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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: Without Music

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Daily writing prompt
What would your life be like without music?
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Decidedly less funky, and the consolation that I would no longer be caught humming embarrassing earworms, like Sweet Caroline, would be thin.

Wabi Sabi [Haiku]

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Mường Hoa Valley, Sa Pa, Vietnam; An old farmhouse on the rice terraces.
rustic farmhouse,
 weatherbeaten & askew:
   no answer to knocks.

Great Mormon [Haiku]

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Great Mormon Butterfly [Papilio Memnon]
Great Mormon
 flaps its wings spastically,
  yet hovers in place.

Farmer’s Walk [Haiku]

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Taken near Cat Cat Village (Cat Cat Ban) outside Sa Pa, Vietnam. Farmer on a fallow rice terrace.
hoe on shoulder,
 farmer saunters along
  a rice terrace.

DAILY PHOTO: Sun Plaza in Sa Pa

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Sun Plaza is one of the most imposing buildings in Sa Pa, an otherwise sleepy alpine town in Northern Vietnam. Sun Plaza is located on the southwest corner of Sa Pa Plaza and it contains a shopping center and restaurants. This photo is taken from across the street on Sa Pa Plaza.
Sun Plaza is one of the most imposing buildings in Sa Pa, Vietnam. This photo is taken from Ham Rong, a nearby mountain. From a distance one can see how Sun Plaza dwarfs the other structures in the vicinity.
On the right is Sun Plaza as photographed from the street.

PROMPT: Celebrate

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How do you celebrate holidays?
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Well, if someone else is doing fireworks, I’ll go see, but I value my fingers and hearing too much to DIY it. But there is nothing like fireworks on Easter to warm the heart. Or on Arbor Day, or National Salsa Dancing Day (March 11th, mark your calendars. Also, don’t confuse it with National Salsa Day — honoring the spicy condiment on May 1st.) Nothing says holiday like fireworks.

Gray [Free Verse]

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The sky is gray.
   The lake is gray.
 The city beyond is gray.

Once so big,
   The city is now small,
 And I fear fog
   Might erase it.

Lantern [Free Verse]

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The lightbulb inside
   A temple lantern
   Shines like the sun:
   Backdrop to painted 
   Branch & blossom...

But the fact that it's lit
  Means that it must be
  The moon.

That Time of Day [Tanka]

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once a day
 light from the setting sun gleams
  off the gold Buddha, 
 and shines through a window
 across the boulevard.

DAILY PHOTO: Chùa Kim Liên

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