Tag: time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 31, 20215:10 pm

Curvature of the Earth

I stand atop a high place
Marvel at the curvature of the Earth
A reminder that I stand on the surface
Of a very small sphere
In an infinite space

I look deep within
Marvel at the unknowable infinity of being
A reminder that I stand as a presence
Manifested of an essence
Without dimension or time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 20214:42 pm

Nature's Architect, Fortress on a Hillside, Portland, Victoria, Australia

fortress ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #274

towers and citadels
ramparts and parapets
fortress on the hillside
set afire in the morning sun

battles fought
war rages on
death visits here
still more to come

one strong heart
with will of stone
resolve of iron
but moments late

her final breath
his broken cry
their eyes now glazed
with death and grief

reign of tears
a rain of years
for one still form
her light now passing

towers and citadels
ramparts and parapets
fortress on the hillside
with darkness do the losses come

time withers
all good hope
but for love’s
illuminance

five hundred years
lives pass along
’til one strong heart
revived by dreams

a love once lost
was born anew
he holds the hand
of one once dead

knows the heart
which then fell still
now beats again
in true love’s breast

time’s never still
nor linear
where once was love
love’s never lost

towers and citadels
ramparts and parapets
fortress on the hillside
rememb’ring love can’t be undone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 15, 20212:44 pm

Autumn's Lingering Hues, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada copy

Vibrance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #266

Recall the vibrance
Once displayed in many hues
Now no more than trace remains
Though brightness scattered
Here and there

Decay sets in
Drains true nature
Of its lifely due
Thus am I left
With naught but mem’ries

Fading fast

Remiss this guard
Of summer past
Which lingers still
In so few leaves
Fallen to the forest floor

There soon enough
Back to earth
Will they be drawn
And all that was
Will then be gone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 27, 202011:41 am

Time and Patience, Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Patience and Peace

I remind myself
Time and water
Carved this canyon
From solid rock

Though patience
And softness
Cannot resolve
Every problem

The peace flowing
From their practice
Bears a reward
Of its own

As I watch
The sun set
Upon the stone
The river cut

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 7, 202011:51 pm

Touching, Time Exposure of some Random Netflix Show

Touching ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #256

In that blur
Of existence

When space becomes time
And time becomes space
When love becomes all possibility
And possibility infinite
And time timeless

I will find you
And always will

Because this is the thing
Between you and I
The connection without reason
The being without purpose
Except that we are always

Together

Whether far apart
Or side-by-side
Decades may pass
Without a touch
Though we are always

Touching

In the end
That is all we need know
About the unknowable

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 20207:00 am

Anachronism

When the architecture
Makes a passenger jet
Lifting into the sky
Seem like an anachronism
From a time passed
So very long ago…

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 27, 20204:48 pm

Emptiness

Of all the hardships
Created by the pandemic
It was the emptiness
Of time and space
Which nearly did him in

The connectionless void
In which the bump of elbows
Became an act of intimacy
Which made a smile detectable
Only by a gesture of the eyes

So he filled the emptiness
With the one thing left to him

Love

Love not for one or many
Nor even for himself
But for the pure delight
Of existence

And that is how he learned
The true nature of

Love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 20201:04 pm

Arc Tangent, Palau De Les Arts, Ciutat De Les Arts I Les Ciences, Valencia, Spain

Arc Tanget

Tangential touch
Love comes around
Sweeping arcs
Now come to ground
Skyward leaps
There heaven bound

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 13, 202011:24 am

The Beauty of Decay, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Nature & Time and Time & Nature

Nature and time
Eat away
At rings
Of hidden time
The history
Kept by nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 28, 202012:01 am

Tantalus Cloud Race, Tantalus Mountain Range, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Time ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #242

I often wish
That I could perceive time
Like a hummingbird does
Slow the world down
And watch the air ruffle its feathers
On every delicate beat
Hear the swish of its wing
Rather than the hum and blur
Of time compressed beyond imagining

I often wish
That I could perceive time
Like mountains of stone
Or a star
Minutes pass like seconds
Epochs turned as the sun crosses the sky
To watch the birth and death of solar systems
The way in one short life
I’ve seen the comings and goings
Of family and fame

But this is the time I’m given
And but for the tricks
Of cameras and imagination
This is all the time I have
So best to try and wrench from it
Every moment I can experience

Tag: time

Curvature of the Earth

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fortress ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #274

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Vibrance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #266

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Patience and Peace

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Touching ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #256

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Emptiness

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Arc Tanget

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Nature & Time and Time & Nature

Time ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #242

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