the !n(tro)verted yogi

Bernie Gourley. Traveling Poet-Philosopher

Miasma [Haiku]

Posted on December 10, 2022 by B Gourley

the scent of death
assaults my nostrils: 
carcass or fungi?

Clustered Mushrooms [Haiku]

Posted on October 22, 2022 by B Gourley

a rotten log grows
a vibrant mushroom cluster —
soon to rot, itself

Clever Shrooms [Haiku]

Posted on October 19, 2022 by B Gourley

rotten log fungi
imitate oysters
on pier pilings

Reishi [Haiku]

Posted on August 21, 2022 by B Gourley

on a dead tree,
in the cocoa-colored flood:
coveted Reishi

Only Up [Haiku]

Posted on December 4, 2021 by B Gourley

shaggy parasol
sits by the sidewalk,
knowing only up

Stinkhorn [Haiku]

Posted on November 15, 2021 by B Gourley

a stinkhorn unfolds,
drops its gauzy skirt, 
and soon is gone

DAILY PHOTO: Fungi on a Field of Green

Posted on November 25, 2020 by B Gourley

Taken in the Autumn of 2011 at Kolomoki Mounds State Park, Georgia

DAILY PHOTO: Moss & Mushrooms

Posted on December 17, 2019 by B Gourley

Taken on December 17, 2019 at Pilisszentlászló, Hungary.

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POEM: Decomposing the Sun

Posted on June 13, 2019 by B Gourley

a mushroom cap

mango and red, burnished

rises from the forest floor

decomposition painted into a setting sun

what a masterpiece nature makes of rotting gunk

DAILY PHOTO: Chanterelle

Posted on July 3, 2013 by B Gourley

Take June 29, 2013; High Falls, GA

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