Taken December 29, 2019 in Budapest.
DAILY PHOTO: Tree Shadow Facade
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Author Archives: B Gourley
POEM: Unintended Plunge
In my dream, I stood upon a bridge,
but not upon the suicide ledge.
Mesmerized by sparkles on still water,
I toppled over the railing all the same.
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DAILY PHOTO: Batthyány tér, Budapest
POEM: Dancing through the Graveyard
What’s the age at which dancing on a grave switches from an adorable bubbling over of life
to a
deplorable act of petty vindictiveness?
I saw a boy — clearly in the former category — pull it off,
but I knew that if I joined in the best I could hope for was an evil eye. And the worst would be to be slapped, kicked, or spat upon.
For I long ago crossed the river of innocence beyond which lie presumptions of foul intent.
An ever-watchful Orphean world keeps me from crossing back over that Stygian river.
Oh, to live life on the other bank.
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DAILY PHOTO: Closeups at the Fiumei Rd. Graveyard
Taken on December 27, 2019 in Budapest.
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DAILY PHOTO: Mátyás-templom
POEM: Danube
High enough to glimpse the tail of the serpentine river that snakes through town.
I thought about the marriage of possibilities created by that ceaseless flow.
And all seemed possible under heaven and on earth.
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DAILY PHOTO: Water Tower, Margit Island
Taken on Christmas of 2019 in Budapest.
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GREEN WINTER HAIKU
a crow caws
standing on a stout post
black eye watching
a child wonders,
beyond this rainy valley,
is it white?
nothing scurries
but mushrooms sprout
wet forest floor
lonely bus stop
one man waits for a nearly
empty bus
streaks of blue
viewed through cloudy skies
a bird hops
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DAILY PHOTO: Simple Nativity
Taken in Obuda in December of 2019.
