Tag: Spain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 2, 20207:00 am

Mathematically Ruthless, L'Hemisfèric, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Mathematics ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #251

The mathematics
Of my conscious mind
Can be so very much more

Ruthless

Than nature’s organic expressions
The subtle calculations
Of an incomprehensible unconscious

Little wonder
We have become such an affliction
On an incalculable beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 1, 20203:29 pm

Fluttering

She fluttered an eyelash
Yes, just the one
Not a wink
But a feathery whisper
Undetectable
To those not seeking it
As she knew I was

And my heart replied
With a flutter of its own
A quickening
Which rose to my flesh
Undetectable
To those not seeking it
As I knew she was

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 27, 20204:48 pm

Emptiness

Of all the hardships
Created by the pandemic
It was the emptiness
Of time and space
Which nearly did him in

The connectionless void
In which the bump of elbows
Became an act of intimacy
Which made a smile detectable
Only by a gesture of the eyes

So he filled the emptiness
With the one thing left to him

Love

Love not for one or many
Nor even for himself
But for the pure delight
Of existence

And that is how he learned
The true nature of

Love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 26, 20207:00 am

The Maw, Palau De Les Arts, Ciutat De Les Arts I Les Ciences, Valencia, Spain

Fear ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #250

The maw which devours me
Consumes my will
My strength
Is naught but the workings
Of my fearful mind

I breathe
Speaking the words in my mind
Over the chatter of thoughts

Breathing in
Breathing out

Displacing the chatter
My thinking stills
So that the maw closes
Upon the vacuum
That is the peace
Of a quiet mind

Without fear
To sustain it
The maw dies
Revealed as an illusion
Created by fear

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 20201:04 pm

Arc Tangent, Palau De Les Arts, Ciutat De Les Arts I Les Ciences, Valencia, Spain

Arc Tanget

Tangential touch
Love comes around
Sweeping arcs
Now come to ground
Skyward leaps
There heaven bound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 19, 20207:00 am

From the Chaos Rise, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Rise ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #249

From the chaos, rise
Rebuild on patterns scattered
Within the broken

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 14, 20207:00 am

Rosette ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #248

In the darkness
A rosette

Neither portal
Nor beacon

A reminisce
A reminder

Of the light
Beyond darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 31, 20207:00 am

Dome of Light, Valencia Cathedral, Valencia, Spain

Centre ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #247

I seek my centre
The source of light and being
Where darkness is not feared
But embraced with love and gratitude
For the insights it reveals
When accepted as a gift

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 20207:00 am

Star Chamber, The Alhambra, Grenada, Spain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 10, 20203:29 pm

Buttressed, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

Death of the Narcissist

He erected a balustrade of excuses and lies
A weak defense eventually overcome
By firing rounds of fact
Between the spindly balusters

The entire structure collapsed
Under the weight of culpability
Leaving him, finally, exposed

Had he any integrity at all
Such a rampart may have protected him

Buttressing his image sealed his doom