Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 30, 2024 by B Gourley

the forest floor
 is damp and dark, and
  mushrooms are happy.

a rotten log:
 turned into a work of art
  by fungi.

Posted on June 19, 2023 by B Gourley

tree becomes log,
 which becomes fungi food:
   treeness transformed.

Posted on May 13, 2023 by B Gourley

in misty mountains,
 lichen & moss carpeted,
  two mushrooms stand tall.

Posted on March 12, 2023 by B Gourley

turkey tail:
 rings neat as Saturn's,
  but on a pig's ear.

Posted on March 1, 2023 by B Gourley

a rotten log
 lies in the woods,
  becoming fungi

the scent of death
assaults my nostrils: 
carcass or fungi?

tiny mushrooms 
rise from damp pine needles 
on straight, stiff stalks

a rotten log grows
a vibrant mushroom cluster —
soon to rot, itself

rotten log fungi
imitate oysters
on pier pilings