Perspective [Lyric Poem]

Posted on May 5, 2026 by B Gourley

Photograph of a monkey looking sideways through the bars at a temple in Lopburi, Thailand.

Perhaps, you cannot change your jail,
   And you can't choose the lumps and scars --
 No matter how you scream or wail --
   But you pick your view through the bars.

PROMPT: Unique

Posted on March 31, 2026 by B Gourley

Daily writing prompt

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

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Literally everything about a person — except (conscious or unconscious) attempts to copy others –contributes uniqueness.

The only reason we are not each entirely unique is that we make active attempts (for both good and bad reasons) to not be.

NOTE: Identical twins may have a different perspective.

Deceased [Free Verse]

Posted on March 17, 2026 by B Gourley

Photograph taken in Greenwood Cemetery of New Orleans, Louisiana.

clouds drift over
 the cemetery - 

unseen by all those
 upturned eyes.
  
What a glorious day
 to be deceased!

Play Mind [Common Meter]

Posted on January 21, 2026 by B Gourley

Photograph of a sculpture called "Imagination" in Vardanians' Park in Yerevan, Armenia.

What is this cloud above my head
   on such a sunny day?
 You may think it foreshadows rain.
    I think that it brings play.

PROMPT: Judge of Character

Posted on December 22, 2025 by B Gourley

Daily writing prompt

Are you a good judge of character?

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While I might flatter myself that I can recognize an asshole when I see one, the truth is that stealth assholes are real.

Information Boneyard [Free Verse]

Posted on December 11, 2025 by B Gourley

The Information Age 
   bloomed & died
   from wave after wave 
   of information inflation 
   and counterfeit information -
      cheap knockoffs flooded
      the market!

 We live in a
   post-information world:
   an information junkyard,
   to be precise.

 Rusting, useless detritus 
   poses as treasure.
 We catch glints
   and think it value,
 But even turds can glitter 
   in the Sun.