Category: travel

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 18, 202410:33 am

China Southern Airlines CZ329, on approach to Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada

Motion ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #361

To be in motion
Is my way of stilling thoughts
Stillness quells the pain

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 8, 20236:09 am

RAV4, Bicycle & Teardrop Trailer, Jameson Lake, Waterville, Washington, USA

Reboot ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #340

Every now and again
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Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 31, 20227:00 am

Horse Cart, Island of Gili Air, Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia

Slow Ride into the Unknown

Sometimes
I am reminded

The best path
Is not always direct

The best place
Is not always familiar

The best means
Is not always expedient

Sometimes
A leisurely pace
Into the unknown
Offers the surest road
To a cherished end
As yet unidentified

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 14, 20229:45 am

Monument to Patriarchy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Progress ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #302

A monument to
Patriarchy rises where
Emerald once was plenty
Now all grey and jaundice

I often wonder
What the world would look like
Had the matriarchs run the show
And life were of feminine design

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 15, 202110:09 pm

Outbound, BC Ferries, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, Strait of George, British Columbia, Canada

Outbound ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #290

You walk away
With a crushing finality
Ramrod iron spine
Heels strident clacks
Carom across the concrete

Then at the door
The subtlest glance back
Betrays the display
That is your anger

Now I know
The only moment
More remarkable
Than this departure
Will be your return

I know also
The next time
There will be
No backward glance

But
God
Will I be grateful
For one last chance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 20213:52 pm

Memories Under Glass

I’m gone
And she stayed behind
Or I left her

I’m not sure
Which narrative
I like the least

I carry her still
A memory under glass
Shrouded and unrepentant

A story ended
Without end
And yet untold

But for the voice
In my heart
That won’t let her go

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 26, 202112:56 pm

Leaving

We argue
Whether it is
The destination
Or the journey
That matters

But sometimes
We need only observe
The point of departure
As it recedes
Into the distance

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsSep 25, 20215:01 pm

Monkey & Red Fort Sunrise, Hotel Tara Place, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, India

Penultimate Sunrise in the Big Smoke

It was the last full day in India. The smoke had been chokingly thick for the entire month I’d spent in the north, and Delhi hadn’t even been the worst of it. Still, I’d found a decent rate at a decent hotel (some small comfort in exchange for the respiratory distress) on the edge of Old Delhi’s fantastical Chandni Chowk markets for the final days before my flight home.