Tag: the Way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 27, 20165:16 pm

Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America

Seeking Perfect Places

There are places
In this world
So breathtaking
And exquisitely
Beautiful

Words cannot
Describe them
Even a photograph
Provides barely a whisper
Of the truth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 20161:04 pm

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America

The Way Ahead

Sometimes the way ahead seems clear
I try to remind myself
The path of least resistance
Always seems clear

So I wonder
Am I sure to reach my goal
At the end of this valley

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 3, 201612:19 pm

Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United states of America

Beauty ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #18

Beauty in the beholder’s eye
As if we create the beauty

But Nature in all her ways
When left to her own devices
She paints and sculpts
Beauty undeniable

That is just the Way
The Dao, Nature’s way
Beautiful is
All that follows the Way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20157:00 am

Steel Sculpture, New Westminster Public Library, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Iron-clad Conviction

It has always been
When following a path
With iron-clad conviction
That I find myself
Furthest astray

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20151:07 pm

Lightened

Enamoured of Truth
And science
And knowledge
And politics
And justice
And philosophy
Was I

Filled with hubris
And righteousness
And anger
And cleverness
And vitriol
Was I too

Then I encountered Buddha
And the Dao, too

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 6, 201511:26 am

Crease Building, Riverview Mental Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Light ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #14

The light may seem dim
And inaccessible
But there is always a path
To take me there

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 201510:30 pm

WIlly's Wiggle, Zion National Park, Utah, United States of America

The twisty-turny road

The best roads
The most interesting ones
Are the twisty-turny ones
With a steep incline
Or descent

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 19, 201510:42 am

Closest to true

Seven towers guide the sun into the morning sky
The didjeridu rumbles under my fingertips
A rumble which extends down into my chest
Thrums under my sternum
My body, electric, vibrates with the energy of life

Aum, it says

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 20153:17 am

Lightworker

Some people see the light
And embrace it
The light becomes
A part of them

In time
With practice
They become
The light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 20159:37 pm

The way lit up for me

Sometimes the path I must follow seems
All lit up
Just for me
So that even in the darkness
I can follow The Way