 20191:10 pm

rocky mountain peaks, maligne valley, jasper national park, alberta, canada

Implacable

It is the hard
Which asks me
To be soft

The unyielding
Asks me
To yield

So I become the cloud
Pass over the peaks
Flow through the valley
I align with the supple forces
Which overcome the implacable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 19, 20183:31 pm

Cloud Over Rock, Banff National Park, From HI Banff Alpine Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Water and Stone

I watch the clouds
Dominate the mountains
I see the rain
Cleave the stone

I understand
How the soft
Is stronger
Than the hard

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 9, 20162:55 pm

Solid Rock, Zion National Park, Utah, United States of America

Stolid or Fluid

Hard
Solid
Stolid
Resolute

All such admirable
Qualities of stone
Though I prefer

Soft
Supple
Flowing
Fluid