Tag: sunset

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 24, 20177:00 am

Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Islands

I am this Island
In a shallow sea
Beneath the waning sun
Waves rolling by
Gently to the shore

The ebb tide comes
The Island transformed
Another rock
Beside the ocean
On a shoreline of nothing
But rock and sand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 22, 20178:12 pm

After the Storm, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Between

I am the storm
I am the waves battering the shore
The wind bending the trees

I am the sun
In a merciless sky
Casting heat shimmers on the endless sand

I am the night
Starless, moonless
An impenetrably dark fortress of isolation

I am too the calm
When the air is a puff of fragrant breeze
And birdsong carries for miles

And I am the earth
Fertile and life-giving
The solid ground underfoot

And I am the light
Illuminating the deepest darkness
Connected to all that is and ever will be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 20, 20177:00 am

Race the Sky

I stand
On the exposed bar of sand
Close my eyes
And listen
For the wind
And the waves
And the shutter click
Counting out the seconds
One by one by one by one

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 19, 20179:28 am

Isolation, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Isolation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #114

Alone
I walk out
Onto the expanse
Of rippled sand

The clouds
Roil and tumble above
In grandiose parade
Across azure sky

With every step
I feel a little smaller
A lone figure
Isolated on an expanding horizon

Until I stop
Breathe deeply
Breathe in all this
Glorious enormity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 18, 20179:22 am

Nicki's Dog, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

Art and Life

Sometimes
A moment
Comes together

Unplanned
Unforeseen
Unforeseeable

Sometimes
The magic
Simply arises

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 22, 20174:46 pm

Sunset Silhouette, Athabasca Glacier, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada-Edit copy

Rock ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #110

A trail through loose stone scattered
Gouged from mountains, crushed by time and ice, now at rest
Here I, immersed in the hiker’s mindful peace
Each measured step a meditative breath

Though, could I see
The immensity of time
With the eyes of this still young Earth

Then peaceful moment lost
Turmoil and cataclysm of tumbling land

And in those eyes, what am I?

But a mote of dust
Lost to infinity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 9, 20172:35 pm

Feeding Awe, Whistlers Mountain, Jasper Skytram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Feeding My Awe

I am truly happy
Only when seeking
The wonder of existence
Even the smallest
Only when feeding my awe
In which I become
Infinite

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 8, 201711:47 pm

Whistlers Mountain, Jasper Skytram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Giants ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #108

In this hard-scrabble place
Where little life lives
I walk amongst the lichen and scrub
Like a giant
On giant’s shoulders
All my world
Its worries and attachments
Lie far, far below

I linger here
With the sun
My fading friend
As the cool night advances
I am clear and light
As the rarefied air

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 12, 20177:00 am

Magic Castle

This golden hour
This magic light
Reminds me of
My brightest days
Times when I
Could do no wrong
Creative might
Insightful mind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 30, 20172:19 pm

Wildfire Sunset, Approaching Golden, Trans Canada Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Nature’s World

Oh have I travelled
Far from home
To other worlds
Beyond imagination

But never left
My own backyard
Nor taxed my powers
Of creation

Just let Nature
Take her course
Then revel in
Her machinations