“…you know you can’t sleep there” | Passages Of A Homeless Person’s Life
Written By Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey NFA I wake up And I’m on a train…
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Believers Wrapped in white robes Patiently Stand in line Holding Tiny pink flowers Exchanged For “Illusion of happiness” Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019…
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No one knows my name I’m in the back Washing dishes Listening to laughter Happy people Enjoying Food & Wine Tomorrow Same time No one…
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The street performer Plays music on the corner Completely aware That he brings joy and despair To the few who still care Copyright© Edge of…
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I’m a crazy lazy timeworn man. The game no longer has meaning for me. I sit on a warm bench watching carambolas rot on the…
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Dim light Rats feast on birdseed tonight Alone I walk on black polished stones Rodent smell Coconut falls Thunder Far Away Tree frog Follows me Wants…
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Worn out joints Clattering bones Inflamed muscles Shuffling forward Clutching onto my walker I continue to chase after…….. “The Prize” Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Falling overboard All alone in the sea Screaming “Please help me” You sail away with our dreams Drowning I watch hopelessly Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Hand-picked tomatoes Grown with love for table Topping fresh salads Mixed in pasta with scallops Homemade sauce fit for a palace Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Walking Old Quito Wallet picked by Bandido Turned red so upset Then my Senhorita said “Gringo lucky could be dead” Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Golf course corner deals So many in power steal Suitcases of cash Wire funds no questions asked Retire Dubai and laugh Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Twelve blocks from South Beach Rented a very small room One month alone Meditated on Zen koan Not wiser, but beard sure has grown Copyright©…
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Throw your phone away Hop aboard sail with me Forget technology No slaves to gadgets at sea Wandering luddites FREE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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no longer a pet in society’s zoo paddling fully loaded canoe survive or die unconcerned nighttime entertained by stars in sky Copyright© Edge of…
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Every day Ramen noodles & Vietnamese hot sauce Cooked on single burner hot plate Paranoia Whispers Creative expiration date Callused fingers Rapidly Tap Tap Typewriter…
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Moist summer evening Poignant angel’s trumpets scent Bees hide inside hive Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you,…
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digging holes plants gently placed in soil dirty hands simplicity laboring on my piece of land Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my…
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Swinging in hammock morsels of sleep between light rain heat mosquitoes pestering me Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained…
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Careful Early morning garden walk Quickly Takes the place of Chasing Things Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or…
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While on my knees, cutting herbs for tonight’s soup, I stop and observe a snail with determination, marching across a giant elephant ear leaf. Copyright©…
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Window Shaker Outside Drain hole Drip Drip Drip Frogs Visit Enjoy Sips Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained…
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Wyoming Wide open spaces Clear sky Empty highways Horse riding cowboys Bison in Yellowstone Great place to be left alone Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Dry coconut frond falls Cardinal Takes Quick Sips From Water Tray Squirrel resting in shade Koi slowly move in pond Turtles lazy Massive procreation this year…
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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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swiftly walking past man soaking wet lying on sidewalk pedestrians holding umbrellas shield themselves from light rain Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019…
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every few years opening boxes old photographs shared with bottle of wine memories flash-by quick pass of time Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 …
CMLXIV | HAPPY Fourth of July | Independence Day :):):):):)
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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South Beach Miami International playground Schemers and dreamers Beach walking Nightclub hopping Lines on mirror One night stands Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 …
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Rainy sleepy Saturday Homemade spaghetti sauce Dipping Wooden spoon Tasting All-day May Scribble Poem or two today Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If…
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slowly pushing cart dead-end alleyway maybe mid-twenties hair completely grey frozen face her eyes look faraway Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 Who is…
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Sometimes I Remember The Hunt For Knowledge All night University Study Room Mixing Drinking Coffee & Mountain Dew Taking Breaks Playing Go With Korean Ocean…
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The old lady Always fed husband cabbage soup He died in sixties She lived well into nineties Investing savings wisely Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019…
Men Women | Marriage, Relationships, Friendship, Love & Sex | Peeling Off The Human Condition Volume II By The Hermit Poet | Now LIVE On Kindle
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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abandoned tree stump harnessing tenacity refuses to completely decay Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you, please consider…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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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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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Always at the track The Gambler puffs his cigar Sitting at the bar Reading the racing sheets like it was his sacred bible Copyright©…
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Abandoned home Wind enters through shattered window Free to roam A place where peace never known Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 …
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Lost time Holding protest sign Frequently Changed Mates Shake Shake Shake Now too late Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 Thought-provoking…
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Boondocks Sitting on tailgate Vehicles occasionally pass by Fresh vegetables stacked high Not much sold At least food for household Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Lizard hanging upside down Turtle marching on the ground Cardinal sips from water fountain Coconut falls For just a second Everyone anxiously looks around Copyright©…
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Delicate blossoms Casually fall in pond Beauty- koi do not care Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 Thought-provoking T-Shirts by Edge…
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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 …
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Birds Fly No goodbye Walking on muddy ground No one around Pebble inside boot I’m playing wood flute Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 |…
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sitting on beach chair smoking Cuban cigar drinking coconut rum cooking myself in sun Reminiscing it was a fantastic run no longer same same everything will…
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Gravel road Abandoned Greasy spoon Standing alone The last payphone | KINDLE Ebook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of Human Condition | Poetry…
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Desire=Suffering Daily craving Meditation Listen to gong 1-2 hours long Confused Mind savors simple food | KINDLE Ebook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories…
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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?…
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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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under the wood steps protected from sun old man sleeps not bothered by tourists walking up and down to and from the beach KINDLE Ebook |…
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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…
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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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holding beer can in paper sack he sat on the dirty sidewalk enshrined by the shadow against the building Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019…
Depression
Swimming in a lake The weeds strangle my body Trying to break free I’m only pulled down deeper into the opaque water Copyright© Edge…
Jealousy
Like termites on wet wood, jealousy will eat a person alive. There will always be someone else who has more. Is it even possible to…
What Is Education?
You throw me a book and tell me to learn. Just because you have a pocket full of degrees does not make you the master…
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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…
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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…
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purchased in 1991 sitting under blistering sun terracotta pot survived tropical storms hurricanes deteriorating bit by bit sinking into the earth | eBook | Travels…
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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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1st light morning pickings searching finding filling basket with cucumbers lettuce peppers scallions ripe tomatoes Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 |…
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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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long drawn-out rain drips peeling wallpaper newspapers books scattered on the floor his mind constantly craves more 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…
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corruption acknowledges no pain population begs for change Miami’s luxury real estate place to park illicit gains soldiers follow the dictator & generals’ orders until butchering…
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mind’s web accumulates past calculates future struggles with present to cooperate * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of…
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Dispassionate fog Provides Concealment for Predator and prey * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of Human Condition |…
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Elegantly dressed, she eagerly waited at the railway station. By late afternoon, head down, slowly walking away, realizing the satisfying roleplay sessions would never happen again.…
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cocooned in studio decades forming clay twisted stiff fingers unsold sculptures * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of…
The Real You
NFL Player & Poet Ryan Russell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this poem. * The Real You I wonder…
The Village
NFL Player & Poet Ryan Russell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this poem. * The Village It takes a…
It’s Always Winter In New York City
NFL Player & Poet Ryan Russell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this poem. * It’s Always Winter in NYC …
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Peasants Congregate On the street Submissively Waiting Holding bowls While Privileged Donate Soup of the day * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The…
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No expensive toys Laughing Smiling Riding water buffalo Free entertainment for children * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories…
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technologically advanced species remained primitive warriors until extinction * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of Human Condition |…
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Garden swing Sitting Cutting Pieces of pear Using Sharp knife Hedonistic bites Under Moonlight * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet…
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Young girl Sitting on dirty blanket Tiny fingers Reaching into packet Scarfs down Leftover French fries Mother Collected While Begging on the street * Find More…
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window seat crowded city bus long slow stop and go ride discussing history with older gentleman holding stack of books from the public library who…
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Hospital bed Connected to IV drip Urine half fills container Days pass examining ceiling Scheduled Tests Medication Frustration * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels…
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Roofing Eight stories tall Do not fall Shirt off Sun cooking my skin Long day Muscles hurt Tomorrow Do it again * Find More Poetry HERE *…
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leaky faucet drip drip I just was riding the drift same same power game building blocks one two three your lungs full of rage STOP shouting…
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plants need to drink ancient vessel leaks happiness is what everyone seeks however humans suffer Who controls the switch? faith continues to make its pitch *…
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home in the shadows waiting alone wife cries while husband sitting at the bar washes down reality * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With…
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falling clutching onto failures all the way down * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories Of Human Condition |…
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STAMPED “Bad Luck” always jump on the back of wrong truck struggling glue no longer holding fragments together misery goes on forever * Find More Poetry HERE…
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sidewalk busy intersection pacing around and around and around hysterically scratching lottery card the lady stopped raised her arms called out over and over and over…
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park bench silence a man sat next to me and said “all I have left is my mind Can you hear the chimes? that magnificent sound…
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prey on those living in misery crush disadvantaged use legal system for advantage accumulate luxury frivolous things ego sings fool peasants with razzle-dazzle free pass for…
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regurgitate history today Does it even matter? morality deranged climate change technology on speed train Who has the power to slow it all down before society…
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give just a little take a lot you always ask for a doggy bag extra packets of sugar in the pocket scrapping leftover bits from your…
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I no longer perform in the circus useless try harder What for? the puppet master keeps the score taking his cut constant hunger in my gut…
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followed by ducks the fisherman walks chewing betel nut content spending most days sitting on the bank casting his line into the river * Find More…
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Dark room Bright Aquarium Some fish swim this way Others Swim that way Who knows correct way? * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels…
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her soul desires more masquerading as a whore grinding on selective flesh * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet | Stories…
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bike stored in dark shed tree frog resting on cushy seat everyone deserves comfortable place to sleep * Find More Poetry HERE * eBook | Travels With…
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No tan lines Shell necklace Bazaar purchased dresses Collects feathers Wanders No commitments Only Men and Women With Savoir-faire Are Her Conquests * Find More Poetry HERE…
