Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 20, 2023 by B Gourley

summer dusk:
 our world is flat & black,
  while sky is textured.

Posted on April 19, 2023 by B Gourley

spring is here.
 the hills have greened.
  the field is plowed.

Posted on April 19, 2023 by B Gourley

big, busy leaf:
 light bullets through,
  too fast to process.

Posted on April 18, 2023 by B Gourley

boats rock in the bay,
 their languid motion watched
  'til darkness swallows.

Posted on April 17, 2023 by B Gourley

bunker on the beach
 sends mixed messages about
  trip tranquility.

Posted on April 17, 2023 by B Gourley

flat bottomed clouds 
 hang over the harbor
  like a foot, mid-stomp.

Posted on April 16, 2023 by B Gourley

the tree stretches
 wildly in all directions, 
  and yet feels balanced.

Posted on April 16, 2023 by B Gourley

pink blossoms -
 alive against the blue sky;
  one flower falls.

Posted on April 15, 2023 by B Gourley

turtle on a log
 looks stuck, but vanishes
  in an eye blink.

Posted on April 15, 2023 by B Gourley

flower-laden tree:
 when next we meet
  will be bare.