Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: Beauty

  blinding fire of neurons - excitation secretion - all from a 2-D arrangement of pixels that my brain thinks is worth getting worked up over - symmetry,... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Shallow Death

  At night, I die a shallow death. The heaven is strange; its rules few. I walk forest, field, and mansion, weaving the doors of one hallway. I'm told it's me... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Tempest

  a rock slab juts angularly through the waves in a tempest - torrential tumultuous the tip-top of that rock forms a jagged cliff, and next to that jagged... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Below the Waterline

  eyes closed the world vanishes a switch is flipped and I'm adrift but the world spins on i can hear it if i listen otherwise, it's just chaos on a distant... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Mind of Man

  A wolf and lamb sewn end-to-end, thrashing down a river. Too distracted to flee or snap, scrambling and aquiver. But at the bend, they wash ashore, gasping and... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Consecrating Madness

  

  Go ahead, run your hand over the surface. Stroke reality to get your bearings. But don't name things. Don't categorize. Don't think that because you can label... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Epictetus & the Gentleman

  

  Epictetus asked a man if he was free. "I own land, can vote, and am deemed gentry." "But are you free?" the stoic repeated. "Are you daft?" the man's words... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

  Amazon page There are quite a number of volumes entitled "the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe," or something to that effect. It's almost always inaccurate, bu... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Window

  

  I looked through a hole in the world to the lands that lay near beyond. I saw the salmon glow of clouds, and what the soot and dust had spawned - a mighty sunse... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Counting Mysteries

  

  The boy sat upon temple steps counting mysteries, but he lost count upon discovering that one mystery is all mystery, and all mysteries are but one mystery. The... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Ubiquitous Jangle

  

  faintly jingling anklet bells jarred by lightly padding feet accompanied by the jangle of arms bejeweled in bangles can't silence be trusted? each movement... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Schism

  A schism ripped inside my mind. You could picture a tear in a piece of paper. But, that would be a lie. The message on either side of torn paper can be... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Alchemy of Choice

  Oh, they sang about the world's end - felt it must be around the bend, but the world, itself, was a stinkin' lie. False choices: live free and do or die. Dying... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River by Jung Young Moon

  Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River by Jung Young Moon My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Full-disclosure: I enjoy writing that's quirky and rambling as long a... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Gothamites by Eno Raud

  Amazon page While the English translation of this children's book just came out this summer, the original book (in Estonian) dates to 1962. I don't point that... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler

  Amazon page Suffering one-two blows to his masculinity, the lead - a doctor named Fridolin - engages in a risky chain of events that culminates in sneaking... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Forced Philosophizing

  

  Life makes philosophers of us all. You're forced to decide how you will know your truth. And it is "your truth," or "my truth." We are powerless to determine TH... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Faceless

  

  the faceless, in my dreams, play at chores i can't comprehend, leaning over consoles - big powerplant-style consoles, neither typing nor jabbing buttons, just... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Last Word on Ultima Thule

  ultima Thule / əl-tə-mə-ˈthü-lē / n. 1. a distant unknown region; 2. the extreme edge of the discovered world "Where lies the ultima... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa

  Amazon page This book collects the lessons of two seminars on crazy wisdom taught by Chögyam Trungpa in 1972. "Crazy Wisdom" is an awakened state of mind that... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL