Tag: travel

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 6, 20165:16 pm

Patrick Jennings, Twin Falls, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Learning Humility

I walked through the world
With a mighty swagger
Until humiliation
Taught me humility
Until poverty
Taught me what to value
Until failure
Taught me grace

Now I walk with a gentle deference
Listen, when I might have spoken
Forgive, when I might have challenged
Let go, when I might have held on

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 4, 20165:05 pm

Big Sky ~ Big Land, Paul Lake Road, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Big

I love being
Where the sky is big
And the land is bigger

I love being
In a space bigger than I
Where I wade out into expanse

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 3, 20167:00 am

Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Castles ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #44

A long shallow beach in the summertime
Children splash and laugh
Swim and frolic
Lay out on towels
In the hot sun
Browning young skin
On the fine grey sand

I the child
Dig down into the beach
Find the water
Swirl sand into slurry
Lift it out
Dripping from fingertips

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 2, 20162:22 pm

Horse Shoe Bend, Glen Canyon, Near Page, Arizona, United States of America

An expansive beauty

I try to piece together
One seamless image of the world
From photographs taken
Miles and years apart

Edges unaligned
Contexts out of reference
Colours unbalanced

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 30, 20168:08 am

Golden Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Heavy Metals

I searched and searched
For hearts of gold
Burdened by
My leaden heart

Such sweet gift I proffered
To other souls
None taking

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 29, 20167:00 am

Mittens and Buttes, Monument Valley Navajo Park, Utah, United States of America

Seeking Questions

I rise up
From a valley of hot desolation
Raise my consciousness
From a cacophony of noise

In silence
I listen
In darkness
I find light
In mystery
I find insight
In questions
I find…

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 28, 20168:10 am

Mittens and Buttes, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, United States of America

Time & Mastery

Let time
And mastery
Wash away
All that is
Not me

Let diligence
And patience
Bring on
The insightful
Flood

Let my spirit
Rise
From the flat
Featureless plain
That was me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 27, 20167:00 am

Homestead, Marron Valley, Highway 3A, British Columbia, Canada

Becoming the Uncarved Block

All I ever wanted
Out of life
Was to carve out
Some small domain
In this wild expanse
I could identify
As me

Until
I discovered non-being
And realized
Being
Was not
All it was cracked up
To be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 26, 20167:21 am

Lessons ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #43

In a land
I can barely comprehend
I learn the most
About myself

As I test
Who I am
What I do
What I have

Against
Who I might have been
What I might be doing
What I might have

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 25, 20169:47 am

Bridges

I build bridges
From here to there
And there to here

Then cross them
To see what’s there
Or bring it here

And burn them
To keep what’s there
Away from here