Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

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

Long Shadows [Haiku]

Posted on December 13, 2021 by B Gourley

winter shadows
reach beyond the woods
towards forever

Graveyard Winter [Haiku]

Posted on November 20, 2021 by B Gourley

trees are bare,
and the grass is brown -
graveyard winter

A Silence Felt [Tanka]

Posted on October 7, 2021 by B Gourley

winter forest;
the dead silence
makes itself known
as a vague feeling
of untethered angst

DAILY PHOTO: Fog Enshrouded Fortifications, Sümeg

Posted on October 4, 2021 by B Gourley

Taken in December of 2016 at Sümeg Castle

Graveyard [Haiku]

Posted on October 1, 2021 by B Gourley

snow accrues
on a marble headstone -
silently

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