Fall
Written by Sheena Sahana K A season that can turn back the clock is fall. All we hold on to is not just memories…
I Am The Princess
Written by Katherine Ottaway MD This poem is a response to a poem called “ I am the princess guarded by dragons snorting and…
The Silent Roar
Written by Ipsita Pradhan While the sun rises and sets, The clouds come and go, The seasons change with time, The weather whines, The…
Masked
Written by Tantrik Nihilist You wore masks at Ruby Ridge, You wore masks in Waco, Texas You wore masks at Osage St, in Philly…
Resetting
Written By The Hermit Poet Had a moment that day Decided To throw it all away Purchased One way ticket Going South of the…
Stashing The Cash
Written By The Hermit Poet I never laugh at others misery However This time it is worthy Smaller and smaller The number of places…
The Bricklayer
Written By The Hermit Poet Hunched over Under hot Florida sun Working twelve hour days Moving ton after ton Six years ago Came…
The Trader
Written By The Hermit Poet Always glued to his computer screens Charts,data,news feeds Today on top Next day may bleed Wears the best…
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Vital Signs I
Written by Katherine Ottaway MD In the hospital, past, I am told we have a new Vital Sign Like blood pressure and pulse We…
[butterflies and bite marks]
Written by Edward L. Canavan where the night goes without thought in the way coasting on the flow rolling like a wave …
The Pensive You
Written by Ipsita Pradhan I am a fleeting angel, In my own eyes, A restless soul, An ever-changing being. In the busy days, Of…
Cyclical
Written By The Hermit Poet Endless Raking Leaves fall daily on rock garden Hermit learns patience This piece is part of…
Sweet & Harsh
Written By The Hermit Poet Hacking sugarcane Scorched fields farmhand feels pain Only bossman gains This piece is part of the…
Up High
Written By The Hermit Poet My favorite pastime Surfing top of storm clouds That floats through the sky This piece is…
Prioritizing
Written By The Hermit Poet Bite Bite Bite some more Laser focus on one chore Only so much time Grab a shovel dig mine…
Street Photography | The Wee Hours Of The Night
Written by Joelcy Kay Editor & Curator – Edge of Humanity Magazine Curator – NO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY Awakened by the stench present when the…
Sister
Written by Tantrik Nihilist Now that she’s dead, Her memory fades, In my mind, As her body does, In her grave. Just…
Chess, A Metaphor For Life
Written by Deeya Nambiar Freedom. The word hung in the air as I walked out of the Dachau Memorial Site, one of the first…
Patiences
Written By The Hermit Poet They come they go Do not succumb to undertow Maintain steady flow This piece is part of…
Turning Things Around
Written By The Hermit Poet You’re irritated I know that you are May I offer you a chocolate bar? Yes Life is unfair However…
The Plan
Written By The Hermit Poet I just purchased a rusty 95 Town Car Grab some clothes We will drive far Cheap rooms Hot sex…
Nature’s Cycle
Written By The Hermit Poet Courageous black bamboo Shredded by hurricane Storm gone new culms come This piece is part of…
[beyond the veils]
Written by Edward L. Canavan illusion spins lost in the mind everything is nothing anymore facades upon facades as love slowly…
Shouganai
Written by Gerardo Ochoa Shouganai (Sho-You-Gah-Nigh): It is what it is; something that can’t be helped and shouldn’t be worried about… This heart…
A Passing Thought
Written by Ipsita Pradhan You, With your closed walls, With doors of wood, Of windows of glass, Of manners and stories, Of words…
Blind
Written By The Hermit Poet Why keep chasing? Believing you are gaining Face it you’re fading This piece is part of…
Finding Hidden Emotions
Written By The Hermit Poet Catching butterflies Warm spring morning sunny sky She began to cry This piece is part of…
Mundane
Written By The Hermit Poet Dust balls on the floor Reminds her of dreams no more Life now one big chore …
My New Friend
Written By The Hermit Poet Sorry I’m very confused You say that all the shapeshifters escaped from the zoos Nothing about this on the…
[crest of change]
Written by Edward L. Canavan an endlessly breaking wave of wind-kiss and birdsong culling karma for the cure as we bleed…
Eccedentesiast
