Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Spring Rains [Haiku]

Posted on June 16, 2022 by B Gourley

spring rains
texture the lake
that had been still

Tiny Daisies [Tanka]

Posted on May 25, 2022 by B Gourley

tiny daisies
stand still under gloomy skies;
then one shakes
(pelted by a raindrop)
then another, then all

Monsoon Vantage [Haiku]

Posted on April 26, 2022 by B Gourley

from a dry hill,
one sees the monsoon rains
slog closer

Rainy Day Waterfall [Tanka]

Posted on April 8, 2022 by B Gourley

a rainy day.
we pull over the car,
and get out to look
at the waterfall, up close:
what's spray & what's rain?

Horses [Haiku]

Posted on March 19, 2022 by B Gourley

horses graze
up a green hillside
as rain threatens

Spring Flowers [Haiku]

Posted on March 16, 2022 by B Gourley

spring blossoms -
damp from passing showers -
droop, but stay bright

June Rains [Haiku]

Posted on February 26, 2022 by B Gourley

house & garden
glisten from a soaking
of June rains

DAILY PHOTO: Rainy Day in Darjeeling

Posted on December 30, 2021 by B Gourley

Rain Speed [Haiku]

Posted on October 12, 2021 by B Gourley

the sound of rain
begins to speed up;
then steadies

Wu Shih / “Nothing Special” [Free Verse]

Posted on October 9, 2021 by B Gourley

a steady rain patters
into puddles
far below

i close my eyes,
listening for a
pattern

but it's chaotic -
 a random rhythm that
tugs at my eyelids,

lulling me into 
a dull state of mind

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