Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

DAILY PHOTO: Chipmunk Bullfighter, Amritsar

Posted on April 25, 2022 by B Gourley

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Taken in Amritsar in April of 2016

Ocean Awe [Haiku]

Posted on April 24, 2022 by B Gourley

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lost in ocean awe,
still enough that fish gather
in one's shadow

High Tree Hawk [Tanka]

Posted on February 24, 2022 by B Gourley

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the high tree hawk
scans for prey from lofty heights;
the rat scurries -
unaware of far-flung foes,
but side to wall all the same

Parakeets [Haiku]

Posted on August 18, 2021 by B Gourley

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hanging off a ledge,
parakeets fall into flight
to their next perch

Dog Pile [Haiku]

Posted on July 10, 2021 by B Gourley

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pile of puppies,
wrestling playfully -
savage cute

DAILY PHOTO: Lizards in the Shade, Mexico

Posted on March 22, 2021 by B Gourley

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Taken in Mexico (on Isla Contoy) around 2010

DAILY PHOTO: A Macaque Offers Its Opinion of the Weather

Posted on February 23, 2021 by B Gourley

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Taken in July of 2014 in Kerala

Three Animal Haiku

Posted on January 27, 2021 by B Gourley

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I
treed monkeys —
each set of roving eyes
finds its own mark

II
a squirrel sniffs,
smelling the plump acorn
beneath damp leaves

III
a housecat
stalks prey, tiger-like,
no-mind / tail-mind

POEM: Crow in a Combative Stance

Posted on January 25, 2021 by B Gourley

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metallic beak —
rough striations worn smooth
like rough iron, burnished

feet planted wide–
one fore & one back,
in a combative stance

head low —
beak pointed accusatorily,
swiveling to resettle the eye

then, with flapping wings,

it’s gone

DAILY PHOTO: Zebras at Mosi-oa-Tunya

Posted on January 12, 2021 by B Gourley

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Taken in June of 2017 at Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia