Simple Life
Sitting on the front porch swinging chair Chewing his tobacco Playing the banjo The old man missing half his teeth Smiled from ear to ear…
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Holding her baby on her lap She sat Selling tomatoes At the market Days pass No stress Just enough To live A simple life …
That Was Life
Slept in a hut Swam in the ocean Lived on coconuts, bananas and fish from the sea Do you still remember? Decades ago How we…
Mundane
It is a job What more can I tell you? I work 8.5 hours a day Half hour lunch I wear a mask Follow the…
Back To Basics
The family Lives off the grid Grows own food Makes own clothes Completely Self-sufficient Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2020 If my poetry…
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Sitting on my beach chair Who the hell needs a career? Catching rays Reading philosophy books all day I’m not a frustrated big shot With…
Taste The Fruit
Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series Source: KODO Ancient Ways Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/ Martial Artist By Kensho Furuya…
Unwinding the Yarn
Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series Source: The Essential Tao An Initiation into the Heart of Taoism through the Authentic Tao Te Ching…
Away From It All
Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series Source: Four Huts Asian Writings on the Simple Life Translated by Burton Watson QUIET DAYS ON MOUNT…
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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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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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Squirrel Collects nuts and seeds with gusto Grows diversified portfolio Finds a wife Simple Happy Life They Jump from tree to tree Love Sprinkled On…
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The freshest seafood lunch my wife and I have eaten in our life was located just below the equator, about an hour dune buggy ride from…
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I used to be a dandy Swapped My fine threads For A straw hat Corn pipe And Dungarees The Hermit gardener’s life is for me…