Tag: spirit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 20, 20173:13 pm

Castle Towers Mountain, From Whistler Mountain, British Colubia, Canada

Serenity in Distress

Ripsaw peaks
Sunder ice
This land distressed
And yet at peace
Beguiles spirit
Releases soul
Inner silence
Serenity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 11, 201710:00 am

Vancouver

In all the world
I’ve known no fairer city
Than Vancouver by the sea
Below the snow white peaks

Even in the greys
Which days accumulate

A stroll along the sandy edge
A hike among the mossy boughs

Beauty subtly seductive
Invigorates my spirit

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20171:14 pm

Snowline, Scored Granite, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The light in the depths

My toes in the water
So still
They cast no ripple
Even as the milfoil sways
Gently tickling my skin

My shadow on the pond
Consumed by the canopy of trees
Ringed by the light blue sky
The reflections smooth and steady
Upon a surface of euclidian perfection

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 18, 20173:11 pm

Gambier, Bowyer, Bowen and Horseshoe Bay, Howe Sound Sunset, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Bowyer, Bowen and Gambier

Light and soft
My mood
My spirit
Charmed by the pastel sunset
Playing over
The gently rippled Sound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 12, 20177:00 am

Swagger

Swagger
Chutzpah
Presence

A small man
Of no small mass

A big heart
A wise soul
Both worn
Close to the surface

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 30, 20171:03 pm

Trust

She was broken and battered
Her ability to love
Damaged and misaligned
And yet

There was to her
A tenacious spirit
She grappled despair
And brought it down
Smothering the darkness
Not so much with light
But with a glimmer

I thought it was hope
But it was trust
Not just the kind
Given to others
But the kind given to self
Given to circumstances
Given to time, and possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 20, 201710:58 am

Sun Rise

In this softened world
With its honey sky
Dark chocolate mountains
Cradle a mocha mist

I drink it in
This perfection
This preternatural beauty

My spirit soars
My arms outstretched

Imagining, I’m a hawk in the wind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 2, 20167:00 am

Graffiti, Urban Alley, Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cyclone

Tossed by the storm
While the cyclone raged
Inside my heart
Inside my mind
Circling ’round
The centre

My spirit
My soul
The eye
Of my
Being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 20, 20165:31 pm

Sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, From The Knoll, Moab, Utah, United States of America

Immensity and Nothingness

In a land criss-crossed sparingly by roads
Some asphalt, most gravel
Many traversable only on foot
I seek the high ground
To watch the dawn photons
In their ambient amber
Illuminate the vast expanse of atoms
That are rock and atmosphere and life itself

There are rare moments of connection
When I can “see” all that is
Know that I am some infinitesimal
Physical
Small part of it all