Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

autumn afternoon:
 swollen clouds cut the light,
  it looks like sundown.

under dark clouds;
 yon hills at once bombarded 
  with light- & rainbands.

from valley shadow,
 the sun-warmed mountain
  glows more brightly.

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

sun shimmer
 in a dense patch looks like
  a sheet of ice.

a writhing dragon,
 is painted by the sunset
  in vivid colors.

the morning sun
 shines through the canopy.
  understory: dungeon.

summer sun so bright
 the sunflowers take a break,
  & turn backs to light.

summer evening:
 long shadows climb steps
  their source won’t reach.

a shaft of sunlight
 sneaks past a blocking cloud:
  summer sunset.