Tag: solitude

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 JenningsApr 11, 202010:10 pm

Solitary Peace

In the wee hours
Sun barely risen
From its comforter
And pillows

The beach to myself
My thoughts to myself
Long moments of solitary reflections

But for the wind whisking them off
And the surf drowning them out

So instead a solitary peace

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 1, 20209:07 pm

Paroxysm of Colour; Oregon Coast Highway, Oregon, United States of America

Peace & Paroxysm

The day ends
Vivid paroxysm of colour
Proximate calm of solitude

Peace besets me
In this dwindling hour of daylight

Content with the cool darkness to come

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 28, 20199:38 pm

Hour of Cobalt, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

The Hour of Cobalt and Indigo

This is the time of peace
The hour of cobalt and indigo
After the last glory seeker
Abandons the sunless horizon
Before the advancing darkness

I find a beauty here
More remarkable
Than fading orbs
Or heated tones

Here in my solitude
Borne of a love
For icy blues

The Earth’s gentle sigh
As it closes its eyes

For the brief oblivion of slumber

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 201910:56 pm

Walking, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

The path is wide enough to share
I need not walk alone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 19, 201911:40 am

Boston Pizza Momma, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Gaze

I wonder now
In those quiet moments
Of public solitude
Am I often the object
Of a gaze

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 18, 20184:27 am

Seashore Solitude, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

The Assurances of the Shoreline

I let the tide
Carry my worries away
As the sea whispers
Sweet lullabies
In timeless rhythm

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 30, 20177:00 am

Alpine Daisy Aster, Buller Mountain Day Use area, Spray Valley Provincial Park, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada

Just my thoughts and my eye

In dappled sun
Breezes ruffle
Pastel petals
Stems buck and sway

Camera and I lying
In long grass
Ants trundling
Across thighs and calves

Dragonflies
Hover and dart
Seek mosquitoes
And deer flies

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 4, 20167:00 am

Islet in the Sound, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Islands ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #66

I make an Island of myself
Against every prohibition
Bask in the sun
On isolated shores

Until the gloom rolls in
And I see the distant lights
Across the unbridged gap
Understanding at last

The vulnerability
Of this small Islet of Me
Amiss in a vast
And lonely sea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 17, 20166:35 pm

Late Autumn Colour, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Transitions

The last of fall’s vibrance
Lingering
The trail from the beach
Transitioning

From bathers and sun-seekers
The summer of crowds
To seekers of solitude
Contemplative connection
With Earth and sea
And self

Tag: solitude

Solitude ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #257

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Solitary Peace

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Peace & Paroxysm

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Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

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The Gaze

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Just my thoughts and my eye

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Islands ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #66

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Transitions

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