Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

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

the sunflower 
 that bows its head in the sun
  feels pensive.

a butterfly flits
 over blooms: a connoisseur
 not deigning to land.

hibiscus flowers 
 show their bright colors
  on a winter day.

in late summer,
 thistles flower brightly --
  then fluff & cede to wind.

Two hikers on a mountain trail
   pass a solitary Poppy.
 One remembers a lost loved one;
   one, feeling high and floppy.

the sunflower
 catches warm afternoon sun, 
  but bees aren’t impressed.

weary sunflowers
 turn their backs on the sun:
  heads bowed.

the thistle blooms:
 beautiful for a time, but 
  best known from afar.

flowers dip
 under a bee’s weight, 
  but spring back.