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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: Views of the Sprawling Danube River

PROMPT: Motivation

Daily writing prompt
What motivates you?
The need to break free of the program -- e.g. to be master of fear & anger, not slave to them. 

Green Hills [Free Verse]

fingers of forest
 interspersed with 
  fingers of pasture --

the hidden & 
 the exposed --
 
two kinds of danger:
 being seeable &
  being unable to see.

is the mind fearful
 of being exposed
  the same as the mind fearful
   of being confined?

Prepper Limerick

Doomsday preppers prepare for Armageddon,
 neatly arranging food, supplies, and weapons.
   A combo of OCD
    & whooping hillbilly?
 I think I'll just let the warheads beckon. 

Stag Beetle [Haiku]

a stag beetle
 lifts pincers in warning;
  tender flesh at feet.

DAILY PHOTO: Pipó-várkastély, #2

PROMPT: Movies

Daily writing prompt
What are your top ten favorite movies?

In the order in which they popped into my head: 1.) Caddyshack (1980); 2.) The Matrix (1999); 3.) Hidden Fortress (1958); 4.) Alien (1979); 5.) Casablanca (1942); 6.) Seven (1995); 7.) Kung Fu Hustle (2004); 8.) The Dark Knight (2008); 9.) Inception (2010); 10.) Unforgiven (1992)

PROMPT: Writing

Daily writing prompt
What do you enjoy most about writing?

First, the infinite variety of ways it allows one to express oneself. Second, the puzzle of dancing letters into sentences. Finally, the thought that the right combination of letters might cause someone to pee himself.

Hover Quandary [Haiku]

a bee hovers
 between two wildflowers,
  in a quandary.

Duck Do-Si-Do [Haiku]

a duck trio
 does a lazy do-si-do
  with eyes closed.