Berniegourley

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• DAILY PHOTO: Spice Market

  

  Taken in October of 2013 at KR Market, Bengaluru Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Dynamic Duo = Crow-Goat

  

  Taken in September of 2013 in Bangalore Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Reasons to Write Poetry

  

  We’re a week into National Poetry Month. I’ve posted a few poems with more to come, but here I’ll reflect upon the benefits of writing poetry. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: A Corner of Wat Pho Under Blue Skies

  

  Taken in the summer of 2014 at Wat Pho in Bangkok Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Happily Obsolete

  

  You’ll never see a guy shake his fist at the sky and let fly the impassioned cry, “I just want to fix typewriters.” Some dream of escaping life in the hoi... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Found on Table

  

  1 revolver, used 5 bullets, loose 1 gas bill, past due 1 electric bill, final notice 1 slice buttered bread, nibbled [National Poetry Month: Poem #9] Share on... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Ruins

  

  blocks of rubble corners edges eroded round bas reliefs dulled adorned by jagged cracks once the Earth’s most massive city in its day London was a hamlet... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Monster in Scale and Disposition

  

  Lumbering lunatic slogs through the moonlit woods. If it comes upon a farmhouse, it’ll eat a chicken or a goat or a girl or a boy. They’ll find only buttons... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Edits Awry

  

  “Punch that word into proper position,” the angry god of grammar cried. It started surgically. Teams tapped in pry bars, popped out words, and spackled in a... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Brain Burrower

  

  I rue the hearing of that tune like a sandworm from planet Dune it burrowed from ear to brain where its bouncy pop egg was laid but when the alien overlords... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: “Whoa, Déjà Vu” [a Matrix Reference]

  

  Taken in July of 2014 in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Making Momma Blush

  

  Taken in July 2014 at Bharachukki Falls Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Greatest Ever Boxing Workouts by Gary Todd

  

  Greatest Ever Boxing Workouts – including Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Roberto Duran by Gary Todd My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amazon page This... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Head in the Game by Brandon Sneed

  

  Head in the Game: The Mental Engineering of the World’s Greatest Athletes by Brandon Sneed My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page There are many factors that... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Coracle

  

  coracles twisting a placid river drifting marine dervishes [National Poetry Month: Poem #4] Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: False Frost

  A trick of the light Turns leaves pallid and frosty Under dusky skies [National Poetry Month: Poem 3] Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email,... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Deodar Forest

  

  Taken in July of 2015 near Manali Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Ganga Aarti Brahmin

  

  Taken in October of 2015 in Varanasi (Benares) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Blender Manual

  

  I read you like a person reads his blender manual. It’s a necessity–legally obligatory. But meaningless because if a word falls in a blender manual, does... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Eustress

  

  I stress that eustress is the best stress. From time to time, I must confess I’ve made a mess doing more succeeding less. In a mad dash to impress, badgered by... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL