Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: Maitreya

  

  Future Buddha, sitting in the valley, peering over low dunes, in the waning sun. Oh, those low dunes recall peace gone badly. Tanks in columns, aiming their... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Judgment Day

  two eye whites through a slit shifting from side to side standing in this alley no sounds heard far or wide it's quiet out tonight it never was before this... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Wu Wei Haiku

  

  don't debate dolts they'll remain half-wits after you're spent flex in wind and rebound in calm all in time glide to dive the hawk's fearsome show? gravity's... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Black Kite Over Bangalore

  The predator commands a post atop a monolithic chimney, which it defends from swooping competitors with a hop, a wing flare, all while going talons up. Its... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Truths to Take You from Tourist to Traveler

  

  If "tourist" and "traveler," sound like synonyms, you - my friend - are a tourist [or possibly a homebody.] The distinction is evident to travelers, and if... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories Ed. by Jay Rubin

  

  The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories by Jay Rubin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This book contains 35 short stories by many of the most prominent... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• My Year of Discovering How Weird the Mind Gets: Pt IV [Hypnosis]

  Welcome to the fourth post on my experiences with altered states of consciousness. This past weekend, I completed the contact hours for the Level I course in... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Blue

  

  This entry was posted in Color, Garden, India, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel and tagged Blue, Color, flowers, garden, India, Meghalaya,... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Eats MORE, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

  Eats More, Shoots Leaves: Why, All Punctuation Marks Matter! by Lynne Truss My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Coming out: October 22, 2019 This children's... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Garden of the Strange

  

  Garden of the strange, you've grown quite a crop. I look up, feel my heart thrum, and dead stop. Surrounded by a thousand eyes and feet, I feel a prickle of... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Profound Pieces of Kung Fu Panda Wisdom (That May Seem Dumb)

  

  5.) Po's Wu Wei: In his fight against Tai Lung at the end of the first film, Po takes a hard hit from his Snow Leopard nemesis, and through ripples of undulatin... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Metropolitan Cathedral

  This entry was posted in Philippines, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel and tagged Catholic, Manila, Metropolitan Cathedral, Minor Basilica,... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Metropolitan Cathedral

  This entry was posted in Philippines, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel and tagged Catholic, Manila, Metropolitan Cathedral, Minor Basilica,... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Olfactory Teleportation

  sitting in a Thai food joint, couched in the atrium of a Bavarian-themed mall in Bangalore, India I smelt a scent - obviously not fish sauce or coconut curry... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Blurred World

  

  squinting, trying to find a world that's neither blurred nor chaotic for so long i took picture perfect reality for granted, but now nothing has an edge is it m... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Blurred World

  

  squinting, trying to find a world that's neither blurred nor chaotic for so long i took picture perfect reality for granted, but now nothing has an edge is it m... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Gazing Abyss

  

  I rode out to the land that lay beyond. Past the forest of dense, dark canopy. I saw a rippled reflection in the pond, but knew the eyes below were not of... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Quiet by Susan Cain

  

  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page I think it can be argued that this will be... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Silence

  the scream spiked into existence, fully formed but unheard, as from the victim of a slasher film caught fresh out of the shower but it couldn't escape not one... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Winter

  

  cabin fever, pent-up through a maddening winter crated winter vegetables in pantry and cellar, staples in barrels amber light filters through the trees three... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL