Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: New Moon [a Triolet]

  

  It'll soon be a monsoon New Moon. One spark will mar the perfect Dark. Sure, leaves and debris will be strewn. It Will be a Monsoon new moon, but darkness bring... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Preacher, Book One by Garth Ennis

  Amazon.in page After hearing glowing praise about the television series, I picked up this volume, intending to watch the series and wanting to take in the sourc... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Spirit City

  

  Xieng Khuan (which translates to "Spirit City") is what this statue park outside Vientiane, Laos is apparently called by locals. In English, it's usually... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: How to Carry Water by Lucille Clifton

  How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton by Lucille Clifton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This is a new collection of selected poems of... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Care & Feeding of Your Mr. Hyde

  

  How often should one let one's Hyde out for a walk? Just the thought sounds dreadful unacceptable, right? But, then again, how many beasts are made more docil... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Engine of Evil

  They first noticed creepers crawling into the dingy depths of caves - impossibly feeding on that rich darkness. Something was out of balance. Something was wron... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien

  Amazon.in page Full-disclosure: I'm a huge fan of stories involving mind-bending, surrealist worlds, of which this is a masterful example. I also find dry,... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Heathen, Vol. 1 by Natasha Alterici

  Amazon.in page The protagonist is a lesbian Norse warrior, Aydis, who is living in exile in the wilderness. After she was discovered making out with a... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Surrender

  

  There's ecstasy in the moment one quits kicking; when tension blanches from the body. One becomes a flaccid mass, dragged through white water. One feels the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Melancholy Bells

  

  flat tones, heard all alone - In the winter of my madness when the discord played most loudly, notes dripped an acid sadness - my heart worn sleeveless,... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sacred & Profane

  

  In that landscape people see the sacred and the profane. Under the thickest canopy, they think the wild - insane. In the bucolic glade, they think the old saint... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: How to Save a Life

  Warm scents: - baking bread - roasting coffee If you can conjure that scent to your mind, it will defy the reality of your dank, hard cell. For as long as you... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Shucking Crow

  

  There's a crow outside my window. Can it see me through the muslin? Could its feathered form be winnowed - spirits shed by baker's dozens until remained only a... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• South India Haiku

  

  tall grass walking - waves of grasshoppers take the lead one droplet clings to the drooping point of a leaf's tip red fire ball, rising over broken boulder... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Good & Evil

  

  Good Evil - Mankind's most devastating invention. Good Evil don't feature in nature. The rule of nature is: SHIT HAPPENS! Sometimes it's nourishing shit tha... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Plato’s Cabin

  

  On a weary winter's eve, sun long gone - the short day spent. Cabin-clad, just one dared leave - a son tired of being pent- And, out front, he built a fire,... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

  Amazon.in page This is probably Shakespeare's most popular work. If it's not, it has to be in the top three. One reason for its popularity relates to language.... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Monster

  

  "To freeze or flee?" Asks creatures terrified, when monsters stomp through forests, glens, or fields. I know what it's like, standing stuck mid-stride. Yet,... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Sour Grapes by William Carlos Williams

  Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems by William Carlos Williams My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This 1921 poetry collection is Williams' fourth, coming out... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 [Marvel Masterworks] by Stan Lee...

  Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This collection includes the first ever appearance of... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL