Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

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.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by B Gourley

fog rolls through,
 devouring then revealing
  a quaint town.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by B Gourley

even in death
 the scorpion can evoke
  momentary fear.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by B Gourley

there is no defect 
 in the sunflower that
  cheers one’s spirits.

Posted on June 12, 2023 by B Gourley

two young gazelles
 lock horns and head-wrestle, 
  then quit and move on.

Posted on June 11, 2023 by B Gourley

ringed by city,
 a green oasis
  hides slyly.

Posted on June 11, 2023 by B Gourley

ginger blossom
 looks cleaner before
  the rain.

Posted on June 10, 2023 by B Gourley

the big red bug
 attracts attention 
  it doesn’t want.

Posted on June 10, 2023 by B Gourley

dead roots:
 sinuous as a river,
  luxuriant as hair.