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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.

DAILY PHOTO: Psychedelic Street Art of Chicago

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The Nature of Art [Haiku]

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in stone mosaics,
 nature’s hand is more artful
  than the artist’s.

PROMPT: Advice

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What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

Use free writing to break through writer’s block.

Deer Stalking [Haiku]

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a deer walks,
 making less sound than 
  most squirrels.

DAILY PHOTO: Dragon Wall in Chicago’s Chinatown

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Watcher [Haiku]

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a heron surveys 
 the gently flowing river
  with great patience.

DAILY PHOTO: Chicago Theater by Night & by Day

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Spider Hide [Senryū]

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behind the leaf, 
 a spider hides like a fat
  kid behind a pole.

PROMPT: Album

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What’s your all-time favorite album?

I couldn’t even begin. I have favorite albums of some particular acts (e.g. “Let it Bleed” Rolling Stones; “Born to Run” Springsteen; “Rumours” Fleetwood Mac; “Sgt. Pepper’s…” The Beatles; “Toys in the Attic” Aerosmith; etc.) but not overall.

I think MIPSO’s “Dark Holler Pop” is pretty much a perfect album, and I’m quite fond of Ben Sollee’s “Learning to Bend.”

But I have no favorite album.

Lone Oak [Haiku]

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one oak tree
 stands atop the hill:
  unstruck by lightning.