There was a Cambodian archaeologist
who dug up temples in jungles – get the gist.
But one day his dig,
under a Strangler Fig,
got him strangled… or so claimed the botanist.
CAMBODIA LIMERICK
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Author Archives: B Gourley
PROMPT: Million Dollars
Daily writing prompt
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
THE POOR.
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Weeds [Haiku]
summer grasses
wave atop a once mighty fort
that's gone to seed.
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Bats [Haiku]
ancient temple:
bats strafe ambulators;
wing flaps puff on bare scalp.
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DAILY PHOTO: Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena
NETHERLANDS LIMERICK
There was a sweet girl from the Netherlands
who worried the hard rains might never end.
When street became moat,
She traded bike for boat.
At canal-surfing she became a veteran.
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PROMPT: Guaranteed
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.
Cast a magic spell? Everything I know of in this world comes with no such guarantee — at least anything worth one’s time. It’d be better to spend one’s time learning to thrive under uncertainty.
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Eddies in the Stream [Haiku]
clear water glides
over a rocky streambed:
eddies form & fade.
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MONGOLIA LIMERICK
There was a young monk from Mongolia
Who loved Buddhism’s peace, but was only a
little bit dismayed
to long for the days –
When Mongols ruled from Okhotsk to Anatolia.
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DAILY PHOTO: Cricketers at Maharani Laxmi Bai College
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Tiger Riding for Beginners 