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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: Gwalior City from the Hillfort

Gwalior city with fortifications and mosque.
Gwalior city from the Gopachal Hill.
Gwalior City with hillfort fortifications.
Gwalior city from Sahasrabahu Twin Temples.
Gwalior city through a crenulated parapet.

PROMPT: Grown Up

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

The first time I went drove to another state and stayed in a hotel on my own (late teens, obviously after getting a driver’s license — but a year or more before graduating high school.)

Different Wavelengths [Lyric Poem]

The parrot stands, as if jilted. 
The chipmunk sniffs, as if intrigued.
Parrot behaves ever so stilted.
Chipmunk is just hungry and fatigued.

DAILY PHOTO: Chausath Yogini Temple of Morena

Yogini Temple: Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Oblique shot of the inner sanctum.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. From across the hilltop.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ring of meditation cells inside the temple.
Ekattarso Mahadev Mandir (a.k.a. Chausath Yogini Temple); Morena; north of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India. Inner sanctum from the entry.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LIMERICK

There was a Bedouin from the UAE
who never in his life had seen a tree.
Walking through lands
of endless sands,
he had nothing to hide behind to take a pee.

CAMBODIA LIMERICK

There was a Cambodian archaeologist 
who dug up temples in jungles – get the gist.
But one day his dig,
under a Strangler Fig,
got him strangled… or so claimed the botanist.

PROMPT: Million Dollars

Daily writing prompt
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?

THE POOR.

Weeds [Haiku]

summer grasses
wave atop a once mighty fort
that's gone to seed.

Bats [Haiku]

Bats at Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena, (near Gwalior,) Madhya Pradesh, India.
ancient temple:
bats strafe ambulators;
wing flaps puff on bare scalp.

DAILY PHOTO: Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena

Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India (North of Gwalior) Reconstructed Hindu Temples
Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India, (North of Gwalior); Reconstructed Hindu Temples.
Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India (north of Gwalior)