Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on May 29, 2021 by B Gourley

missing flip-flop
sits beside the curb
miles from a man askew

Posted on May 29, 2021 by B Gourley

one clear footprint
at the puddle's edge,
but no others

Posted on May 28, 2021 by B Gourley

I
lotus viewing:
still blossom, changing light;
countless sights

II
a still lotus,
a static eye, and shifting
light; boundless hues

III
view one lotus
until the changing light
makes a new bloom

Posted on May 23, 2021 by B Gourley

spastic flapping,
SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-snapping
then silence

Posted on May 22, 2021 by B Gourley

a rock that looks like
the perfect stepping stone
is where danger lies

Posted on May 20, 2021 by B Gourley

I watch the hawk
as it sits, watching me
It turns away first,
knowing I can't reach it
nor see it as it sees me

Posted on May 17, 2021 by B Gourley

wind-ruffled tall grass
bobs and rebounds aimlessly
and yet in concert

Posted on May 14, 2021 by B Gourley

a palm tree,
like fireworks bursting,
blocks sunset hues

Posted on May 11, 2021 by B Gourley

mid-day dims,
a distant rumbling,
but no rain falls

Posted on May 7, 2021 by B Gourley

a bull-shaped cloud drifts,
chased by a piglet-like cloud --
oh, senseless skies