Tag: The Ganges

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 20185:34 pm

Mother and Daughters II, Ganges River (Ganga), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

The Holy Ganga

There are waters in this world
I would not so much
As dip a toe in
I am thinking

As a mother purifies herself
In the waters of the holy Ganga
While her daughters prepare
To leap in, yet again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 201811:57 am

Kites in the Dusk II, On the Ganga (Ganges River), Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Kites in the Twilight

A story told
In every land
Come twilight
In the quiet time
We take repose
In gentle acts
Of little
Or no
Consequence
Though
An unsubtle beauty
In recompense

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 2, 20184:35 pm

Fire and the Boy, The Ganga (Ganges River), Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

The Infinity Beyond My Ken

Possibilities
The ways of being
I cannot comprehend

Exploring the infinity
Beyond my ken

What I love most about existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 201712:59 pm

Ganges Current, Laxman Jhula Bridge, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Current ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #97

With
Against
Over
Bypass

All the ways I’ve learned
To make my way in life
Unconsciously, they become habit
Forgetting the current running through it all

I remind myself
Stand on the shore
Breathe in the quiet
Observe the current

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 9, 201712:25 pm

Bell on Trayambakeshwar Temple, Overlooking Laxman Jhula and Ganges River, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Creativity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #95

I love being in a place
Where creativity thrives
Where paint and passion
Offer more vibrance and colour
Than nature’s grandest sunsets

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 6, 20178:13 pm

Troubled Bridge, Laxman Jhula Bridge, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Like a troubled bridge

Sometimes
It is not the water
Which troubles me
But the bridge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20173:43 pm

Amit, Ganga, (Ganges River), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

The People Who Change the World

To roam the world
Is to see the unimaginable
To experience the unknown
And, most profound of all

To touch
And be touched
By people

I may never see again
But who will forever

Change my world

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 22, 20171:45 pm

Five Priests

Five priests
Raise fire
Into night

On Ganga banks
At Shiva’s
Light

Where people come
To see
The sight

Some pray
Some pay
In boats
Packed tight

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 16, 201712:10 pm

Cricket Under The Lights, Ganga Banks (Ganges River) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Games ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #83

The game of games
In every land
Its dreams
Of fame and glory
Roaring crowds
And adulation
Playing out
In young boy’s hearts
Under the lights
Imagining a stadium
Fans in every seat
A swing away
From eternal meaning

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 11, 20179:49 pm

Boats

In the deepening night
Long after Aarti fires
Extinguish
A late boat returns
While some colleagues rest
On gentle ripples
And others await repair
Uncomfortably aground