Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

koi - in a pond -
 spiral together 
  and apart.

saffron-colored carp
 mill about the garden pond.
 a cat watches...

the koi cluster
 at one end of the pond:
  anticipating mana.

the fish drifts - barely:
 then, with a snap of its tail,
  it darts to the depths.

Posted on March 2, 2023 by B Gourley

silence
 in the koi pond; then:
  a tail whip splash

fish swim idly,
monkeys watch the fish;
monkey TV?

in a color storm 
of roiling koi, a plain
white fish sticks out

Posted on May 22, 2022 by B Gourley

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

Posted on May 1, 2022 by B Gourley

rimmed with black tadpoles
& roiling with orange koi,
the lake brims with life