Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

the lizard
that stares skyward
makes me look

fish swim idly,
monkeys watch the fish;
monkey TV?

a cluster of trees
stands out against the gray:
the last unvanished

orange river
streaked in yellow; groggy
rowers clueless

tree sits on boulder,
its roots curled over rocks;
child sits on the roots

just a shard of a
once colossal cathedral
stands amid rubble

the tailed jay
is the only shade of green
that's not camouflage

morning frost melts
with early rays of sunlight.
primrose buds slacken.

a full four seasons,
from snow to sweaty t-shirt:
one mountain pass

low clouds reflected
on still seas; a perfect view
on sunset's timer