Written by Gerardo Ochoa Eccedentesiast (Ex—Eden—Tee—See—Ast): A person who fakes a smile My days came and went like a flickering light soon to…
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Solid
Written By The Hermit Poet Freshly poured cement We put down our handprints Forever together This piece is part of the…
Dark
Written By The Hermit Poet Do not hide anymore Rip off bandage and show sore Kneel in front of mirror Naked nothing left to…
Punishment
Written By The Hermit Poet Pompous Plutocrats will eventually fade away Jackals unable to find prey Corrupt souls permanently decayed Malnourished ghosts chained in…
Anyone Can Be Your Friend
Written By The Hermit Poet The question is what do they want and how much do they pretend? When everything is fine Friendship…
[hand over heart]
Written by Edward L. Canavan it can all be so simple if only we’d let it no games no signs just honest…
Mononoaware
Written by Gerardo Ochoa Mononoaware: The awareness of the impermanence of things. You are everything I wish I could have, but I…
[residue of design]
Written by Edward L. Canavan no matter the coinage of phrasing there are spaces and cracks where chance and choice end up…
The Endless Search
Written By The Hermit Poet Stop! Take look around You are riding train round and round Peace never found This piece…
Hot Night In Bahia
Written By The Hermit Poet It was obvious she was hurt like me Well into our bottle of Argentinian wine Ana moved forward in…
The End
Written By The Hermit Poet Polished marble floor We danced tango once more Then left separate doors This piece is part…
Stagnation
Written By The Hermit Poet Tried to play the game System rigged to keep all in chains When symphony stops I see just crushed…
The First Years Of My Life In A Five-Stanza Poem
Written by Lori J Collins The pillow catches her sobs and her tears, and then swallows the hitches in her breath. It’s better to…
Childhood Memories
Written by Laura Berry The smell of hot, sticky, tarmac roads Plastic umbrellas against the rain Puddles muddy and irresistible Toast by the…
Sweet Dreams
Written By The Hermit Poet Small shack with tin roof Heavy tropical rainstorm Will sleep well tonight This piece is part…
The Walls We Build
Written By The Hermit Poet She is just like me Block out hurt permanently Our way to survive This piece is…
Our Digital Lives
Written By The Hermit Poet Social Media Like being in a jungle From comfort of desk This piece is part of…
More
Written By The Hermit Poet You’re the greed prophet Look! Emptying my pockets Is this not enough? This piece is part of…
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Stroll
Written by Michaël Janssens Stroll with my grandfather, the pond the ducks, girls walking who didn’t do much to me. Feeling secure, holding…
World Without Consequences
Written by Bartholomew Barker “Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.” ~ Barry Switzer They…
Footsteps
Written by Laura Berry Walking along a lamp lit street, in the dead of night, distressed. Deeper i head into the dark, an…
I Love You
Written By The Hermit Poet Guess what I bought? A Bicycle built for two Jump on lets ride No worries we will find…
Journey
Written By The Hermit Poet Backpack pair of boots Bought around world ticket Will not be home soon This piece is…
Tropical Joy
Written By The Hermit Poet Laying in hammock Smoking pipe drinking beer Watching bananas grow This piece is part of the…
Trapped
Written By The Hermit Poet Locked away so tight Key buried deep inside your soul of bitterness This piece is part…
Lemons from Lemonade
Written by Laura Berry We´ve all done it, something good comes our way and rather than shout Hooray! we say Oh No! Go…
She’s A Jealous Muse
Written by Bartholomew Barker I can bring home lovers but just for the night. If they spend too much time, she dams the river…
Bullies
Written by Michaël Janssens When you call me names, playing those twisted, little games, I don’t budge. You are not the judge. You hold…
Dinner
Written By The Hermit Poet Can of no name soup Some white bread six pack of beer Alone no one cares …
The Escape
Written By The Hermit Poet In the game too long Time to get up walk away before heart decays This piece…
The Unit
Written By The Hermit Poet Serpents circling Back to back swords in our hands together to end This piece is part…
