Tag: United States of America

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 20, 20208:32 am

Viewpoint, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern California, United States of America

Corona

I watch them
Photograph them
And the vast world
Beyond us all
Which makes us all seem
Such little things

I watch them
And wonder if they notice me
Or if I’d remember them
Without this photograph
Each of us in our discrete worlds
Beyond each other

I watch them
And know we’re all connected
Not just in that spiritual sense
But in the sense that one small event
In a place far far away
Can touch us all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 16, 20207:48 am

Awe, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern California Coast, United States of America

Awe ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #224

Ageless roil
Tide incoming
Hardened shore

I trundle along the escarpment
Of this thin edge of immensity
Immersed in the awe
Of all that I do not yet know
And the greater mystery
Of all that I will never know

Thus is the curse
And the beauty
Of consciousness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 1, 20208:15 pm

At last, the coast, Douglas Family Preserve, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Connections ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #222

The sun ebbs
Drawing the sky blue curtain
Infinity revealed

Here we draw together
To feel the connection
Through all that is
To each other

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 22, 20205:41 pm

Gold Beach, Oregon Coast Highway, Oregon, United States of America

Patience

Patience is
A wide shallow beach
Reducing the furious sea
To a gentle
ripple

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 16, 202011:07 pm

Pistol River Middle, Gold Beach, Oregon Coast Highway, Oregon, United States of America

Shoreline ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #220

Sooner or later
We all come to the shoreline
Beyond which lies a great unknown
A deep, unfathomable darkness

Most of us are allowed a choice there
To dive right in with more or less grace
Or cling to the land against the inexorable tides

No matter the choice, whether or no we have one
We are all, inevitably, drawn down into that great depth

I rather like to think a beautiful light awaits us there

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 9, 202010:00 pm

Clam Diggers, Seaside Creek Beach, Mendocino County, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Dig ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #219

Digging in the sand
Seeking delectable gems
Then steam and butter

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 2, 20205:17 pm

Tiny Below the Expansive Sky, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

tiny ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #218

How glorious am I
To be just one tiny speck
In all this immensity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 26, 20208:10 pm

Tourists, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

Tourists ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #217

Yea, though I walk
Through this valley of death
I will fear no hardship
Among these many tourists with me
While the road and the cafe comfort me
No shadow falls to Earth
But footfalls

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsJan 19, 202011:35 pm

In Our America Love Wins, HI Portland Hawthorne Youth Hostel, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

America ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #216

IN OUR
AMERICAALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL
LOVE WINS
BLACK LIVES MATTER
IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES ARE WELCOME
DISABILITIES ARE RESPECTED
WOMEN ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR BODIES
PEOPLE ARE VALUED OVER PROFIT
DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 12, 202010:19 pm

Point Sur State Park, Point Sur Lighthouse, Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur, California, United States of America

Point ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #215

The edge of earth
Harassed by sea
A shield of stone
Protects the land
And the people in its lee