Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

two flaming umbels
of yellow-orange lantana;
but my eye
moves to the bud cluster
that sits in the background

chicory -
its little blue flowers sway,
 dancing with stems

a lily blossom
hovers like a dragonfly
over a pad quilt

one flower
stands, rumpled & in the rear,
but is just as bright

a sunflower.
the spiral of its florets
claims perfection

the butterfly
flies no straight lines, but
still finds the flower

a wet spring day
brightened by a droopy 
canna lily

the stone lotus
carved in the temple wall
will outlast
lovers and real lotuses -
such a clumsy copy

banana flower
glows in the morning sun,
racing in stillness

Posted on July 31, 2021 by B Gourley

so much flower
unpacks from one
tight green bud