Awakening
Written By The Hermit Poet Nose stuck to the screen Internet not what it seems Go out start living This piece is…
Back Of Your Skull
Written by Michaël Janssens At the back of your skull, I see another. Jaws firmly clasped, the dreaded silent treatment. ‘What’s wrong?’ I desperately…
The Familiar And The Unknown
Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema A well executed plan will deliver successful results. Knowledge and experience is needed in order to develop…
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At The Stove
Written By The Hermit Poet Stirring the pasta Drinking Italian red wine She looks really fine This piece is part of the…
Salvato
Written By The Hermit Poet Walking streets of Rome Late night feeling alone Sofia took me home This piece is part…
The Affair
Written By The Hermit Poet We should not do this Marriage and careers at risk Just innocent kiss Our public lives complete bore Cannot…
Writer #2
Written By The Hermit Poet My typewriter keys Starting to look rusty They are still friends to me This piece is…
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Patience
Written By The Hermit Poet When running business Think just like the Japanese Be in for long haul This piece is…
A Relief Under Despair
Written By The Hermit Poet Hey dude got a smoke? Things turned South against the ropes All gone except hope This…
Resilience
Written By The Hermit Poet Worked garden for years Hurricane blew all away Start over next day This piece is part…
Survival
Written By The Hermit Poet Today in garden A lizard killed butterfly At least reason why This piece is part of…
Loaded Palette Knife
Written by B.S. And he kills them all with his mind with no favour for his kind all bitches bastards & beasts he killed…
Odyssey Of A Shadow
Written by George Gad Economou from the oceanic depths surfaced a corpse rotten and disfigured; the waves brought it to a distant shore,…
Rate “Me” – Healthcare
Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema As far as service goes I do not anticipate much from a doctor’s office visit. I figured…
Ghost From An Old Haunt
Written by George Gad Economou the old boozehound would always come at 11am; never a minute too early or late. Jim, the bartender,…
The Quaint Little Village
Written by B.S. All cities lost their charm from the coffee fuelled taxpayer cabinet yellow lunches plates of porkies and flaky promises of…
The Managing Partner
Written by Luvgood Carp Don’t tell me he was fooled by a pretty face –not when we’ve given him the run of the place. Yup, he paid…
Honey Bread
Written by B.S. We fine red decluttered mix biscuits plastic shoed beast too close to hearts n’ skull worms and itchy feet yanked throats…
Calm Night
Written by George Gad Economou staring at the night sky over a tall glass of bourbon, picturing the nights of yonder, when…
Man In His 50s
Written By The Hermit Poet During my twenties I was extremely hungry Thirties and Forties Still chasing after money Now content and feel lucky…
Stained
Written By The Hermit Poet Peaceful morning swim in Atlantic Ocean will not wash away sins This piece is part of…
Forever Lost
Written By The Hermit Poet Wounded warriors Chasing ghosts of happiness down deep dark cavern This piece is part of the…
Delight In Nature
Written By The Hermit Poet Sitting under tree Having sweet biscuits and tea Feeling Bourgeoisie This piece is part of the Rewind…
More Wine
Written by George Gad Economou the end is nigh, almost on sight, silent prayers for the night never to turn blue, as wine fills…
No Satisfaction
Written By The Hermit Poet Chip away extras Wanting more more more festers Toys are our masters This piece is part…
The Click
Written By The Hermit Poet Street Photographers Silently shoot their frames of everyday magic This piece is part of the Rewind Series …
22.9068° S, 43.1729° W
Written By The Hermit Poet Copacabana Beach Rio Brazil Drinking cachaça Bonita morenas Gringo no go casa This piece is part…
Writer #1
Written By The Hermit Poet Tap Tap Tap the keys Rum coke typewriter and me Deep in fantasy This piece is…
Unravelled
Written by Laura Berry How can something so tangible fall apart? What binds the physical together? Molecules held suspended by magic.. Is it love?…