Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Cold Stone [Haiku]

Posted on July 10, 2022 by B Gourley

winter: stone sculpture
of snuggled infant & mother;
my bones grow cold

Ice Glazed [Haiku]

Posted on July 9, 2022 by B Gourley

ice-glazed branches,
stiff in the winter calm:
can they flex with wind?

Icicle Lifecycle [Haiku]

Posted on July 1, 2022 by B Gourley

icicles dangle
over a rushing stream;
by noon, only stream

DAILY PHOTO: Mosque of Pasha Qasim by Day & by Night

Posted on March 10, 2022 by B Gourley

Taken in December of 2016 in Pécs, Hungary

Billowing Breath [Haiku]

Posted on March 10, 2022 by B Gourley

breath billows
in the cold, evening air --
a child amused

Snow Birds [Haiku]

Posted on March 2, 2022 by B Gourley

a snowy park.
chubby birds flit about
in search of seed

Pagoda [Haiku]

Posted on February 1, 2022 by B Gourley

in winter,
frangipanis stand bare,
bracketing the shrine

Winter’s Eve [Haiku]

Posted on January 30, 2022 by B Gourley

the crunchy snow
of a cold winter's eve --
tomorrow's gray slush

Darjeeling Limerick

Posted on January 6, 2022 by B Gourley

There was a tourist in Darjeeling 
whose fingers and toes lost all feeling.
He didn’t remember
it’s cold in December, 
and the dearth of heaters left him reeling.

Tropical Christmas [Haiku]

Posted on December 24, 2021 by B Gourley

Calcutta’s December:
Christmas trees stand beside
palm trees

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