Tag: Wordpress Photo Challenge

The weekly Wordpress Photo Challenge, sponsored by The Daily Post

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 13, 20187:00 am

Buddha Subduing Mara, Wat Shri Chum, Sukhothai, Thailand

Awakening

In the blurry fog
Of Western Christianity
In which there seemed
Oh so much hypocrisy
The gentle touch
Of Eastern thought
Guided me
Along a different path
Straight to the core
Of Christ’s own heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 10, 20189:30 am

So Goes the Wind, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada II

Prevailing Winds

So goes the wind
So goes nature

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 9, 20187:00 am

To the Delight of Tourists, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India

An Intimacy Between Strangers

There is a certain kind of inner smile
Which accompanies a smile
Shared among strangers
An intimacy to be treasured

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 8, 20189:34 am

Aqua and Azure, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Aqua and Azure ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #134

On another day
The storms would come
To whip the sea
Into delightful fury

But today
Though the wind be high
In the lee of the rocks
A delightful calm

I love them both
The battering grey
The aqua and azure
Though…

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 6, 20187:00 am

Celestial and Terrestrial Meet, Near Lions Bay, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Celestial Dream

Where celestial
And terrestrial
Meet

Glory Falls
Once

Too soon fades to black

Though quick enough to rise
again

The gloried swell
To consciousnes
From dream

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 4, 20187:00 am

Eastern Glow

While others gaze
Upon low lying sun
I turn my eye
Unto opposing sky
And glory in
The subtler shades
Which vibrance
Though far less pronounced
Such bare honest glow
With its gracious tones
In soft pastel
Restrained
Does not shout out
But whispers clear
“I am a sight
Held no less dear”

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 JenningsApr 2, 20184:59 pm

Sunday

Through the trees
The rock
And the sea

A rugged shoreline
In splendid
Repose

While I
Breathe silently

In time
With the rush of ocean
Upon the land

Dappled sun
Offers
Tonic warmth

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 25, 201810:28 am

Howe Sound Twilight, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Twilight ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #132

In the failing twilight
Upon the farther shore
Warm lights rise
In the encroaching night

I wonder at the lives
Lived in the glow
Which to me

Seems just a dot
Reflected

Off a still sea

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 24, 20187:15 pm

Yet I Remain

Left behind
As if detritus
Like pilings
Rising from
The ocean depths
Stripped of the planks
Which gave them cause
Still, pretty they
Beneath their grey torment
So to offer
Weathered wise remark

Reach for the sky
Stand proud
And straight
Find new intent
If naught for aught
But to be seen
Standing here
Survivor still
Where some may fail
Yet I remain