Tag: Uttar Pradesh

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 20209:18 am

Choking Smog, Varanasi to Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Breathing

Held down
Choking smog
Escape delayed
Hours long

Runway clears
Now aloft
Miles high
Above the smog

Crisp blue sky
First in weeks
Smogless air
First I’ve breathed

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 26, 202012:21 am

Passing By, Airport Taxi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Privilege

I remind myself
Often
Even in times like these
Especially in times like these
Just how privileged my life became

By a simple accident of birth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 11, 201811:02 am

Angel of the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Moments ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #130

There is a moment
A moment before
A moment after

Each with their own tenor
Their own flavour
Their own meaning

There is the overall
The changing times
The recollected meaning

Of a moment
Made up of moments
All part of another

Moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 20185:34 pm

Mother and Daughters II, Ganges River (Ganga), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

The Holy Ganga

There are waters in this world
I would not so much
As dip a toe in
I am thinking

As a mother purifies herself
In the waters of the holy Ganga
While her daughters prepare
To leap in, yet again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 201811:57 am

Kites in the Dusk II, On the Ganga (Ganges River), Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Kites in the Twilight

A story told
In every land
Come twilight
In the quiet time
We take repose
In gentle acts
Of little
Or no
Consequence
Though
An unsubtle beauty
In recompense

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 2, 20184:35 pm

Fire and the Boy, The Ganga (Ganges River), Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India copy

The Infinity Beyond My Ken

Possibilities
The ways of being
I cannot comprehend

Exploring the infinity
Beyond my ken

What I love most about existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 9, 20187:00 am

Someone Selling Something, Banks of the Ganges River, Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India

Selling Something to Someone

It is said
Anywhere you stand in China
You will see at least
One more human being
And that is (mostly) true

But I noticed
Anywhere I stood in India
I could see someone
Selling something
To someone else

Tag: Uttar Pradesh

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The Holy Ganga

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Kites in the Twilight

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The Infinity Beyond My Ken

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Selling Something to Someone

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