Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on July 13, 2023 by B Gourley

under the tree,
 rain drips are fewer,
  but fatter.

Posted on July 3, 2023 by B Gourley

honey bee at work
 on flowers still dripping 
   from Spring showers.

Posted on July 1, 2023 by B Gourley

the trees wave
 in pre-rain winds:
  but rain never comes.

Posted on June 25, 2023 by B Gourley

barren trees say Fall,
 but the verdant undergrowth
  says Spring.

Posted on June 24, 2023 by B Gourley

lush tall grass
 waves in the breeze, preceding
  the day's spring rains

Posted on June 11, 2023 by B Gourley

ginger blossom
 looks cleaner before
  the rain.

Posted on June 6, 2023 by B Gourley

squall line coming:
 the rains will freshen the fort,
  those walls grown green.

Posted on May 19, 2023 by B Gourley

cloud touches hill
 as if it's resting on it.
  smell of spring rains.

Posted on May 9, 2023 by B Gourley

imposing clouds
 seem to hover over
  the palace,
 but then one sees the drift,
 and they are drifting nearer.

Posted on May 8, 2023 by B Gourley

young red leaf,
 on a sapling in Spring,
  slowly grows green.
 doesn't it know it should start green,
  and turn red in the Fall?