Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 16, 2024 by B Gourley

streets are glistening,
 and trees are dripping on the 
  riverside shrine's roof.

Posted on April 15, 2024 by B Gourley

spring rains green
 the fort's horizonal and
  its vertical.

Posted on April 15, 2024 by B Gourley

a cormorant
 waits a half-hour after
  swimming to fly.

Posted on April 14, 2024 by B Gourley

mountain meadow:
 horses graze, leisurely, 
  a rancher splits wood.

Posted on April 13, 2024 by B Gourley

a lotus opens;
 its yellow pod shining
  back at the sun.

Posted on April 13, 2024 by B Gourley

a bright moon
 casts a pale glow,
  & deep shadows.

Posted on April 12, 2024 by B Gourley

red blossom-laden
 branches race across 
  blue summer skies.

Posted on April 12, 2024 by B Gourley

gray winter day:
 i walk the stony beach, and
  note each rock 's unique.

Posted on April 11, 2024 by B Gourley

the soil is soggy
 from persistent spring rains,
  but, in sun, greens glow.

Posted on April 11, 2024 by B Gourley

an ancient mountain,
 weathered to rubble,
  stands background
 to a city that's lived
 but a blip of mountain time.