Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• Mysterious Sight Haiku

  

  shaman staring out into the distance a world away hawk on the roof twists its head, pointing one eye groundward cow head fixed as a raucous world screams - blin... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Traveler Speaks of Death

  

  On the cusp of each journey that matters, a mingling of wonder and fear flushes the body. If you made the journey, wonder outshone fear. Death is a journey. I... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Brain’s Label-Maker

  

  My brain has a label-maker that pumps out bifurcated tags for everything it experiences: good... bad... pleasurable... painful... in-group...... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu

  The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Out: February 25, 2020 This smart collection of speculative short stories by Ke... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Pain: Considering Complementary Approaches by NCCIH

  Pain: Considering Complementary Approaches by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine My rating: 4 of 5 stars Online here The National... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Fateful Crossing Haiku

  

  on a fence rail, i saw a scorpion - dead, but menacing a dog nudges its dead companion, whimpering after life, no one contemplates the Afterlife grasping the... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Village of Darkness

  

  That old valley was too narrow - too dark for larks and for sparrows who overflew the shadowy village, neither stopping to peck nor to pillage, but just... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Sun & Moon Haiku

  

  orange sunset, casting the lake afire, cooling to dusk gibbus moon, fooling so many souls who thought you full shadows thin as the sun creeps higher then... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Swallowed by a Cloud

  

  It was too early to be dark -even in winter -even at this latitude. A cloud of cataclysm drifted overland. A distant hilltop remained illuminated, the dirty gra... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Haiku of Things That Flow

  

  waterfall, too high to flow, stretches, hanging mists crawling snake in undulating glide lazes through taiji lady does she drift slowly, or slow the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Orange

  

  There’s an orange that warms my soul when sprightly fires are dead. It blazes back to old school days, or the day that I was wed. It piles the smiles on frozen... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: 100% by Paul Pope

  Amazon page Despite the gritty, futuristic-noir setting of this graphic novel, it's essentially the intertwining of three love stories. The story opens on the... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Hogg by Samuel R. Delany

  Amazon page If you're familiar with Samuel R. Delany, it's probably as a writer of science-fiction. His most famous works are "Dhalgren" and "Babel-17." However... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: New Theories of Everything by John D. Barrow

  New Theories of Everything by John D. Barrow My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This book reflects upon the various elements that any Theory of Everything (ToE... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Minor Tigers

  Minor tigers fighting for air. This one? That one? The world don't care. All the pretty ponies prancing, showing tribal styles of dancing. All the while the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• An App for That: Profound Yogic Practices You May Not See in Class

  

  To the average person, yoga consists of a series of poses that stretch the muscles and strengthen the core. In truth, often the most profound and... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

  The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This trippy sci-fi novel takes place in a future in which near... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Losing Control by Jules Evans

  The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience by Jules Evans My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a philosopher's account of sampling from th... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Cold Moon Haiku

  cold white circle deformed in its reflection upon black waters howling lunatics don't make me fearful, quiet ones do glowing clouds streaked thinly through the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Post-Apocalyptic Tango

  

  They praised the rucksack Lotharios, glimpsing them through the mask. It's said you can tell a lot from the eyes. You can if you have to. If that's the full... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL