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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.

Covert Cave [Lyric Poem]

Do you know how deep the darkness goes?
 No. Chiaroscuro black conceals
  all but what's divulged by echoes,
   and figments spastic minds reveal.   

PROMPT: Broken Bone

Have you ever broken a bone?

In my own body or someone else’s? The question is terribly unclear. (I guess, if the latter, WordPress is a more savage community than I’d assumed.)

City Limits [Haiku]

the city grows
 up and down the valley -
  shaped by mountains.

Red Blossoms [Haiku]

red blossoms
in the understory,
briefly catch the sun.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Annapurna Base Camp

Yin – Yang World [Haiku]

mountain morning:
 sun-warmed icecaps over
  a valley of night.

The Bell, Unrung [Free Verse]

the big, brass bell
 hasn't rung in years

the stiffest storm winds
  can't budge it

it stands with clamorous
  potential -- unrung

Mongoose Crossing [Free Verse]

A mongoose crosses the road.
 My mind makes it Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Is there a cobra in the tall grass?
 Is this a heroic mongoose? 

The mongoose disappears from sight,
 and I'm left with no answers. 

DAILY PHOTO: Boats & Ghats, Varanasi

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