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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.

PROMPT: Read More

Daily writing prompt
Which book have you read more than any other?

孙子兵法 (i.e. Sun Tzu’s “Art of War“) or Hamlet, perhaps. It would have to be something short, important, and that bore new fruit upon revisit.

But, in truth, it’s not a score I’ve kept. I just know there are few books I’ve re-read, and exceedingly few that I’ve read more than twice. There are too many good books to get stuck on any of them without great cause.

DAILY PHOTO: Mussoorie Macaque Portrait

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Photograph of a Macaque monkey taken in Mussoorie in Uttarakhand, India.

PROMPT: Lifelong Learner

Daily writing prompt
Are you a lifelong learner?

I aspire to be, but in the immortal words of Monty Python, “I am not dead yet!”

Mud Dance [Free Verse]

DAILY PHOTO: A Colorful Street in Melaka

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Photograph taken in Malacca (Melaka,) Malaysia of colorful building facades.

PROMPT: Habit

Daily writing prompt
What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?

Getting up every morning.

Sun Pierced [Haiku]

thunder rumbles —
gray clouds stretch overhead;
sun finds its way through.

DAILY PHOTO: Saadat Ali Khan’s Tomb

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Photograph of Saadat Ali Khan's tomb in a park in Lucknow's Qaisar Bagh.