Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 21, 2025 by B Gourley

lying on a hill,
 eyes open to orange clouds:
  how long was I out?

Posted on April 20, 2025 by B Gourley

hidden sun
 drops out of cloudbank
  for an encore.

Posted on April 20, 2025 by B Gourley

ancient fortress:
 tree grows through cracks;
  the tree will win.

Posted on April 18, 2025 by B Gourley

red-hot steel glow:
 sun crawls toward 
  wine-dark seas.

Posted on April 17, 2025 by B Gourley

Winter day:
 bright sunlight at cloud's end --
  glassy river.

Posted on April 16, 2025 by B Gourley

rain strike seen
 in ripples on the pond
  before felt on skin.

Posted on April 15, 2025 by B Gourley

from the hilltop,
 Spring downpour creeps nearer;
  me, sans raingear.

Posted on April 14, 2025 by B Gourley

mid-Summer:
 I pause under misty falls,
  'til I feel the Spring.

Posted on April 14, 2025 by B Gourley

clouds retreat
 out of the valley:
  dreamworld made real.

Posted on April 13, 2025 by B Gourley

long-tailed boat
 chugs down the buoy-line:
  Summer fishing.