Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on May 29, 2022 by B Gourley

row on row of flames
lick and shimmer, as minds
attempt stillness

Posted on May 28, 2022 by B Gourley

red rhododendrons
at peak vitality
will be brown next week

Posted on May 28, 2022 by B Gourley

a stinkhorn
drops its gauzy skirt —
no scent, yet

Posted on May 26, 2022 by B Gourley

a pink rose stands tall
in a Sikkimese garden --
mountain mimic

Posted on May 26, 2022 by B Gourley

bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Posted on May 25, 2022 by B Gourley

soft, shrubby shoulders
line Prek Chu's winding way
of smooth, white boulders

Posted on May 22, 2022 by B Gourley

the pond's surface roils,
as koi thrash - orange flames
in feeding frenzy

Posted on May 21, 2022 by B Gourley

a snowy peak
shows - briefly - in the morning,
then hides in the clouds

Posted on May 21, 2022 by B Gourley

a dragonfly
alights on a boulder,
zipping to stillness

Posted on May 20, 2022 by B Gourley

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