Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

low Winter sun
 stripes the forest floor
  with long shadows.

a cloud shadow 
 dragged over the hill
  like a blanket.

Winter sun
 casts long shadows 
  through dead grass.

Posted on May 31, 2025 by B Gourley

understory thrives:
 light plants & shadow plants
  each finds its place.

Posted on April 3, 2025 by B Gourley

ring of blossoms
 around the tree trunk:
  still, as shadows creep.

light & shadow play
 across the mountains —
  redrawing ridges.

Autumn morn sunlight
 brightens the grassy bank,
  & throws long shadows.

bloom-laden branch
 stretches to reach beyond 
  the shadows... but no.

a butterfly
 plays with shape & shadow
  on a sunlit leaf.

Posted on June 13, 2024 by B Gourley

the sun's last gasp
 glows against walls and towers,
  but forms deep shadows.