Tag: travel

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 7, 201810:58 am

City Street with Scooter, Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Crossing Boundaries

To explore other worlds
I must cross the boundaries
I’ve erected to contain my own

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 6, 20185:43 pm

Looking Back, Random Train Platform, Delhi to Agra Express, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

Peering Back

I observe the world
People, structures, nature
Though people most of all

I peer into their world
Try to understand what they see
How they see it

It helps me see
The nuance in my own world
In my own perception

Every now and again
I notice people
Peering back at me

A moment most illuminating
As it reminds me
Look at yourself, through their eyes

And so, I wonder
What do they see?
How do they see me?

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 5, 20188:35 pm

Personal Dramas, Red Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Broken Hearted

A broken heart
Cares not
Whether the beloved
Wears a crown
Or a t-shirt
And dungarees

The world seems
No smaller, no larger
As it crashes down

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 4, 20186:42 pm

Spire and Dome II, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Soaring

I soar
In the presence
Of grace and elegance

Beloved’s paean expressed
In exquisite
Architectural glory

Brought to ground
By notes of sorrow
Though beauty undiminished

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 4, 201812:51 pm

Shadows in the Station, Random Station Platform, Delhi to Agra Express Train, Uttar Pradesh, India

Shadow ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #125

He stood apart
A shadow in time

Cast by the weak glow
Of a wan sun
Frustrated by the dull grey
Of the everyday

He stood apart
Waiting for trains

For the one
Which never arrived on time
And for the one
Which would never arrive

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 3, 201810:43 am

Sunset, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Murderous Sky

The beauty of an amber sky
Belies a failure
Of political will
And the premature deaths
Of millons

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 2, 20183:21 pm

Empty Chamber, Red Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Edifice

An edifice
After some time elapsed
Like bones
Stripped bare by desert sun

Hints at
Beauties lushly graced
Forever lost
Long stripped away

So close my eyes
To fill the space
With grandeurs from
Another time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 1, 20182:16 pm

Reflections

In the mirror
I see
What others cannot see
In me

In others
I see
Another reflection
Of me

Sometimes
I see
Neither mirror reflects
Real me

If I shut my eyes
I see
The me I am without need
To be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 30, 20188:58 am

Taj Mahal from Red Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Beyond the Ramparts

The fortress
That is my mind
Allows windows
Onto the world

I sit by them
Gazing on the beauty
Of a dream

I Quiet my mind
Dismantling the ramparts

And enter the dream

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 28, 201812:43 pm

Broom & Detritus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wisdom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #124

A broom
To sweep away
The detritus

Of wisdoms found
And wisdoms lost
Wisdoms over-written

Time-worn wisdoms
Worn out
Worn down
Worn through and through

Worn like a cloak
Like a shield
Or wielded
Like a sword

Bon mots
Of thought

Here collected
Erased
Memorized
Forgotten

Fragments of
Fragmentation

Misjudged
Misunderstood
Misapprehended
Mistaken

The nattering
Incessant
Of those
Who tell
But do not ask
Themselves

And should not
Yes
There’s the rub
Instead be
Silent

Who am I?

This wall
Has no wisdom
For me

Words
They clutter up
My consciousness

Lead me astray
Turn me away
From where I find
The one true I
Deep inside

I breathe
Let go

In quiet mind
At the core
Of silence find
The I that is not I
But All
And One

That is all
I need to know
This simple wisdom

All are One

What more is there
To ask?