Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

lean & scratched up: 
 stray cat stares at a leaf
  as if it's ham.

startled squirrel drops
 its nut; so sad for it, but
  we all get a tree.

through the paifang*,
 you leave your city,
  but you're not in China.

*A paifang (牌坊) is the gate over a street or road that denotes the bounds of a Chinatown.

Posted on August 6, 2025 by B Gourley

two rivers converge.
 two trails diverge.
  I flip a coin.

Posted on July 30, 2025 by B Gourley

perched magpie
 stares into the distance.
  gen z? perhaps.

Posted on July 28, 2025 by B Gourley

dogeared petal 
 can take no more --
  flutters in a gust.

Posted on July 15, 2025 by B Gourley

mountain forest trail:
 cherubic figurine
  cheers weary hikers.

Posted on July 14, 2025 by B Gourley

Hibiscus
 reaches for pollen; though
   pollen is nomadic.

Posted on June 13, 2025 by B Gourley

perfect fruit
 still hangs on the tree: 
  surviving temptation.

Posted on June 11, 2025 by B Gourley

bookstore cat
 sleeps soundly on a book
  about dogs.