What is your favorite type of weather?
Depends on whether I’m outside or inside. If the former, I favor the partly cloudy to sunny range, depending on how brutal or gentle the sun is, respectively. If the latter, I’ve got nothing against a cleansing torrential downpour.
water lilies stand
confidently, while herons
step warily.
perching hornbill:
a plodding half-ton bovine
doesn't merit attention.
Standing on the bank,
Looking at the other shore --
A hundred meters or a mile?
Does it matter,
In such a fast flow?
If I were to swim for it,
Launching myself into
Those cold, choppy waves,
Which would I reach first:
The other shore, or
The Falls, downstream?
the cormorant,
glistening & dripping,
must air dry
before it’s a bird again;
humans cramp in the pool.
i follow the light
out of the woods and into
a yellow glade.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 