Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: Masked Men

  

  The Jane outside my window is not real. She's just a fevered dream I can't describe, a searing pain that I don't want to feel, an intoxicant that I can't imbibe... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: 3 Takes on Time

  his dreamtime mind floated to a forest settling in the shadows where time resides only in shifting shapes I saw a woman smudge a tear with her palm, listening t... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Still Digging

  I saw that nation when it was anew, and all the dreams of countrymen, they flew. But danced back to the Earth in flaky ash. As the dictator donned his glitter... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Plastic Brain

  There's an old-timey telephone operator inside my skull, popping plugs and jacking them back in elsewhere, but doing it like a Hindu deity - infinite arms all... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Non-Yoga Video Channels That Are Great Resources for Yoga Teachers

  

  As I've been expanding my pranayama (yogic breathing exercises) practice, I've found myself searching beyond traditional yogic sources of information at times.... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Chasing Sages

  

  Chasing sages down the street, tripping to bow at their feet. Oh no, poor soul, who's lost his way, his brain behind, his mind affray. You can't get to there... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Non-linear Time

  you've clocked me on atomic time dragged me below the water line but you don't know from whence I've come blank, teary-eyed, and feeling numb weary from my... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 of My Favorite Banned / Challenged Classics

  

  Banned Books Week runs from September 23 to 29 in 2018, offering a nice reminder about all of the books that are so awesome that some doofus doesn't want you... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Fun Facts About Breathing

  5.) The Death Zone may be a myth, or - probably more accurately - everyone may have their own personal death zone: It's widely stated as fact that above 8,000... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: One Dead Cat

  

  It's come to my attention that I'm doomed. I heard that a cat was killed by curiosity. I realize that I'm not a cat - not even a hepcat, which sounds like it... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Anarcha Speaks by Dominique Christina

  

  Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems by Dominique Christina My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This collection of poems, written by Dominique Christina and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  

  The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This short story, written in the last decade of the 19th century, tells... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Only Bad Poem is a Dead Poem, Or: Random Thoughts on Meaning in Poetry

  

  What makes a bad poem? too cloying and / or angsty? too cryptic and indecipherable? uses too many words like "cryptic" and "cloying"? composed by Paula... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: What Kind of Shrub?

  

  What kind of shrub grows an Empire? What kind of shrub shifts the well-laid tracks of global trade routes? What kind of shrub doesn't know whether to be of... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Witching Hour Wanderer

  

  he lies beneath a winter's night full moon under the stretching silence of fresh snows quiet, save for the Saw-whet's beep-beep tune as if the living were... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Thaw Entwined, Or: The Sunflower’s Wisdom

  

  No. Snow and ice can't rectify my mind. Don't pray I'll flash fire it into a boil. I'll seize, sullen, frozen, as a gargoyle. Frost will form on my eye, and I'l... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Decay

  People fear death, but beyond death lies decay, and one can rejoice in decay. For to decay is to be Santa handing out piles of gifts, building blocks badly... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Surrender

  

  The arrogance, shoving words into rows, try to describe someplace only god knows. A cube of rock, turned edge skywards, loftily defying each, and all, of my... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Challenging [Int.] Standing Balances

  What makes it challenging? Substantial core strength is needed to obtain the capital "T" position. Straightening the lifted leg and getting it in line with the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: My Theory on the Long Shadow of Hitler’s Mustache

  

  People once saw in it great panache, but Hitler killed the toothbrush mustache. Now no one would dare to wear it. Except that groundskeeper from Magnum P.I. wh... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL