Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

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.

Posted on June 9, 2023 by B Gourley

hazy morning.
 my bleary eye and tired mind
  locks on a Kolam.

Posted on June 9, 2023 by B Gourley

dusk has come.
 bats head out to hunt.
  black against dark sky.

Posted on June 8, 2023 by B Gourley

solo donkey:
 so lonely that it might
  be human with us.