Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on June 13, 2025 by B Gourley

perfect fruit
 still hangs on the tree: 
  surviving temptation.

a shoot sprouts
 in a shallow divot,
  on the rocky cliff.

the bushy tree
 in the temple wall isn't so
  claustrophobic as I.

the thistle blooms:
 beautiful for a time, but 
  best known from afar.

this odd little shrub
 grows snails like seed pods:
  or so it seems.

a wasp & an ant
converge on a cloying plant
blithe on each other

a dandelion 
stands straight & tall,
daily eroding

Posted on June 14, 2022 by B Gourley

thorny leaves
and poisonous fruits;
if ever
a plant wanted 
to be left alone!

banana flower
glows in the morning sun,
racing in stillness

Posted on May 19, 2021 by B Gourley