Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on March 17, 2025 by B Gourley

desert sunset
 dips toward silhouetted dunes:
  fade to black... then Stars!

Posted on March 16, 2025 by B Gourley

stork silhouette
 stands on a sunken branch:
  dusky summer eve.

Posted on March 15, 2025 by B Gourley

lifelike bird sculpture
 doesn’t fool the insect
  that lands on its beak.

Posted on March 15, 2025 by B Gourley

two wading birds
 face each other so that
  their reflections can chat.

Posted on March 14, 2025 by B Gourley

crows turn to threat:
 while pigeons remain
  oblivious.

Posted on March 14, 2025 by B Gourley

blossom drops,
 fluttering slantwise
  into still water.

Posted on March 13, 2025 by B Gourley

early Spring:
 trees still bare;
  river low & slow.

Posted on March 13, 2025 by B Gourley

cliffside poppy:
 bee shakily alights
  in a mountain breeze.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by B Gourley

hazy valley:
 stubble fire smoke glows like
  a Martian landscape.

Posted on March 10, 2025 by B Gourley

sunup hour:
 yellow blossoms turn gold;
  one flutters to earth.