Tag: storms

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 13, 202210:37 pm

Angry Sky

Angry sky
Above vacant land
Allows a torrent
That never satisfies
For the land
Is always thirsty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 1, 20227:39 am

Sunset, U.S. Route 93, Great Basin Highway, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States of America

Relief ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #321

The rippled land
In golden light
Where shadows fall
Before the night

Such lush relief
Did storms reveal
Time’s watercourse
Shapes Earth’s appeal

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 17, 20227:00 am

Dust Storm

Sometimes
Life moves at a pace
I cannot keep

Or rather
Life moves
I simply do not

And in my disastrous stillness
The dust storm rolls in
Without hesitation

To Roll
Over
Me

Move or don’t move
Retreat or don’t retreat
Seek cover or…

Let
The dust
Take me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 26, 20214:27 pm

i of the Storm

I come for the storms
To be confronted
By nature
At her extremes

To remind myself
Of things much more
Than my self

In my calm lagoon
Of self import

I am touched

By what others
Might call God

Though I admit
To no more knowledge
Than such is divine

With I
In my little i
Of the storm
That is existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 6, 202112:37 pm

Island of Life, Rocky Bluffs, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Cradle ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #293

Little Island of life
Cradled by the rock
Of a stormy shore

Embattled
Protected

Thriving

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 18, 20217:26 am

Immovable vs Unstoppable, Ucluelet Storm Season, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

For the Survivors

As sea falls back into sea
Prepares for a new assault on the shore
Its hardened rock
Broken but not brittle
Recalcitrant
Beneath the bruised sky
Of abuses relentless

I am reminded
Of the survivors

I came for the storms
For the thrash and hiss
Of the sea upon the rock
The immovable
Resisting the unstoppable

And it is
In a manner
Difficult to describe
So utterly beautiful
And moving

But I wish
In this moment
Only for the peace
Of a clear sky
And an ocean
Becalmed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 20217:00 am

Angry Sound

angry sea
angry sky
in between
the boughs all fly

tree trunks bow
wind tests their roots
and salts the air
with whitecaps flare

so here am I
lens held to chest
braced to keep
a steady frame

while all around
the chaos roars
a shutter click
renders it tame

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 20201:38 pm

Cloudy, Cloudy Day

Cloudy, cloudy day
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a winter’s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Horizon’s changing hue
Power in the waves come due
Dashing on the shore that’s you
In aqua on the broken rocky land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your father’s deeds
And why you’d need to set me free
I would not listen, I did not know how
Perhaps I’ll listen now