Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on June 24, 2023 by B Gourley

lush tall grass
 waves in the breeze, preceding
  the day's spring rains

Posted on June 24, 2023 by B Gourley

eucalyptus trees,
 trunks raw and naked,
  shade the park lane.

Posted on June 23, 2023 by B Gourley

clouds scrape hill.
 will rain be tickled out
  as clouds pass over?

Posted on June 22, 2023 by B Gourley

a black cloud
 crawls through a blue sky
  on a bright Fall day.

Posted on June 22, 2023 by B Gourley

saltwater waves
 batter a lush Mangrove
  on a rocky shore.

Posted on June 21, 2023 by B Gourley

cattail metronome:
 keeps time out of phase
  with the tall grass.

Posted on June 20, 2023 by B Gourley

autumn sky
 reflects upon the lake:
  upside down birds.

Posted on June 19, 2023 by B Gourley

tree becomes log,
 which becomes fungi food:
   treeness transformed.

Posted on June 18, 2023 by B Gourley

bovines graze
 in desiccated pastures:
  lazy cowbell.

Posted on June 18, 2023 by B Gourley

distant cricket chirps:
 from the next hill, I wonder?
  now, one at my feet.