Tag: weather

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 17, 201611:27 pm

Weathered Structure, Centre Lawn Building, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

The battles of opposites

Paint peels
Algae grows

The Rain
The Sun
The Cold
The Heat

In the many battles of opposites
Nothing lasts forever
Except balance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 19, 20167:00 am

Wind, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Wind ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #42

Buffeted
Unsteady
Windy air
Challenges
Equilibrium

Turned to it
Faced head on
Arms out wide
As if wings
Unfettered by Earth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 20157:00 am

Old Man Rock

Old Man Rock
He sits there watching
Spinifex and gum trees
Emu and the wallabies

Old Man Rock
He’s steady-on
I sit upon him
Wondering

At all that is
And ever was
And what it means
And what becomes

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 2, 201511:22 pm

Winter crept up the mountains

Winter crept up
The mountains
While summer
Slipped in
Below

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 12, 201512:42 pm

Angry Sound

Roaring down the sound
With angry ferocity
Kicking up white caps
Driving breakers onto shore

I lean into the attacking wind
Hold the camera steady
As the battalion of clouds
Advance, malice intended

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 7, 201510:01 pm

Red Sky and Rainbow

Red Sky and Rainbow
Bringing much needed rainfall
To Alberta badlands
And dinosaur bones

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 3, 20157:00 am

Subtle lovers

We are subtle lovers
The rain and I

I suppose that is the way
Of rainforest life

I hanker for the sun
Complain about the wet

But it exhausts me
when the sun stays too long

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 28, 201510:26 am

Questions of Utility

One wonders if
A pair of forlorn-looking picnic tables
Actually prefer the cool grey wet of an Autumn day
The quiet restfulness of the off-season

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 23, 201510:24 am

Like hailstones fallen to Earth

For hours, they gathered
Like hailstones falling to Earth

A trickle at first
Then a torrent
Then a tumult

Until the space filled
In a thunderous storm

Abstract by Patrick JenningsJul 21, 201511:49 am

The little tornado that couldn’t

They tracked the little tornado as it began forming. It was on a steady Northeasterly bearing, trailing the massive storm cell which had already wreaked so much havoc on Fayette county. Storm chasers were reporting the formation of a funnel at this location, but that it hadn’t touched down yet.

Sometimes, these conditions could lead to a very powerful twister. Everyone was hoping it would be the little tornado that couldn’t.