Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

the grass sways,
 while skyscrapers stand stiffly:
  so impressive, the grass!

on a gray day,
 a mournful river slows 
  almost to a stop.

rainclouds crawl nearer,
 like a battle cruiser
 inching towards war.

Morning Glories sit,
 coolly, in the shadow of
  Mexican Sunflowers.

white pillars, once trees,
 stand above the water:
 record of what was.

a cormorant weaves
 into and over water:
  no trace but ripples.

ripples march
 across the glassy river --
 faced by a reed phalanx.

the flowers hide
 in tall grass & sedges,
  but bees still find them.

a snake crawls 
 down out of a tree…
  i have questions.

cormorant heads
 drift over the water: 
  fishing in formation.