Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on May 26, 2022 by B Gourley

bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Posted on May 25, 2022 by B Gourley

soft, shrubby shoulders
line Prek Chu's winding way
of smooth, white boulders

Posted on May 24, 2022 by B Gourley

the icy mountain
plays hide & seek in the clouds
like a five-year-old
playing the game
for the first time, ever

Posted on May 22, 2022 by B Gourley

the pond's surface roils,
as koi thrash - orange flames
in feeding frenzy

Posted on May 21, 2022 by B Gourley

a snowy peak
shows - briefly - in the morning,
then hides in the clouds

Posted on May 21, 2022 by B Gourley

a dragonfly
alights on a boulder,
zipping to stillness

Posted on May 20, 2022 by B Gourley

one Black Mamba
slithers up beside its mate.
scheming whisper?
i fear as much, but then i
remember snakes have no ears

Posted on May 20, 2022 by B Gourley

a pied kingfisher
perches in stillness...
one dive / one fish

Posted on May 18, 2022 by B Gourley

lush tea shrubs
under barren trees;
what’s the tea know?

Posted on May 17, 2022 by B Gourley

each wheel,
on the temple circuit,
spins at its own rate