Tag: United States of America

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20182:41 pm

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

The Long Straight and Narrow

Some roads are a joyride
Some roads are a roadtrip
Some roads are a journey

And some roads are the long haul
Running straight and narrow
Ending somewhere beyond the horizon

Roll onto one of these
And I’ve made a commitment
Right to the end of the line

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 20189:02 pm

Love Grace Beauty Meaning

I am moved most

By the things we
     construct
     create
     imagine

For
     love
     grace
     beauty
     meaning

Utility
Matters little
To me

Except
In a tool
For creation

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 201810:12 am

Southbound Highway 87, Between Round Top and Winslow, Arizona, United States of America

Where Adventure Begins

I take the straight road
Through the golden land
Beneath illumined skies

Somewhere beyond
The vanishing lines
Where the land rises
Above the horizon

The straight lines curve and wind
Flaxen plain becomes jagged stone
Sunset gives way to twilight
Gives way to deepest night

There the adventure begins

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 25, 20188:51 am

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

Winnowing

Armies are not raised
From the masses
But rather winnowed
With fear and anger
And the will toward violence
The way rain and runoff
Separates the stones
From the sediment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 24, 20182:47 pm

Stagecoach Motel, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona, United States of America

Past and Present

I take the old roads
The back roads
The scenic routes
In the off-season

I love the places
Which carry the past
Into the present

Better still, the places where
Past and present co-exist

Without need for justification

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 19, 20189:21 pm

Shadows in the Mist, Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United State of America

Shadow in the Mist

Sometimes
I seem
Even to myself
As a shadow
In the mist

Irresolute
Unfulfilled
Incomplete

I remind myself
Step
Into my being
Out of the shadows
Beyond the mist

Steadfast
Manifest
Consummate

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 3, 201811:53 am

Rangeland Sunset

Making time
Across a wide flat land
Sky burnished amber
Prairie icons
Punctuate the horizon
In a place of
Simplest existence
Simple and hard
And I drive on

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 27, 20185:40 pm