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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.

Patience [Senryū]

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Photograph of an Orb Weaver spider taken in Taroko Gorge, Taiwan.
Spider builds its web 
 line by line, and then waits;
  I watch for two minutes.

Spring [Haiku]

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Nature writes “Spring”
 in colorful blooms, even 
  over rough bark.

Into the Darkness [Lyric]

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Photograph taken in the "Tunnel of Nine Turns" (九曲洞) in Taroko Gorge (太鲁阁.)
Shadow-striped --
   Juxtaposing day with night,
      And wrong with right,
   And never with always --
      Down the long striped 
           Hallway...
 Until it ends in darkness.

DAILY PHOTO: A Cloud in the Sky

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PROMPT: 100-year-old

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Daily writing prompt
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.
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Dear Dust,

Congratulations. You will now have made it to more countries than I did in life. I’m jealous.

Yours truly,

You (but Hydrated & Animated)

River Boulders [Haiku]

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Photograph of a green pool surrounded by boulders in Taiwan's Taroko Gorge.
boulder-strewn gorge:
 what ancient waters could move
  what now can't be budged?

Guardian [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a Guardian Lion (Fu Dog) at a temple on Elephant Mountain near Taipei, Taiwan.
some swear guardians
 come to life -- dancing through
  the temple yard...
 but only Autumn nights, and
 after a calabash of wine.

DAILY PHOTO: Taipei Skyline

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Photograph of Taipei, Taiwan taken from Elephant Mountain Trail.

Under the Bridge [Haiku]

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Monochrome photograph of a bridge taken in Taipei, Taiwan on a cloudy day. 
under the bridge
 rain's chaos doesn't vanish:
  ripples spread; drips plop.

PROMPT: Spree

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Daily writing prompt
Where would you go on a shopping spree?
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I’m not a fan of the “spree.” I don’t like a shopping spree and I don’t like a murder spree and I really don’t like a shopping mall shopping / murder spree.