Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• 5 Haiku on Emptiness

  white space, where readers' eyes go to rewrite stories when thoughts cease, senseless pictures form; minds abhor stillness Plato's pupil knew: "nature abhors a... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Nepal Haiku

  

  birthing Buddha, distant looming mountains breed wisdom glassy lake, mirroring boat hulls, a world below? standing aside as beam-totting porters pass us on the... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

  

  The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page At its core, this is a love story set in the most unlikely of places, the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY

• BOOK REVIEW: How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

  

  How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Psychedelics have been coming back into mainstrea... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Haiku on Silence

  

  harsh silence, lost beats steal word's authenticity silent snows seen through crossed muntins, drifting eerily fog resting on Coconut Grove's soil until chased... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Pillar Rock

  

  enshrouded in cloud, a Chinese painting transplanted to India, gnarled evergreens grow from cracked granite like the bonsai that twists into a broad bloom of... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Desolate Snow Haiku

  

  boot crunch 'a cloudless night,' he concluded old coat of snow nary a track in sight beauty abandoned snow blind trudging and slogging pure torture crust of sno... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Your Soul is a River by Nikita Gill

  

  Your Soul is a River by Nikita Gill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of short-form free verse poetry. There is a prose poem or two, but... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

  

  The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of 18 science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, featuring:... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sinkhole of Now

  If you discover an experience for which the mind relentlessly snaps back to the now, do it. You are that experience. Any fissure between you and it will heal... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Anti-Solipsist

  The world exists, save for me. I'm a figment floating eternally. You won't say that I am not. But I'm the burning word that time forgot. I'm a lost watcher,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Vagabond

  

  pack your pack, and travel on you are but a vagabond ceaseless wanderer; tempting fates, searching out unknown city gates each set you see; how fair they look... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Notes on Bending Over Backwards to Be a Good Yogi

  There are a few challenges that I observe regularly regarding back bends. Back bending poses can be difficult for a number of reasons, running from spinal... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Patience of a Rishikesh Cow

  

  Feeling the steel bridge's dampened spring underfoot. Built for a handful of pedestrians, but currently saddled with 60 - along with six scooters, one 125cc... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dueling Grace of the Sun

  The early morning sun warms the silvery shafts of a eucalyptus to a buttery yellow. That seems a fine bit of grace, until I see a hawk whose brown cowl is... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Strange Country

  

  There's a strange country tucked away in the mind. One can stumble into it without expecting to; Have you been there? I remember pounding a drum to echolocate... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Mythical Child of the Corn

  

  Whenever I tell anyone that I grew up on a farm, I get a certain reaction, "REALLY?" As if, of all the lies I could tell, that's the one I'd pick. You believed... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

  

  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a well-crafted and engaging novel, but it's not about the utmost o... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Superhuman by Rowan Hooper

  

  Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Our Capacity by Rowan Hooper My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page There are mounds of books out on the science of maximum... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide by O.T. Oss & O.N. Oeric

  

  Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: A Handbook for Psilocybin Enthusiasts by O.T. Oss My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This booklet, at around 80... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL