Tag: sunset

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

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 25, 20171:09 pm

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

Hurdles

With every sunset
I am reminded
There will always be
Another hurdle
And another opportunity
To clear one

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 24, 20174:51 pm

The Colour Fading, Eastside Road, Okanagan Lake, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

The Sails Long Furled

In the calm
In the calm
In the gentle calm
With the sun now gone
And the colour fading

I trace the line
In reflecting mind
From a day long past
One last empty kiss
The sails long furled
On a love at rest

I trace the line
Of her long wet tear
A single note
One regretful smear
Not for promise lost
But what never was

I’d held too long
To the love she gave
Held her close
Held her heart
Knowing all too well
Love went just one way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 6, 20177:34 am