Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

poets & artists
 sit in ornate houseboats,
  translating the clouds.

in waning sunlight,
 the shapes of shadows shift
  as boats drift.

lake waves break ashore
 unpredictably, catching
  hapless strollers.

ripples on a pond:
 the day seems still & windless,
  but, somewhere, air moves.

sometimes placid as
 a lake; sometimes churning
  like the ocean.

Posted on July 22, 2023 by B Gourley

gray-green waters
 shimmer in summer sun:
  leaves flutter onshore.

Posted on July 14, 2023 by B Gourley

boats glide across 
 the lake, barely faster
  than the sun drops.

Posted on June 20, 2023 by B Gourley

autumn sky
 reflects upon the lake:
  upside down birds.

Posted on June 17, 2023 by B Gourley

diamond glimmer
 on the water:
  summer sun