Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on May 20, 2022 by B Gourley

a pied kingfisher
perches in stillness...
one dive / one fish

Posted on May 18, 2022 by B Gourley

lush tea shrubs
under barren trees;
what’s the tea know?

Posted on May 17, 2022 by B Gourley

each wheel,
on the temple circuit,
spins at its own rate

Posted on May 17, 2022 by B Gourley

turbulent upstream -
the river grows wide & deep,
becoming placid

Posted on May 17, 2022 by B Gourley

boulders in a pond
look like rocky islands 
in tranquil seas

Posted on May 16, 2022 by B Gourley

clouds in the valley
look like water at the shore
on a gorgeous day

Posted on May 16, 2022 by B Gourley

cliffside bamboo
becomes a sumi-e
when clouds roll in

Posted on May 16, 2022 by B Gourley

Buddha statues’
fine robes & bejewelment;
what would he have worn?

Posted on May 15, 2022 by B Gourley

a field of flames
dance in rows of butter lamps
in the dark temple

Posted on May 15, 2022 by B Gourley

mountain magpie
flits from post to post,
skirting our camp