Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

chubby squirrel
 scampers across crusty snow --
  crunchlessly!

Winter forest:
 no creatures stir --
  waterfall sound.

at days end,
 clouds not burning bright white
  sink into black.

bloom-laden Cherry
 tree attracts no viewers;
  the last blossom does.

fly in Summer,
 buzzes around a cow --
  dodging whip-tail.

under thick moss,
 two tiny mushrooms cause
  sunburst guitar-mind.

a bird alights
 onto a windswept wire;
  then seems to doze.

white smoke rises downriver:
  backdropped by black mountains.

countless bells
 surround the temple --
  each one silent.

village breathes fresh air:
 the last before stalks are burned /
  the valley goes gray.