Tag: the road

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 3, 20181:32 pm

Footsteps in the Dunes, Ming Sha Shan, Mountains of Singing Sand, Dunhaung, Gansu, China

Going Forward

I carry my past
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me

Events
Connections
Love, loss
Attainment, failure
Lessons, places, people
Glories and gaffes and grace

Everything that ever happened
To get me here
Where I’m standing
In this moment now
On the path
To who I’ll be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20182:41 pm

Railway Sunset, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

The Long Straight and Narrow

Some roads are a joyride
Some roads are a roadtrip
Some roads are a journey

And some roads are the long haul
Running straight and narrow
Ending somewhere beyond the horizon

Roll onto one of these
And I’ve made a commitment
Right to the end of the line

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 201810:12 am

Southbound Highway 87, Between Round Top and Winslow, Arizona, United States of America

Where Adventure Begins

I take the straight road
Through the golden land
Beneath illumined skies

Somewhere beyond
The vanishing lines
Where the land rises
Above the horizon

The straight lines curve and wind
Flaxen plain becomes jagged stone
Sunset gives way to twilight
Gives way to deepest night

There the adventure begins

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 24, 20182:47 pm

Stagecoach Motel, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona, United States of America

Past and Present

I take the old roads
The back roads
The scenic routes
In the off-season

I love the places
Which carry the past
Into the present

Better still, the places where
Past and present co-exist

Without need for justification

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 18, 20187:17 am

Frozen in the Frame, Fast Frames, Denman & Nelson, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Time ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #131

Walk/don’t walk
Stop/maybe don’t stop
Make up my mind
Wavering on this indecision
Irresolute at the crossroads
Considering east and west
North and south
All avenues open
None being taken
With nowhere to go
And all day to get there
I am not going
Anywhere

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 11, 20186:08 pm

Himalaya Foothills I, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Called

The road goes on ahead
Down, down, down
Into the smokey valley

But I would stay here
Above the floor
Above the fray

In the unfettered sun
Where the mountain breeze
Clears the air, so pure

If not for the call
And the necessity
For the work

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 25, 201812:32 pm

Howe Sound

The road
From where I love
To where I love
Passes through
A world I love

Tag: the road

Going Forward

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The Long Straight and Narrow

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Where Adventure Begins

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Past and Present

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Time ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #131

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Called

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Howe Sound