Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• POEM: Flood [PoMo Day 6 – Sestina]

  

  The rising waters spill into a flood. All who aren't holding tightly are soon lost. Dead swept away in tobacco-colored mud -- clogged and coated as they're... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Intersections [PoMo Day 5 – List Poem]

  

  Everything I know spends time stuck at intersections: -Forgotten Loved -Remembered Invented -Lost Found -Lost Remembered -Lost Hopeful -Hopeful ... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Metaphysical Inquiry

  In the early morning hours, a staggering drunk asked me if I were him, thinking he was looking at a mirror rather than through a glass door. I told him it was... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Stranger [PoMo Day 3 – Rubaʿi]

  

  I've walked the world cast in the role of distant stranger, and seen the old, the bold, the minor, and the major. And people talk of fears, but I would make a... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Frangipanic Empathy

  

  I watch a frangipani blossom -- its elegant five twisted petals swept downstream, drifting toward the smooth laminar lip that rolls over the cascade. And I... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Mystical River Moment [PoMo – Day #2: Shakespearean Sonnet]

  

  The burbling sounds did clarify my mind. Somehow, the flowing stream was one with me, and sitting down just at the riverbend, I felt more flowing rhythm than I... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Piss-Poor Prankster [Bergerette – Day 1 PoMo]

  

  "I saw a bloated body as it tool'd downstream - 'twas a man festooned with jewels!" "How long ago? Maybe I can catch him?" [Dives in] this mate, a man who was... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Money Shot, Vol. 2 by Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie

  Amazon.in Page Out: May 11, 2021 The second volume of Money Shot involves two distinct stories: one minor and one major. For those who've not read the opening... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Prayer Flags [Tanka]

  

  flags flapping, twisting on a line, colors bright on the arid mountain -- desolation décor Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Secret World of Weather by Tristan Gooley

  The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Gooley My rating: 5 of 5... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Given Too Much Spin [Sonnet]

  

  The march of time is chopping at the world like rugged heels that hack the rocky ground. It feels as though the Earth, it has been hurled, and as it was, sped... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Volcanic Tanka

  

  the cone looms as the city's backdrop, drawing the eye -- some things are prettier in death than in action Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare

  King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars View Amazon.in page While it may be Henry the IV's reign that is threatened during the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Dubious Moment in Time

  

  There are times when the water is a perfect mirror, when setting sunlight is scattered into a million hues, and when clouds drift so low that one feels one coul... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente

  Comic Book History of Comics: Comics for All by Fred Van Lente My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page As the title suggests, this is a history of comic books an... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Dangerous Religious Ideas by Rachel S. Mikva

  Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Rachel S. Mikva My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page I... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Prison Sans Walls

  

  If you can dance in wild, weird ways, then you are truly free. If you can't, while you're home alone, you're a bodily detainee. A prisoner of life, itself - a... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Color in the Scrublands [Ottava Rima]

  

  Up high and dry on a desert plateau, where robust patches of grass dot bare soil and rare oases form a green tableau while desolate sands will not storm or roil... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Inkblot, Vol. 1 by Emma Kubert & Rusty Gladd

  Amazon.in page Out: April 7, 2021 A sorceress, Seeker, spills an inkpot into some magic and accidently conjures a cat-ish being that can portal through space,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Embodied Ed. by Wendy Chin-Tanner & Tyler Chin-Tanner

  Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology by Wendy Chin-Tanner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page Out: May 18, 2021 This is a poetry anthology in... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL