Posts from the ‘Poetry’ category

Spring Quartet | Part IV

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey In the field There are crops Maize Barley Corn While in the…

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If owing many expensive things makes a person feel rich and important, then what happens when everything disappears? Can that individual handle it or will they…

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Need to sleep a long time What has happened to humankind? Technology has took a hold I’m sure glad I’m getting old Time to say goodnight…

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it is the easy way play the victim push the propaganda make others feel sorry for you then all deeds done are in self defense…

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Everyone Has A Phone Today

The smartphone video coming out of Burma and Israel show the truth. The apartheid state of Israel and the military regimen of Burma can no longer…

A Man Doesn’t Need Much To Cling To Life

Written by Bogdan Dragos A lone ant crawled into his hair and went across his forehead to his eyelid He woke up Sand…

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heavy tattooed he works the steel a common bond brute force sweat pours from his body the heat is not the enemy, but a friend…

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Long dream I’m on a camel going to Babylon What for? Why not? My dreams many times bring me back in history. Time travel…

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What is beauty? What is ugly? Who is rich? Who is poor? Don’t tell me how successful you are. What have you done to improve…

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When in need of an answer I sometimes consult a snake in the garden. If the question is complicated then I will search out a second…

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they come from close or far away ask a life changing question his answers are simple small tin cup on old wood table with sign…

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my roommate snores cannot get sleep medication making me sick things not going well I ask for a new room I’m told: ” ain’t…

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I do the right things try oh do I try yet always end up with coal today I planted a red rose bush appreciate…

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He said “I have no money for the test” The doctor just kept scribbling the prescription In America A person with no health insurance Is an…

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Spring Quartet | Part III

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey Today Sees a shift The land And the seas The empire And…

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off I go with my walking stick small backpack a few snacks looking about throwing away my faults work along the way hitchhike…

India | The Haves & The Have-Nots

Covid-19 Rips off the bandage Of Decades After the British left Elites SHIT All over the 1 Billion +- underprivileged And Because of Religion The…

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Spring Quartet | Part II

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey The breath Can catch sometimes The stutter The stumble The loss of any…

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we met at a pool bar made love on the beach then went to sleep when I woke up she was gone her footprints in the…

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Spring Quartet | Part I

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey An article A speech A documentary New opinions For Monday To be changed…

Will As A God

Written by Susi Bocks @ I Write Her we all ponder what is truth not one of us with the same outlook theories or…

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her entire life collecting jade scattered large & small throughout the home when she died her only son received all of the collection he…

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Humans pollute the seas Manatees have nothing to eat Earth slowly dies I cry, but this does not stop mankind from turning a blind eye …

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What is your passion? Do you even have passion for something? The old folks say keep the mind busy Even if doing crossword puzzles I…

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I worship the sun and the moon They are gods to me on a summer day I feel the heat my skin so tight…

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The old man Grew up during the Great Depression Young soldier during World War II When something health wise bothered him He would just say…

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give me a home cooked meal forget eating out can goods and preservatives food loaded with salt and sugar takes years off the body…

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Today Does age matter? The new 60 is like age 30 Sure we slow down a bit But As long as we are active…

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pushing sixty and over 15 years same glasses having trouble reading seeing computer screen happy I do not have a smartphone so I walked over…

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She died at 99 He died at 94 Last thirty years Days in the garden Nights at the dance hall healthy active happy life all…

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Holding hands we walk out into the ocean. Mask, fins, snorkel, we dive down into the water and smile at each other. I point over to…

Window Steam

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey The delays And the reason Are always the same I see it wrapped…

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I’m older now the fun has long been gone ladies not interested anymore no longer that tan muscled beach man when I did work…

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backpack on the floor we wait at the check- in line slowly moving forward I do not bother to pick up my backpack just pull it…

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you have me forever in your memory we enjoyed the time together be free and I will do the same I must leave now and…

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in the sea water up to our shoulders I hold you you hold me we kiss passionately the sun is at midday no other…

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Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Dr. Pepper On the Rocks It is raining outside 1st in about three weeks Listening to Cat Stevens…

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My wife and I come from humble beginnings and it is almost impossible for us to throw anything out until it totally breaks. We recently had…

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slowly closing the vice Myanmar’s generals not nice population staying home from work grind economy into the dirt Who will break first? both sides practicing…

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sometimes it keeps me up at night How can I write more diversified poetry? going deeper deeper falling into the depths of my subconscious chiseling…

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another day at the lockup sure glad I’m not outside I would need an umbrella with all the rain I see from the windows…

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few months back emergency brain surgery chemo and radiation aggressively took chunks of my hair now growing back thick long stronger luck on…

New Coat

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey The full moon path The pine tree turn No lamps for September No…

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pouring a couple of shots of Gentleman Jack untangling some knots in my back life has been unkind sitting in my recliner trying to…

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Bottle of spiced rum Listening to capoeira drums There was a time I lived in the States Now drifting away in Bahia Flirting with…

Record

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey I have only got one And I never set one Record My…

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gorgeous she spent a lifetime doing a good job of making men jealous playing one off the other puppets on a string HELPLESS how…

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So many now want to be recognized I’m this I’m that Respect me Got that Taking what country has to offer Short of the floorboards…

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front patio it was a warm night plenty of mosquitoes both of us rocking in our chairs smoking corn pipes sippen on whiskey Then all…

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sac of potatoes fell off the truck like my life never any luck cars zoom by my thumb up no one stops to give me a…

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Who knows the score? maybe I do maybe I don’t I’m just a poet with nothing to lose scribbling in a 3/4 dark room get this……..…

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Over thirty years, me and the Missus living in seventy year old tiny shack. Roof sometimes leaks and I patch with tar. Never replaced as long…

On The Bench

Written by J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey Empty station Watch the drizzle With the data clouds There are no planes…

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clock ticks life skips yesterday gone tomorrow may not come gold coins useless now mostly confined to bed pondering What did I accomplish? …

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Fear

Empathy Poetry

What makes a human condition poet? One must be able to emotionally soak up the joy and suffering in people and then transfer those…

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The Ocean & I

Artist and Photographer William Guilmain is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the series ‘Västra Hamnem’. To see William’s body of…