Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 9, 2022 by B Gourley

workers cross
the silver-gray river;
heads log-laden

Posted on April 9, 2022 by B Gourley

the prayer wheels
have all gone still, but for
the last squeaking one

Posted on April 7, 2022 by B Gourley

in autumn, 
hay bales cast long shadows
on close-cropped fields

Posted on April 3, 2022 by B Gourley

in a lake, 
lies a grand cathedral
where once men prayed

Posted on April 3, 2022 by B Gourley

a pausing mongoose 
looks at me, 
as I look at it

Posted on April 3, 2022 by B Gourley

two crows stand
on a branch in parallel;
the plot is afoot

Posted on April 2, 2022 by B Gourley

blossoms tumble,
in vibrant colors,
down the sidewalk

Posted on March 31, 2022 by B Gourley

across the valley,
looms a majestic mountain...
if one sees that far

Posted on March 30, 2022 by B Gourley

two stupas stand
beside a lonely road,
adorned by lichen

Posted on March 29, 2022 by B Gourley

prayer flags hang,
in bright primary colors --
dense with unread text