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About B Gourley

Bernie Gourley is a writer living in Bangalore, India. His poetry collection, Poems of the Introverted Yogi is now available on Amazon. He teaches yoga, with a specialization in pranayama, and holds a RYT500 certification. For most of his adult life, he practiced martial arts, including: Kobudo, Muay Thai, Kalaripayattu, and Taiji. He is a world traveler, having visited more than 40 countries around the globe.

Second Eyes [Free Verse]

Photograph of the roof of the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple taken from the upper floor of the Xiang Lin Si Temple in the Jonker Walk / Chinatown area of Malacca, Malaysia.
From the dark depths
of a temple,
eyes open & blink
against the sunlight
pouring through
a narrow second set
of eyes.

What shapes form across
the way?

It's the roof of a second --
more ancient -- temple
that stands across
the street.

This monk has opened
eyes on that view a
thousand times before,
and each time has
forgotten the centuries
old neighboring temple
existed.

PROMPT: Cook

Daily writing prompt
What’s your favorite thing to cook?

Geese. As in: “Your GOOSE is cooked AND your GOOSE is cooked… [etc.]”

DAILY PHOTO: Garden Art, Buak Hat Park

Flurry [Haiku]

fine powdery snow
fills ground around grass:
frigid Winter day.

PROMPT: First Computer

Daily writing prompt
Write about your first computer.

All I know is that it was much bigger and less capable than my current computer. But – then again – it wasn’t designed to monopolize and commoditize my attention.

In summary: bigger, slower, less capable, but less sinister.

DAILY PHOTO: Cheonggyecheon [청계천] Greenery

Fake Snow,Real Cold [Haiku]

fake snow from
fountain spray in wind;
the cold is real.

PROMPT: Most Scared

Daily writing prompt
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?

A self-administered lobotomy.

Having to watch MELANIA.

Solo? [Haiku]

Photograph of an egret flying over the Gomti River in Lucknow, Madhya Pradesh, India.
solo bird flies
over sprawling waters
with upside down mate.

DAILY PHOTO: Ghanta Ghar, Lucknow

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Clock tower, Ghanta Ghar, in Lucknow, Madhya Pradesh, India.