Tag: Spain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 13, 20208:50 pm

Layers Deep, Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Strands in the Rope

We are threaded
All these many layers deep
Strands in the twine
Twine in the rope
Rope in a braid
Sometimes frayed
Sometimes cut
Sometimes broken
Sundered
But always
Knit together again
Our existential naturale

The strands seek the strength
Of numbers
Of diverse fibre
The twist that binds
Knotted to the cleat
That is love
That is compassion
That is empathy
But ever tested
By the pull of anger
Sheared by fear
Sundered by hate
But always
Knit together again
All strands in the rope

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 13, 202012:48 pm

Tapas Bar, La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Otherness ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #228

Look back at normal
Which seems so very other
From our new normal

Familiar becomes
Other while other becomes
All too familiar

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 28, 20207:00 am

Asymmetrical, Charles V Palace, the Alhambra, Andalucia, Spain

Asymmetrical Balance

Sometimes
No, often
It is in asymmetry
That I find balance
And beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 26, 202010:32 am

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

Convergence

All that is
Converges on a single point
Where all that is known and imaginable
Exists in the experience and imagination
Of a single sentience

Earth alone
Is home to billions of such convergences
Leading to this gesture of humility:
How can I know this convergence of mine
Is the best of billions

Or even any good at all

All I know
Of the billions of others
Is at best learned conjecture
Even with the most intimate knowledge
Thus am I both creator and interpreter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 23, 20209:10 pm

Mass ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #221

Heavier even than Earth
Yet I soar
A majestic dirigible

Laden with history
And regrets
Lofted by hope
And purpose
Levied by love
And compassion

Most days I carry the weight
Lightly, aloft
Some days I cannot leave the berth
Tethered, grounded

So I touch the Earth
Am grateful for its stability
That I always have a place to land
Rest, and free myself of burdens

Then breathe deeply
Filled and empty
I take to the skies again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 30, 20194:29 pm

Passion Facade, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Towers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #194

Every time I reach
Just a little beyond my grasp
I imagine myself a tower
With the pinnacle in my hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 26, 201911:41 pm

Gaudi

I stand beneath
Towers yet reaching
For heavens once unimaginable

And so I rise
In heart and soul
Astride the vision
Of an elevated spirit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 18, 20197:00 am

Vulnerability

In time I began to understand
My vulnerability
Was more attractive
Than my strength

As I grew more confident
In being vulnerable
I began to understand
The strength in vulnerability

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 17, 20197:41 pm

For the Birds, Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Birdseed

All the world’s aflutter
For little girls
Fistfuls of birdseed
Their indiscriminate chaos

Such are the conditions
Of beautiful perfections

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 201912:00 pm

Eyes ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #192

Earnest and callow
Eyes and smile
Rendered in night’s
Deepest shadow

A smile to say
“Goodnight, my friend”
Then again to
Welcome morning

In the darkness
Protect the gate
From those who carry
Cans of paint