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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.

Sonnet 53 by William Shakespeare [w/ Audio]

What is your substance, whereof are you made,
That millions of strange shadows on you tend?
Since every one hath, every one, one shade,
And you, but one, can every shadow lend.
Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit
Is poorly imitated after you;
On Helen's cheek all art of beauty set,
And you in Grecian tires are painted new.
Speak of the spring and foison of the year:
The one doth shadow of your beauty show,
The other as your bounty doth appear;
And you in every blessèd shape we know.
In all external grace you have some part,
But you like none, none you, for constant heart.

PROMPT: Emergency Preparedness

Daily writing prompt
Create an emergency preparedness plan.

1.) Run like hell.

2.) Dive headlong (with perfect timing as the blast begins.)

3.) Sigh with relief as I look back at the roiling fireball.

Crown Flower [Haiku]

crown flower buds
begin to split, but only one
takes the first peek.

Mountain Crumbles [Haiku]

once a mountain,
now just boulders; someday
not a hill will remain.

DAILY PHOTO: Sri Someshwara Swami Temple, Kolar

“King Trisanku” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [w/ Audio]

Viswamitra the Magician,
By his spells and incantations,
Up to Indra's realms elysian
Raised Trisanku, king of nations.

Indra and the gods offended
Hurled him downward, and descending
In the air he hung suspended,
With these equal powers contending.

Thus by aspirations lifted,
By misgivings downward driven,
Human hearts are tossed and drifted
Midway between earth and heaven.

PROMPT: Word [Overly Used]

Daily writing prompt
What is a word you feel that too many people use?

“Nazi” and other terms used to hyperbolize the villainy of those who are, at most, moderately villainous. It allows people to dismiss – rather than debate – beliefs with which they are in disagreement, while – simultaneously – it diminishes understanding of the extremes of horror the world has known.

White on White [Haiku]

angular granite:
softened by snowfall,
erased by cloud.

Too Close for Comfort? [Haiku]

baboon onshore
grooms infant as hippo
glides past in water.

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River (w/ Eagle)

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