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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.

“Grown about by Fragrant Bushes” by Robert Louis Stevenson [w/ Audio]

Grown about by Fragrant bushes,
Sunken in a winding valley,
Where the clear winds blow
And the shadows come and go,
And the cattle stand and low
And the sheep bells and the linnets
Sing and tinkle musically.
Between the past and the future,
Those two black infinities
Between which our brief life
Flashes a moment and goes out.

DAILY PHOTO: Nighttime Colors, Malacca

“Of Glory not a Beam is left” (1685) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Of Glory not a Beam is left
But her Eternal House --
The Asterisk is for the Dead,
The Living, for the Stars --

DAILY PHOTO: Malacca Street Art

DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Reflections, Malacca

DAILY PHOTO: Dutch Square, Melaka

DAILY PHOTO: Annai Vailankanni Church, Pottery Town

DAILY PHOTO: Guatemalan Jungle

Jack-o-Lantern [Haiku]

the wobble & flicker
of candle flame animates a
face carved to stillness.