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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.

PROMPT: Crazy Business Idea

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Come up with a crazy business idea.
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I had a restaurant idea I was going to call “Git It Yo Own Damned Self.” It would extend the Korean Hot Pot / BBQ concept in which one has to do one’s own cooking to include getting your own food from the kitchen and then bussing your own table and washing your own dishes. I realize one couldn’t charge as much, but in the US I think you could still collect 20 – 25% gratuities for the imaginary waitstaff to offset the lesser meal cost.The best thing would be responding to bad reviews with: “Don’t look at me, they did it their own damned selves!”

DAILY PHOTO: Angels

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Two angels in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery in New Orleans.

PROMPT: Attached

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Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?
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A rock named Steve. It went back to being a rock with no name.

Bobbing Ducks [Haiku]

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Ducks at the edge of a pond at Audubon Park in New Orleans. 
ducks jump off a ledge,
 bobbing once in pond water,
  and drift onward.

Ignorance is Bliss [Lyric Poem]

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A turtle swims to water's edge,
   and finds before him a steep bluff.
 He makes himself a solemn pledge,
   "I'll scale this cliff, however tough!"
 Struggling over the toilsome rim,
   he sees another wall of stone
 stands just ahead - tormenting him.
   "Just one more, I'll not piss and moan."
 If he could know that it was stairs,
   He'd have some turtle curse words to share.

Soggy [Haiku]

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Fallen leaves on the sidewalk after a rain.
fallen leaves, post-rain:
 gauge the drizzle by 
  what crunch remains.

DAILY PHOTO: St. Louis Cathedral by Day

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Photograph of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans taken from Washington Artillery Park across Jackson Square.

PROMPT: Mission

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What is your mission?
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Shhh! It’s a secret. And the first rule of secret missions is you don’t talk about the secret mission.

Autumn Grasshopper [Tanka]

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A grasshopper hanging on a branch of desiccated leaves at the end of Autumn.
climbing grasshopper
 clings to gently bouncing branch;
  sure to fall
 before the next crunchy leaf
 succumbs to Autumn breezes.

Great Egret [Haiku]

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A Great Egret taken at Vickery Creek Trail in Atlanta, GA. 
a Great Egret
 wades in cold water --
  reflection warped.