Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on June 10, 2025 by B Gourley

after harvest
 cows stubble graze, &
  egrets hunt in the wake.

Posted on June 10, 2025 by B Gourley

cloud ceiling,
 almost touched atop a hill,
  parts in the distance.

Posted on June 8, 2025 by B Gourley

prow points seaward 
 in widening channel;
  geese pass overhead.

Posted on June 7, 2025 by B Gourley

Spring’s arrival
 brings lush, green grass;
  livestock keeps it trim.

Posted on June 6, 2025 by B Gourley

tree, wrapped in vines,
 shape broken & trunk hidden;
  an attempt to blend?

Posted on June 5, 2025 by B Gourley

the ferry docks
 as the sun sets:
  exit to darkness.

Posted on June 5, 2025 by B Gourley

mountain trail:
 kicked stone sails, then drops...
  out of sight.

Posted on June 4, 2025 by B Gourley

hermit climbs the hill:
 clouds mask his ascent,
  obscure the cavemouth.

Posted on June 2, 2025 by B Gourley

unfurled buds,
 not drooped to gravity,
  tell Spring’s story.

Posted on June 1, 2025 by B Gourley

trunk splits to branches
 that stretch to the edge
  of oxygen’s crossing.