Patrick's Portal

I read, I travel, I observe & listen ~ I think too much ~ I try & do & fail. Then: I write, I photograph, I share. Eventually, everything ends up online ... somewhere. This is a portal to some of it.

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Sweet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #411

Sugary mouthfulsGlee in ev’ry single biteWarms this adult heart Continue reading Sweet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #411

Sweet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #411

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Bicycle~ Pic and a Word Challenge #410

Simple steel designKeeps Chinese world in motionFlying Pigeon bike Continue reading Bicycle~ Pic and a Word Challenge #410

Bicycle~ Pic and a Word Challenge #410

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No Logos

Here no logos Here no corporations All the same but not Continue reading No Logos

No Logos

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Frame ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #409

We share a gaze He a brave stanceAt the Entrance I from the streetEye to viewfinder Framing the frameWithin a frame Click Decades pass Scanning through the scansSeeking inspirationFrom days all but forgottenMemories vagueImpressions with few details But for a few framesA moment caught as light Falling on silverFrames of referenceScanned to bitsThen left uneditedUntil today Another frameBefore and…

Frame ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #409

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No Greater; No Lesser

It’s easy enough to forget Not all the world lives In a land of strip malls And freeways With manicured lawns And high rise apartments Where a bicycle May be a family’s Only mechanical transportation And great fortune buys A donkey and a cart It’s easy enough to forget Even after having been there Spent time with and among The people of the world Who consider themselves Wealthy and secure While…

No Greater; No Lesser

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Innocence

Innocence Knows no boundaries Knows no hatreds Knows no wars But it is not all coy smiles Happiness wrapped In a best friend’s warm arms Even the innocents Know hunger Even the innocents learn fear I would wrap these two up Protect them from such lessons But mine is the world They should learn To fear The world men made The world men maintain A world not made For innocence Continue reading…

Innocence

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The Morning After

They say there’s got to be A morning after Just hold on Through the night I say the best work Comes in the dark of night And the morning after? The words are posted So coffee, ham and eggs And maybe a post-posting edit Continue reading The Morning After

The Morning After

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Colours that can Be ~ NaPoWriMo Day 30

What better moment Can there be Than when my eyes Can see All the many colours That can be Perhaps only That moment When I can love All the many colours That are me Continue reading Colours that can Be ~ NaPoWriMo Day 30

Colours that can Be ~ NaPoWriMo Day 30

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Serenity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #408 & NaPoWriMo Day 28

The skyWanes to nightWhile IRest on cliff’s edgeAbove the serenityOf calm watersAllow the last vestigesOf daylightTo danceTheir vibrant deathWhen ITurn for homeAnd the solitudeOf a lonely highwayNo taillights But my ownNo headlightsBut the moonIn the rearviewAll the wayTo bedWhere ISleep the deepestOf sleeps Continue reading Serenity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #408 & NaPoWriMo Day 28

Serenity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #408 & NaPoWriMo Day 28

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Muzzle Velocity ~ NaPoWriMo Day 27

It came at us so fast Muzzle velocity Non-linear So many breeches So many crimes So many offences So much hatred From every direction All at once Diverging Merging Breeding Pick one Out of the spray of transgressions Pick the most egregious one Try to track it Understand it Predict it Counter it But then another Even worse And then another Worse again And another Unfathomable And…

Muzzle Velocity ~ NaPoWriMo Day 27

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The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26

The liberator And the dictator often Become the same man Continue reading The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26

The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26

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The right Kind of Time ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

I see us On the scooter Isolated in space But time Isn’t the right time The right kind of time While the vision itself Is indistinct Blurred Which leaves me Confused Nothing’s quite adding up Or going anywhere That could be a destination Or even a place to stop And rest I need to rest Let go And gather in Paradoxes Or is that ironies The scooter drives on Into the night Carrying some sort Of…

The right Kind of Time ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

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Sunrise ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

Hello sun I welcome you this morn Greet you with a warmth Equal to your own daylight embrace With gratitude For illuminating The Earth Which was dark For lightening My spirit Which was heavy For soothing My heart Which sought comfort Hello sun Thank you for Bringing a new day Continue reading Sunrise ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

Sunrise ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

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Raptor Song ~ NaPoWriMo Day 23

Wings whisper through air Black Kite shouts discordant scree Fearful pigeons flap Continue reading Raptor Song ~ NaPoWriMo Day 23

Raptor Song ~ NaPoWriMo Day 23

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Glory ~ NaPoWriMo Day 21

Does the eagle know Glory in the day’s end sun Or my eyes alone Continue reading Glory ~ NaPoWriMo Day 21

Glory ~ NaPoWriMo Day 21

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Hardened ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #407 & NaPoWriMo Day 14

Wild seas dash upon the rocksWhich seem brittle and brokenBut hardened they areResilient and determined A stone will falterHere or thereBut the armour never gives way In the endIt is the storm that breaks The hardened shore remains Continue reading Hardened ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #407 & NaPoWriMo Day 14

Hardened ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #407 & NaPoWriMo Day 14

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Hope for Scorched Earth ~ NaPoWriMo Day 20

Replies the fireweed Where wildfire had scorched the Earth Resistance is life Continue reading Hope for Scorched Earth ~ NaPoWriMo Day 20

Hope for Scorched Earth ~ NaPoWriMo Day 20