Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

twin butterflies 
 spiral around each other
  with spastic gravity.

diligent spider 
 works its catch
  into a meal.

in stillness,
 the mantis becomes
  vegetation.

Posted on August 9, 2023 by B Gourley

turtles sun
 on the statue’s base,
  becoming statue.

Posted on August 8, 2023 by B Gourley

the curious child 
 remains unbaffled by the
  complexities
 of snail amore:
 thinking the lead a tow-snail.

Posted on August 4, 2023 by B Gourley

a sunning frog
 taunts all predators
  to test their weight.

Posted on August 4, 2023 by B Gourley

deer of summer -
 who'd blend with Fall's tawny grass -
  stand out.

Posted on July 28, 2023 by B Gourley

vigilant buck:
 aware of photographer
  as others feed.

Posted on July 24, 2023 by B Gourley

on a tree, the moth
 looks like a pair of eyes framed
  in a hidey-hole.
 on marble steps, the moth
  just looks like a moth.

Posted on July 21, 2023 by B Gourley

chital eats grass.
 myna eats bugs off chital:
  everyone 's happy.