Tag: travel

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20182:22 pm

Boots

Inside
The chanting
The texts
Stripping away
Layer upon layer
Of being
Seeking
At the centre
The non-being
That is everything

Outside
The first layer

Architecture by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 20188:32 pm

Buddhas All in a Row, Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia

Naming is the Origin of all Particular Things

Only when I resist the name a thing has been given
Can I discover the true nature of the thing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 201811:29 am

Granite and Conifer

Enrapt
Enwrapped
Granite and conifer
Cloud and sky
And I
Reverent
In the rain
And rapture
Of nature’s glory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20189:20 pm

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

Seeing in the Brightness

Sometimes
The light seems too bright
So I seek
The respite of darkness

I remind myself
The darkness is always present
Even in the brightest light
Its balance is available

I remind myself
The light is not too bright
Rather my eyes remain
Accustomed to the darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20183:24 pm

Lake Powell, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Visualizing

I swim down
Deep into the reservoir
Of the pain and suffering
That is my despair
Find the glimmer of hope
Release it from the bottom
Cradling it in my arms
As I rise back to the surface
Breathe deeply in the fragrant air
Pull myself up onto the solid shore
Basking in the sun’s warmth
While pain and suffering drains away
Despair releases from my being
While hope swells in my heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 8, 20182:19 pm

Sunshine Beach Sunrise, Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Hope and Possibility

Where there is romance and reminiscence
In a sunset
There is hope and possibility
In a sunrise

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 7, 20188:55 pm

The Twelve Apostles, The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

A Fortune of Time and Place

The sun settles softly into morning
Early, still quiet
I’m alone with the wind
With the waves
With my camera

I’ve seen a hundred shots
From just this spot
But none gifted with this light
Gifted with this atmosphere
Gifted with this glory

A fortune
Of time and place
Being there
In the moment
Camera in hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 5, 201811:08 pm

Crimson and Amber Desert, Highway 87, Northern Arizona, United States of America

Crossings

I intend
To cross this barrenness
Knowing not what awaits
On the other side
Or if there is
An other side
I can reach

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 2, 20188:34 pm

Monochrome Canyon, Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Arizona, United States of America

Time and Change

I stand on the edge
Of a hundred million years
Changing, changing, changing
Always change

One score and five thousand years ago
Human eyes came to see
Human hands learned to make

All our grandiose change
No match for nature’s hand

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 1, 201812:09 pm

Wall of discord, Route 66, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

A Comfortable Wall

This strife
This discord
It’s a wall
A familiar obstruction
I’ve grown comfortable with

As comfortable as I am
With the window
And its pretty scene
Offering distraction
As respite

It occurs to me
Pass through the window