Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

spider works its prey;
 its movement is beautiful.
  its spikes - less so.

cooter cranes its neck:
 impulse to know greater than
  impulse to shelter.

a stag beetle
 lifts pincers in warning;
  tender flesh at feet.

frogs plop in water
 faster than my eye can see:
  a blur — kerplunk!

this odd little shrub
 grows snails like seed pods:
  or so it seems.

twin butterflies 
 spiral around each other
  with spastic gravity.

diligent spider 
 works its catch
  into a meal.

in stillness,
 the mantis becomes
  vegetation.

Posted on August 9, 2023 by B Gourley

turtles sun
 on the statue’s base,
  becoming statue.

Posted on August 8, 2023 by B Gourley

the curious child 
 remains unbaffled by the
  complexities
 of snail amore:
 thinking the lead a tow-snail.