Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on August 1, 2023 by B Gourley

willow leaves,
 slender and sinuous,
  hang to the river.

Posted on July 31, 2023 by B Gourley

the setting sun
 fires the mountain's Yang-side
  to max contrast.

Posted on July 30, 2023 by B Gourley

morning sunlight
 catches the edges:
  skeletal building

Posted on July 30, 2023 by B Gourley

how short a walk,
 back turned to the city,
  to be free.

Posted on July 29, 2023 by B Gourley

guardian dogs,
 sculpted or painted: how do
  they fool the spirits?

Posted on July 29, 2023 by B Gourley

grand monuments,
 overgrown with moss & weeds,
  for Dead long forgotten.

Posted on July 29, 2023 by B Gourley

boats rise & roll
 with constant motion; as
  gentle waves lap ashore.

Posted on July 28, 2023 by B Gourley

up ahead,
 light washes into the cave,
  and I stagger out.

Posted on July 28, 2023 by B Gourley

vigilant buck:
 aware of photographer
  as others feed.

Posted on July 28, 2023 by B Gourley

weeks of cloudy skies.
 then one morning: warm gold light
  around the curtains.