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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: Erzsébet híd, Budapest

Spiky-Legged Spider [Haiku]

spider works its prey;
 its movement is beautiful.
  its spikes - less so.

Van Gogh Palette [Haiku]

black-eyed susans
 nudge me into Van Gogh's world,
  but not too deeply.

DAILY PHOTO: Flowers of Margaret Island

PROMPT: City Planning

How would you design the city of the future?

For the robots to rest comfortably over our cold, dead bones.

Janus River [Haiku]

the river's surface,
 glassy from above, looks
  choppy from the edge.

DAILY PHOTO: Óbuda Gas Works

Cooter Query [Haiku]

cooter cranes its neck:
 impulse to know greater than
  impulse to shelter.

PROMPT: Name

Daily writing prompt
Where did your name come from?

Apparently, my [first] name is of French / West German origin and means “bear” “hard.” I’m sure it was chosen because it’s a saint’s name — actually several saints, most of whom were French and none – that I’m aware of – was Irish. This is interesting because my ancestral origins are primarily Irish on both sides, though my family name is apparently of Scottish origin. (I was aware some Scottish ancestry was in there, but didn’t know the name came from Scotland.)

Landscape Scars [Haiku]

limestone hillsides
 slough to form lasting scars
  in a treed landscape.