Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: Thinking

  I think, but without Descartes' insistence that I am. In fact, the more I think, the less confident I am about knowing what "being" means. I think - without... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Dream Machine by Su-Yee Lin

  

  Dream Machine (A Short Story) by Su-Yee Lin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This surreal short story is a reprint from "Day One" magazine that is available... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction by Germaine Greer

  

  Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction by Germaine Greer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This series (Very Short Introductions [VSI]) put out Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Overwritten

  

  the jungle writes over the acts of man without rage or animus but with infinite patience growing one vine at a time a cracked brick will be clay again in due... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Pelican on a Piling

  

  wings flare, a nanosecond of hover, and a deft drop onto the column - the piling of a pier of years long past? it waits with chin tucked to chest, perhaps, to... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Haiku of Japan Travel

  

  so much blood soaked into this soil once now daffodils stone statue goddess of compassion looks through me the bonsai grotesque beauty your secret? Hachikou,... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: A Song for China by Ange Zhang

  

  A Song for China by Ange Zhang My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page [Available September 3, 2019] This short biography (under 100 pages) tells the story of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Focus Flagging

  

  bell clanging incense burning garlands hanging a hint of sacred in the air and yet the mind is tossed nothing sticks in one's attention any more than a rider ca... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Sunflower Haiku

  

  a thousand suns shine upon my face, one on my back golden field exalts the summer while it lasts lone flower with stem to sun's rays, miffed or broken? flower... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sepia Seeps In

  

  I see my twenties in sepia tone - grainy - not to mention flat. Should it surprise me that my memories are cast in the hue of old photos? I never remember ownin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Republic of Councils Monument, Budapest

  

  On the southwestern outskirts of Budapest, there's a park that collects many of the statues from the Communist era. These are statues that were in prominent... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Overstory

  

  that's my forest - deep and dark - but, yet, I see cracks of azure dome through the canopy gaps, and when it undulates competing species wave together... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The End of Killing by Rick Smith

  

  The End of Killing: How Our Newest Technologies Can Solve Humanity's Oldest Problem by Rick Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Before one dismisses this... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

  

  My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This clever novel revolves around two sisters who seemingly couldn't be... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Topographies by Stephen Benz

  

  Topographies by Stephen Connely Benz My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of travel essays exploring locales within America and abroad. The... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Waterfall Haiku

  

  fog ahead deafening white noise hidden falls staring up at falls sans water drought dreams high falls water stretches and drifts violent spatter waterfalls,... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Out a Window Haiku

  

  the snow falls silent and slantwise "KNOCK-KNOCK" ear check darkness drifted in between last look and now wifely cover theft monsoon rains awesome from the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Snake Creeps Down Taiji Statue, Montreal

  

  This sculpture by Ju Ming is apparently called "Single Whip," though it reminds me more of "Snake Creeps Down" because of it's downward slope of the arms. At an... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• My Year of Discovering How Weird the Mind Gets: Part V [Brainwave Watching]

  

  It's May and this is the fifth installment tracking my investigations into the mind and altered states of consciousness. [I'll post links to the preceding... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Sükhbaatar Square, Ulan Bator

  I'm pretty sure it was "Chinggis Square" when I was visiting. I'm not sure whether they changed it for political reasons or because almost everything in the cit... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL