Tag: time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 201611:45 pm

Uluru, Ayer's Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

The Land Which Fell on its Side

One day
Geologically speaking
The land rose up
Then fell back to Earth
Landing on its side
Where it took a long
Long
Very long
Rest
Even geologically speaking

And as it lies there
Like a cat on blanket
Napping in the afternoon sun
Coming through the window
Mother Nature soothes
Its hard, rigid body
With a massage of
Wind, rain and
Savage heat

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 28, 20162:08 pm

Tranquil River, Murray Falls National Park, Queensland, Australia

Time Traveller

I travel through time
Not with feats
Of technology
But as an enterprise
Of imagination

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 20168:13 pm

The Stone in the Lake

Oh I
Who felt the contractions
Of a world in birth
I carry the experience of aeons
The history of Earth

A solid from liquid
Carved and shattered
Cracks refilled by molten rock
Uplifted and fractured
Sundered and separated
Tumbled and rolled

Now here
Settled gently
On the shore
Of a still lake
On a quiet dawn
To marvel at the fleeting existence
Of the things that live
Even the tree

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 25, 20166:40 pm

Shadows in Time, Joe & Aggie's Cafe, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America

Shadows of Time

Shadows of time
Moments passed
Left to memories
In fading ink

Shadow event
Captured in light
Held in coloured silver
On fading film

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 15, 20167:00 am

Sunrise, Pigeon Point, Near Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Was there life before life?

I love the places which transport me
Back to a time
When all there was
Was rock
And gas
And water

A time before anything lived
And the closest thing to life
Were molecules
Which looked like
The kinda things
You built life with

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 11, 201610:58 am

Stone and Wood and Time, Kata Tjuta, The Olgas, Northern Territory, Australia

Withering ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #54

Look at you!
Said the stone
Sun has had his way
Now you are naught
But gray
And withering
While I?
Sun has burnished me
Patinaed stone
Bright red, you see

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 27, 201611:15 am

Sunset past; dusk encroaching, The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

The Circle

In this arc that is life
We are born
We breathe
We eat
We cry
We love
We hurt
We’re hurt

We learn to speak
In ways elegant
And ignorant

We grow old
Or we don’t
But all of us
We die

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 21, 201611:21 am

Monolithic Sphinxes, Sandstone Rock Formation, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States of America

Guardians ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #51

They stand
Like guardians
Sandstone sphinxes
At the gate
Of Canyonlands
A world of articulate geology
And exquisite beauty
Under ominous skies
Awash in golden sun

While I imagine pyramids
And Pharaohs
Slaves and Gods
In a dreamtime
Of human greatness
And cruelty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 12, 20168:24 pm

Main Street, Route 66, Galena, Kansas, United States of America

Time does not forget

This is not a place
That time passed by
Or has forgotten

Time is always active
Always present
Always changing

Only consciousness
Forgets
Or represses

Time is always moving
Cultures move on
People move on

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 16, 20161:03 pm

Idyllic

Sometimes

I wonder why I live in the city
With its noise
Both visual and aural
With its go-go-go
And its stresses
Its meanness
And petty heartbreaks

I wonder this
Whenever I enter the idyllic
A place of peace
Where time is kept
By the movement of the sun
The seasons
Where change is driven
By the needs of nature
Rather than the pace
Of technology
Of politics
Of corporate commerce