Tag: weather

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 3, 20178:00 am

Cozy, Blackrock Resort, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Cozy ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #116

Exposed
Out on the rocks
Ocean breaking at my feet
Along a shoreline
So battered over time
Even were the air at rest
It would seem storm buffeted

But there
The resort so close
I nearly feel the warmth
Of the golden window light
The frontage seems
To brace against the weather
Like I sometimes do in a storm
Arms outstretched
Head on into the rippling wind

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 15, 201710:00 pm

Lotus Petals

Petals fallen
To dimpled pond
Where raindrops gather
On lotus pads
A thousand diamonds glittering
Under slate grey skies

Rain quells nature’s sounds
No songbirds sing
No children shout
Ours are the only ears
To hear
The gentle white-noise patter
Of rainfall
Coming back to Earth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 7, 20178:29 pm

Feng Shui Calm

Rain on lotus pad
Pitter-patter droplets caught
Little waterfall

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 9, 20177:00 am

Emergency Ferry Terminal, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Emergency Use Only

The rain came hard
The mountains came down

In torrents
Of mud
And rock
And trees

Wiping away bridges
Wiping away people

The road broke down
So access broke down

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 14, 201610:27 pm

Whistler Mountain and Alta Lake, From Rainbow Park, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Whistler and Alta

The winter wind
Whisks down the valley
Holding the ice at bay

But the ducks
Won’t have much longer

To paddle in open water

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 29, 20163:27 pm

Fog in the Valley, Cheakamus River Valley, From Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Faery Breath

The mist roiled down the valley
Flowing through the trees
Like faery breath
Settling over the village
Whose inhabitants slept
A night of aimless dreams
Then awoke with the terrors
Of the previous days
Quietly rescinded

Gone from memory
As if
They’d never
Happened

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 29, 20161:58 pm

Tantalus Range Obscured, From Tantalus Lookout, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Formidable

There is nothing quite so formidable
As monumental terrain
In unfriendly weather

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 7, 20168:27 pm

Buttes, Near Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States of America

Sandstone Clouds

The buttes
Like clouds
Floating over the valley
Bringing a storm of stonefall

If only I had the eyes
Of old father time
I could see the rock raging
Dropping aeons of boulders
Upon the valley floor
Like hailstones
From sandstone clouds