Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on August 9, 2022 by B Gourley

plump dangling nests
of baya weavers are
ceaselessly revamped

Posted on July 31, 2022 by B Gourley

swollen cardinal
looks like it's been gorging,
but it's winter puffed

Posted on July 8, 2022 by B Gourley

clustered pigeons
blend into the awning;
then, a loud crack

Posted on July 4, 2022 by B Gourley

the egret walks
away from a lone cow that's
too still to stir bugs

Posted on June 22, 2022 by B Gourley

owl sticks its head out,
staring in silent rebuke
as if to say:
"Hey! I'm nocturnal.
What's with all the ruckus?"

Posted on June 18, 2022 by B Gourley

the Golden Pheasant
looks committee assembled...
by first graders

Posted on June 11, 2022 by B Gourley

two parakeets eat;
to my human eye,
one looks ashamed

Posted on May 20, 2022 by B Gourley

a pied kingfisher
perches in stillness...
one dive / one fish

Posted on May 15, 2022 by B Gourley

mountain magpie
flits from post to post,
skirting our camp

Posted on April 3, 2022 by B Gourley

two crows stand
on a branch in parallel;
the plot is afoot