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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.

Music Appreciation [Free Verse]

Not by hearing or listening,
     but by feeling the rhythm,
     body / mind resonating to it, 
     being effortlessly attuned to it:

That is how the music transports one --
            how it changes one's mind. 

Hawk Bank [Haiku]

the hawk swoops & banks;
i feel its flapping wings
as it passes.

DAILY PHOTO: Baby Sculptures

Taken at the 2023 Republic Day Flower Show in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

the butterfly
that i’d thought dead
just fluttered off.

The City Sees [Free Verse]

The city sees like Santa Claus.

Every misdeed is captured.

Every lost soul is whereabouts known --
   known but not shared.

The city sees all,
    but it does keep secrets...
    
    sometimes. 

Cloud Ceiling [Haiku]

cloud touches hill
 as if it's resting on it.
  smell of spring rains.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air & Space Museum

Midsummer Masquerade [Haiku]

rainy summer day
 masquerades as early spring,  
  while noon plays dusk.

Coastal Wetlands [Haiku]

those flat wetlands
 might stretch out for miles,
  or, maybe, inches?