Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• Agents of Sanctification [Free Verse]

  

  Some love attributing sacredness -- places beyond place, times beyond time, the infinite the infinitesimal. But anything elevated to the sacred becomes a thin... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• That Last Lost Generation [Free Verse]

  

  Only too eager to have the machine installed in their brains, they did what they could, and, instead, installed their brains into the machine. Data sparkled i... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Flame Mind [Common Meter]

  

  His eyes take in the dancing flame until his mind is flame. He anticipates its flutter, its flareups, just the same. There's nothing in his mind or eye that... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Punderworld, Vol. 1 by Linda Sejic

  Amazon.in Page Out: August 25, 2021 Punderworld is a disneyfied telling of the love story of Persephone and Hades from Greek Mythology. I mean that in two... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Nightmare in Savannah by Lela Gwenn

  Amazon.in Page Out: November 9, 2021 Like New Orleans, Savannah is one of the few American cities that can pull off Old World occult-centered stories in a way... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Valley [Haibun]

  Down the valley, the green oasis fades into wind-swept sand dunes, dunes like those seen in Arabia, but smaller and bounded by the mountains. The shrubs and... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Double Rainbow [Haibun]

  Subsequent ridges fade into shapes, darker and less distinct. The farther down the lake one looks, the lower the clouds hang, until they obscure all trace of th... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Labyrinthine Lake [Haibun]

  

  Patches of grassy land stand above the water. They lop up the lake into a labyrinth of passageways. Even in a shallow draft canoe, one can often see past the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Paddy Shacks [Haibun]

  

  Near Khonoma, Nagaland In a quiet valley, terraced rice paddies lie flooded but unsprouted, their glassy surfaces vaguely mirror the sky above. More than the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Tea Swarm [Haibun]

  

  The cone-hatted ladies converge on the plantation, a spreading swarm, picking the fresh green leaves, tossing them over the shoulder into a backpacked wicker... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Taboos and Transgressions Ed. by Luanne Smith, Kerry Neville, and...

  Taboos and Transgressions: Stories of Wrongdoings by Luanne Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This anthology collects twenty-four gritty stories of... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Bone Mountain [Haibun]

  

  The landscape is strewn with boulders, its topography formed from piles of them, its flat fields dotted with them. These boulders are the remnants of a once... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Fiber Fueled by Will Bulsiewicz

  Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome by Will Bulsiewicz My rating: 4 of 5... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Spotted Deer [Haibun]

  

  Spotted deer framed in a glade, the warm morning light showing each coat to be a distinct shade of tawny brown. Two deep brown eyes - glassy but lively - keep... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Hurts So Good by Leigh Cowart

  Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: September 14, 2021 Humans devote a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Painted World [Haibun]

  

  The river glides like a glassy sheet. It seems to steam, but it's just fog forming over the frigid water that is nevertheless a reservoir of heat compared to th... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Wet Winter [Haibun]

  

  The clouds hang gray this mid-winter day, while streets glisten with the watery sheen of rains that never break for long. Wheels roll through, throwing the wate... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Life Amid a Winter Scene [Haibun]

  

  The forest is silent, and winter has painted the woods in earthen hues. Bare black loam is spottily strewn with beige to brown leaves -- dried to a curl and... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Information Age Ailment

  

  Screaming streams of information pelt all corners of the mind. Neurons are constantly flickering with flinches. Meanwhile, the body whispers its secrets in the... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Dead Leaf Mantis [Haibun]

  

  This mantis pulls off the dead leaf look. Its abdomen mimics a leaf - desiccated and rolled up upon itself. A barber-sign slant spiral of veins add the perfect... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL