Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

grasses sway,
 the egret stalks, & even
  tree roots seem to crawl.

a young monkey
 king kongs through a forest
  of aerial roots.

Tagore looms,
 wind-swept & erudite,
  in mind & presence.

drifting downstream,
 the prow points our way
  to open sea.

at mangrove’s edge:
 a croc, mouth agape.
  lazy hunter?

clouds lift
 to reveal jade hills:
  Tah-Dahhhh!

pleasant summer day:
 city-dwellers look up,
  and watch clouds drift.

autumn afternoon:
 swollen clouds cut the light,
  it looks like sundown.

under dark clouds;
 yon hills at once bombarded 
  with light- & rainbands.

branches hang strong
 against the dense clusters
  of yellow trumpets.