Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

autumn grasses
 sway to a different rhythm
  than in summer's youth.

in Summer grass,
 resides the remnants 
  of warrior dreams.

Japanese: 夏草や兵共がゆめの跡; natsugusa ya // tsuwamonodomo ga // yume no ato

sitting on a rock,
 feet dangling in the stream, 
  thwarting summer heat.

such light green leaves
 for the end of summer: 
  doesn’t that tree know?

it’s cool & rainy, 
 but the canopy is green:
  last days of summer.

late Summer: 
 the last days before 
  reed heads fluff.

spheres of fluff
 hold strong against a breeze...
  until they don't.

summer sun so bright
 the sunflowers take a break,
  & turn backs to light.

cool, idyllic day:
 summer rallies a last stand,
  before the Fall.

cattails, willows, &
 river: each has its own rhythm
  in a summer breeze.