Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on March 1, 2024 by B Gourley

an egret peers
 into the lake, past
  surface reflections?

swamphens strut
 at water’s edge, and
  i’m a farmboy again.

I take a sunrise photo
   And find the glorious orb
 Diminished by poor photography,
   & upstaged by a flaring pigeon.

a moth, wings tattered,
 basks in the canopy-
  breaching spotlight.

some spiders scurry 
 when  their web trembles,
  but not the orbweaver.

lonely egret
 wades in calm water,
  awaiting lunch.

snake wrestles fish
 onto rocky home turf, &
  blends with sun-warmed stones.

grass-rattle, plop!
 grass-rattle, plop! -- repeats...
 at last, I see a frog.

a squirrel chitters;
 its black body against
 the ash gray tree.

the bee wallows 
 in pollen like a drunk
  sprawls on a bar’s floor.