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You no longer cry Long ago Tears ran dry Staring straight ahead Thinking of the years gone by Time to say goodbye Copyright© Edge…
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Snowbirds Gone away Europeans With Cheap travel deals Come to play Pedaling My Bicycle To Beach Lounging on sand Deep dark tan Return End of…
I watch as the world continues to spin out of control. My needs are very little. I make a buck here and there which pays the…
The hermit spends a part of each day quietly working in his garden. Digging, weeding, planting, trimming, mulching, and watering. These are all gardening chores…
During a full moon, with garden lanterns, on a cool night, I’m sitting with a cup of hot chocolate, while watching the bamboo in the…
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Upside down trash can Provides shelter for him Cold wet lonely night Morning comes and must move on Society wants bum gone Copyright© Edge of…
Outside just distractions Mind only true confrontation Delusion battles reality STOP Savor Tranquility Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry…
Mahi Mahi T-bone steaks Spare ribs Homemade sausage Jumbo shrimp Hushpuppies Buttered corn on the cob Special coleslaw recipe Buckets of basmati & jasmine rice Topped…
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Sad I put on my backpack Kissed her But Before I left My mystical friend Said: “Today You leave Never in future we meet Our love…
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Trump Offers Little Kim FREE Publicity Toss Brutality Into Kimchi Meanwhile Population Scavenge For Grass to eat If you have found this poem informative, please…
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She is different Nonconforming Underdog Only a backpack Roaming the world No one will ever tame her Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If…
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Years pass I have read her poetry Words Evolved Into Immortality Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you,…
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Watch body language Reveals true message Listen carefully Loose lips speak reality Intuition provides safety Developing skills in order to better read a person’s…
Slave to the chips Blackjack juiced his veins Casino was his domain Greed kept him in chains Lost the rent wife would complain Pawn it all…
This black marble Buddha in my garden displays serenity. When I’m also meditating, I feel at peace with myself and all that surrounds me. …
I love to sometimes perform meditation using a chanting CD by Deva Premal. I use the first track on the disk for my meditation, but the…
This meditation technique that I practice is not the most orthodox or traditional, but it works mighty fine for me. I’m dressed in a very soft…
I have a personal form of meditation which is very effective for relieving my stress. I sit on a cushion, eyes closed, in a half lotus…
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It was a heavy summertime nighttime rain. Thunder and lightning provided a sound and light show that was free of charge. After the rain stopped, I…
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Artificial intelligence Automation Nothing Can Stop Rapid Apocalyptic Job Elimination Tax revenue Collapse Cities Counties States Federal government No longer can afford to pay pensions …
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Ras Muhammad Coral reef Hand and hand we swam Only mask, snorkel, fins Both stunned with beauty That day made Pact you and me Spread…
President Xi Cannot Contain His Glee Maybe Trump Forget Me USA Again Entering Middle East Mind Fuck Zone No Biggie Only $220 million dollar drone Persians…
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Edge of Humanity Magazine eBook Series PRESENTS ‘Men, Women, Marriage, Relationships, Friendship, Love & Sex’ is volume II of the Peeling Off The Human…
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Surrounded By Flustered Tourists Taking Selfies The old man Took Leisurely Snaps With Polaroid camera Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry…
long-time regurgitate past searching cannot find a laugh Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you, please consider a…
4 a.m. Termites Chewing In Harmony With Me Tapping Typewriter keys Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you,…
Collecting Seashells White beaches of Sanibel Boy trusting all Became man who is cynical Dodged too many curve balls Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019…
Young love in Beirut Divided by religion Tragic destiny Cross above her rooftop Prayer rug below his knees Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 …
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Pour me some bourbon I just upset my woman Do you have spare bed? She wants to chop off my head Bartender help or I’m dead…
My bicycle is chained to undernourished palm tree I’m sitting at a hot dog stand Next to a middle-age man He is trying to act smooth…
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Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series Source: Huineng (638-713) Book: The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu by Wong Kiew Kit (page 196) …
all day tire changer swiftly with precision performs muscular ballet Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you, please…
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Empty store Owner Closed Locked Front door Slowly drove away Why start over? Everyone shops online anyway Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If…
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Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series Source: Poem by: Saigyo (1118-90) From the book: The Japanese Tea Garden By Marc Peter Keane (Page…
Chop down bamboo Constructing new gate Garden Watermelons Ready to eat I sit and take break Soon Dozens of pesky flies Sneak Bites Communicate To their…
Rainy season I’m top of a ladder Tube of caulk Filling crack gutter Looking down and around 100’s Of Wet Bromeliads Display Kaleidoscope Jungle Colors …
Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series By: Chuang Tzu (c. 369 BC-c. 286 BC) The Great Deception The birth of man is…
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Heavy Rain commences Another wet season Termites on the attack More wood consumed Me and the missus Ponder Will we pass away before shack collapses from decay?…
Few months away 20 years no cell phone Wife Capitulated Purchased her own $39.99 smartphone I knew something was up After two days She finally fessed-up…
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He lived in a shack Writing his poems day and night No one read the work Death came and the tombstone said “Brilliant mind and…
alone with sand and stones face and sunglasses covered with dust mind in no rush body temperature warns time to go walk back to motorcycle continue…
weeks turn to months watching her suffer loss of mobility with her arm my courage goes in waves up and down trying to hide sadness in…
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The powerful man comes up to me and jams his finger into my eye. He tells me that I must comply. I very calmly answer that…
It is early morning. The sun has not even started to poke thru the thin layer of fog. The weather is cool, but not…
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…
lounging in hammock small irritating bird “peep, peep, peep” ripe papayas hang from tree my stomach complaining “give me a treat” I’m trying to fall…
The sun will soon burn into the water and take the day’s final breath. Alone, I walk on the white sand beach, tossing shells into…
purchased in 1991 sitting under blistering sun terracotta pot survived tropical storms hurricanes deteriorating bit by bit sinking into the earth | eBook | Travels…
I’m holding a blue rock in my hands. I begin to move the jagged, hefty piece, around with my fingers and thumb. It is easy…
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small table we sit dipping bread into olive oil drinking wine remembering those times… Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 | …
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From Sudan, a caravan follows ancestor’s ghostly trail. The traders wearing flowing galabeyas finally arrive at Birqash market. Grinding out an existence, they sell exhausted camels…
