Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on June 19, 2023 by B Gourley

tree becomes log,
 which becomes fungi food:
   treeness transformed.

Posted on June 19, 2023 by B Gourley

floating downstream,
 moving unpredictably:
  a dry leaf.

Posted on June 18, 2023 by B Gourley

bovines graze
 in desiccated pastures:
  lazy cowbell.

Posted on June 18, 2023 by B Gourley

distant cricket chirps:
 from the next hill, I wonder?
  now, one at my feet.

Posted on June 17, 2023 by B Gourley

diamond glimmer
 on the water:
  summer sun

Posted on June 16, 2023 by B Gourley

the pond 's drying up.
 the fish look sad,
  and I feel sad.

Posted on June 15, 2023 by B Gourley

the moon is still,
 but night shadows sway
  to and fro.

Posted on June 15, 2023 by B Gourley

Buddha statue:
 what would its reflection 
  in my eyes look like?

Posted on June 15, 2023 by B Gourley

a car slows,
 then pulls to the shoulder:
  sunflower field.

Posted on June 14, 2023 by B Gourley

Autumn sun sets,
 painting sky & river --
  all else is black.