Turn A Right? Left? Got an App for that?
Written by: Carioca Da Gema During my school years, the calculator was an item of desire. It was the forbidden gadget, inside and outside of the classroom. Like the other students with paper, pencil, and yes my brain, I labored over long math equations asking myself over and…
Read articleThe Search For A Heartbeat
Written by: Carioca Da Gema The Search For A Heartbeat AVAILABLE NOW! At the stairway to hell NEAREST YOU! There are pounding hearts in orphan children of war constantly awaiting the next blast In children born from addicted (dead) parents The slow heartbeat in children of famine; destined…
Read articleEverglades’ Stories
Written by: Carioca Da Gema The land is flat The weather is hot and humid The mosquitoes take your attention away The animals invite the night to come and protect It’s time to go Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my perspective helped or entertained…
Read articleCovering Society’s Ills By Cropping Speech Will Oppress Us All
Written by: Carioca Da Gema Lead sheep up hill down hill Social media habit forming connect to all Community’s rules Expel deplorables Suitable? Unsuitable? Filter peasant’s exposure by sensationalizing or sugar coating While Russia plots 2020 Extremist flip-flops dream of virgins Dictators plunge Today Your neighbor Who is…
Read articleART Book Review | 500 Bowls Contemporary Exploration Of A Timeless Design
This book was hand-picked for review, from The Hermit Poet’s Art Book Collection. Written by: Carioca Da Gema 500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design My Comments: As the title suggests ‘500 Bowls | Contemporary Exploration of a Timeless Design’ is a collection of 500…
Read articleART Book Review | Buddhist Art | An Historical & Cultural Journey By Gilles Beguin
This book was hand-picked for review, from The Hermit Poet’s Art Book Collection. Written by: Carioca Da Gema Buddhist Art : An Historical and Cultural Journey My Comments: The art found attached to the history and teachings of Buddhism have tremendous variety and scale. The…
Read articleFinding Answers In Easy Places | Self-Respect, Love & Relationships
Written by: Carioca Da Gema While approaching a check-in window for an early doctor’s appointment, three women on the other side of the counter were talking about woman number four (not present). “She needs to find someone that will make her love herself.” I bristled, barged in and said…
Read articleCalming The Nerves With Medical Bill Transparency | Sick Americans Are Easier To Control | Part 2
Written by: Carioca Da Gema Last year 1 in 8 Americans borrowed 88 billion dollars to pay for medical bills. 65 million ignore and/or endure their medical issues due to lack of funds. The orange alert is on for 45% losing sleep at night and looking into being…
Read articleThe Impact Of Physical Contact Among Humans
Written by: Carioca Da Gema An article about India’s caste system told a story of a house servant. She cooked, cleaned, and helped to raise the children for decades. The servant was not allowed to touch any of the children, as she belongs to the untouchable caste.…
Read articleThe Money ‘We The People’ Spend & Our Living Conditions In America
Written by: Carioca Da Gema As a society we must unite as ‘people’ to survive. Los Angeles has a major homeless problem and small cities in the middle of the country are fighting a drug war in their own living rooms with numbers never imagined. Uninsured sick Americans…
Read articleMaking A Mark
Written by: Carioca Da Gema For a long time, many wealthy people have desired to have their name attached to a university campus, a hospital wing, or perhaps a road, to consolidate their contribution to society, and importance beyond their personal assets. ‘Lend a hand’ scenes are frequently…
Read articleRightfully Mine
Written by: Carioca Da Gema I spent the season doing battle The defeated enemy blinded by wrong convictions rose again to begin another conflict Fighting for what is rightfully yours comes easy The adversary trusts that my ignorance will keep his shady business at bay Defeated and wounded…
Read articleCookbook Review | Food Markets Of The World By Nelli Sheffer & Mimi Sheraton
This book was hand-picked for review, from The Hermit Poet’s International Cookbook Collection. Written by: Carioca Da Gema “Tomate senhora, tomate!” Growing up, I frequently helped my grandmother when going to the street fresh market. In Brazil, ‘feiras’ moved around the city, offering the residents everything…
Read articlePeeling Off The Human Condition By The Hermit Poet | Now LIVE On Kindle
In the eBook ‘Peeling Off The Human Condition’, ‘The Hermit Poet’ explores the daily life we all see and endure as a society. The poems and stories in this eBook expose acts we see daily, but don’t confront or talk about. Behavior that makes us humans, no doubt, but…
Read articleMy Life, Your Prize | The Hunted Animal’s Perspective
Written by: Carioca Da Gema Slaughtered for the wealthy man’s pleasure Bloody with bullet holes on the ground In the primal act of hunting, my ancestors took an arrow thru their hearts Slaughtered for the wealthy man’s pride Rush gone The man’s heart no longer racing I lay…
Read articleThe Proposed New Food Stamp (SNAP) Program | Take Away Choices & Add Humiliation
Written by: Carioca Da Gema When cutting aid to the poor, the American government justifies the abandonment that could be taking place by using a “poster child” and shouting “FRAUD”. I remember a local surfer ending up in the newspapers. The man was using food stamps and surfing…
Read articleThe Cycle #2
Written by: Carioca Da Gema For a long time I blocked sadness Tired, I allowed it in Chaotic feelings distort reality Flowing emotions store thoughts away As melancholy says farewell My soul is replenished Memories of you were left behind to fade The ring is now empty Waiting…
Read articleOrgasm Via Robot – The Sex Toy Of Mass Destruction
Written by: Carioca Da Gema While so many people around the world are occupied with the issues of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, technology as always is sliding in another toy of mass destruction. There was a time when one could not wait to finish their work day. Stressed and…
Read articleThe Ugliness Of Freedom & The Power Of Your Cash
Written by: Carioca Da Gema I live in a place where one can burn the flag or a prayer book. Without fear, one can stand up on their soapbox and demonize any political figure at will. The highest power in the land, rather I helped to elect or not,…
Read articleYou Owe Me An Apology!
Written by: Carioca Da Gema We Americans love an apology. If it is owed to us we will ask for it, we will demand, and we will pursue until we get it. The lack of succeeding in receiving one will make some of us lose sleep and tell others…
Read articleSick Americans Are Easier To Control
Written by: Carioca Da Gema History is full of passages where a handful of the powerful control a large number of people. The oppressed are told to leave, abandon their property, do hard unpaid labor until they die, and march until it is time to dig their own grave.…
Read articleCostly Rendezvous
Written by: Carioca Da Gema From her fortress she reached out My expertise was needed We combined resources The common threat was quickly eliminated On the way back I lost her Like a snake sliding into darkness She exited earlier Perhaps afraid I may see The tall walls…
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