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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: Hungarian State Opera House

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Fish-Eye View [Common Meter]

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Do I look blurry to a fish,
   as if a floating cloud?
 Does it expect I’ll dart away
    as silence rings aloud?

DAILY PHOTO: Népsziget from Újpest railway bridge

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Taken in August of 2023 in Budapest

Wetlands Wildflowers, No. 2 [Haiku]

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a swamp, 
 beautifully adorned,
  poses for pics.

Wetlands Wildflowers [Haiku]

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eyes follow stems
 down to water, & further 
  down to sky.

Rainy Day River [Haiku]

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gray clouds
 over the river
  make silver waters.

Algae Pond [Haiku]

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algae-covered pond:
 provides a blank-slate
  for shadow art.

DAILY PHOTO: Hiking in South Karnataka

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PROMPT: Habit

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Describe one habit that brings you joy.

I found the one from “The Flying Nun” to be quite whimsical, and it inspired jovial moments.

PROMPT: Curiosity

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What are you curious about?

Everything. But I have learned to be less obsessed with the grand metaphysical questions for which no one has any defensible answers – just rank speculation. Socrates convinced me it’s not worth worrying about abstractions while one is still struggling with fundamental questions of how to be human.