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almost every morning for just a couple of moments I smile at garden laughing Buddha statue then walk away ready & happy to start my…
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Old man palm grows slow Butterflies float high and low Bamboo knows only speed Blue Jay feasts on black oil sunflower seeds Copyright© Edge…
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rainbow bounces off spider web pink plumeria flowers fall create colorful bed lizard lounging under morning sun defensively moving his head Copyright© Edge of…
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Sitting Sun cooking my back I Observe Powdery blue Chungii bamboo grow another inch or two Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my…
Book Review | An Encyclopedia Of Cultivated Palms By Robert Lee Riffle & Paul Craft
When designing a tropical garden, it is not only important to have low multicolored, multi-textured plants, but also tall vertical trees that give the garden…
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Mornings Walk around tropical garden Collect dry coconuts Cut down Black Green Yellow Bamboo * Afternoons Sitting at my workbench Designing Constructing One of a…
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Slowly sweeping leaves Squirrels playing in the trees Citrus fruit to eat Wind chimes blowing with the breeze Colorful birds eating seeds 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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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©…
Top 100 Songs Of Hermit Poet’s Music Collection | Dominique By The Singing Nun | Jeanne Paule Deckers (1963)
Dominique, is by Belgium songwriter Jeanne Paule Deckers, also known as Soeur Sourire and as the The Singing Nun. The Lyrics are in French. Listening to…
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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…
My Zen Tropical Garden
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…
Garden Book Review | Heliconia An Identification Guide By Fred Berry and W. John Kress
My Comments: Heliconia are the queen of the flower world. Not only are the leaves delicate and beautiful, but the flowers are also gorgeous and…
Garden Book Review | Bananas You Can Grow By James W. Waddick and Glenn M. Stokes
My Comments: I enjoy going out to the garden and cutting a huge heavy bunch of bananas off a plant and hang it on a…
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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…
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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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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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Tall trees block sun Late afternoon shade controls day Price old garden pays * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Wind blows Ficus leaves fall Completely cover ground I accept nature’s gift * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Quickly With precision Cardinal Lands Feeds Leaves Seeking Refuge in trees * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC…
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Lost Injured Bee Crawls Along Pebbles & stepping stones Determined To find way home * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge…
Haiku #255
Soft breeze falling leaves Spider constructs new web Dove lands on Buddha head * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Middle of October Hot Southeast Florida day Fresh squeezed orange juice Bananas from tree Swinging in hammock Butterflies drift around me * Find More Poetry HERE …
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Make the land work for me Building West side fence From Bamboo Coconut tree fronds Travelers Palm dried bracts * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO …
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The Hermit Poet’s newly designed coconut tree super-duper bird feeding station is in place. I’m ready for visitors from the cold North to stopover at my warm…
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Cool breeze rain starts to fall Slumbering iguanas Do not seem to care * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Sunset Birds settle comfortably in nests Squirrels nibble on last bits of corn Morning More caterpillars born * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE…
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Two visiting parrots Interrupt Early morning silence * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Independent Coconut tree Grows In its own direction * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Moss hangs low from ficus tree Slow grow No place to go * Who is The Hermit Poet? * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME…
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Sound of garden gong Birds sing drink eat seeds fly by Silent butterflies * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Working the land Hands in dirt Clipping Raking Digging Cutting Planting Harvesting Spending as much time in garden as I can * Who is The Hermit…
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Bending down Pulling weeds Picking up Gigantic Sea grape tree leaves Natural Garden Exercise Relaxes Me * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE …
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First morning duty Barefoot Sweeping All 187 Stepping stones That Form Winding Pathways Throughout Zen Tropical garden * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE…
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Gravel path Lizard Gingerly Maneuvered Around Snake Catching Summer Rays * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Midday Digging holes Feel worn out Stop Chew on three chunks 100% cacao Rejuvenates Me Back Digging Planting Two Royal Palm trees * Who is The…
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Summer Heat Rain Cutting Bamboo Endless Supply Building material From Tropical garden * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge…
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Years go by Watching Old Man Palm’s Beard Grow Topical garden Teaches Patience Let life flow * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE …
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Climbing Top of fig leaf Lizard Looks around Resembling King Tropical garden * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Immersed in tropical garden habitat Wearing my straw hat Slowly Spreading Fertilizer around plants While light summer rain falls * Find More Poetry HERE BACK…
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Last hurricane Avocado tree Broken Halfway point Slowly Strangled By Aggressive Unforgiving Vines BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Midsummer Hot Afternoon Tropical Garden Nothing moves All hiding in shade Except lone crow Loudly Complaining Water trays dry * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO …
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Weathered Terracotta pot Half full of rainwater Miniature birdbath Frogs splash Mosquito eggs hatch * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright©…
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August night Tropical garden Soft Easterly Atlantic Ocean breeze Lighting small candles Surrounding Black marble Buddha I begin to meditate * Find More Poetry HERE …
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Ants find comfy home Inside folds of staghorn fern Stuck on sea grape tree * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Trimming Leggy Hibiscus tree Two black butterflies Fluttering Between Red Flowers, green leaves and me * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE …
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Late afternoon Large Green Iguana Crawling Across Polished Japanese black stones Stops Sniffs Dead frog’s bones Again starts moving its feet Looking for plant treats Climbs…
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Shaved head Bellyful Holding his cane The garden stone Buddha Laughing Though rain and sun Always having fun * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME…
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1 a.m. Full Moon Ax stuck into fallen coconut tree Baby tree frog Sits on top of metal blade Patiently Waiting for snacks * Find…
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I have a new friend Oversized Lizard Two white paint spots on gray skin Last couple of weeks Follows me around garden * Find More…
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lazy Sunday soft rain falling on banana and heliconia leaves homemade chicken soup fresh-cut garden salad listening to classical music eating reading sleeping cuddling at our…
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Frogs rejoicing Birds hiding Afternoon heavy summer rains commencing Hermit’s shack roof thankfully not yet leaking * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE…
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Just before nightfall Birds stop by to feed Squirrels settle in the trees Raccoons soon leave shack roof to eat Tree frog stuck on metal shed…
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swiftly climbing up tree clawing chewing * * coconuts fall 1, 2, 3 squirrels no longer hungry * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME…
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Tall cactus Small pot Windy days Falls down to the ground Years together Intuition Whispers “Do not move cactus to larger container” * Find More…
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Windy dusty day Garden hit by wrecking ball Cleanup Cherish more tomorrow * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of…
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Canopy layers Endless shuffle to survive Plants tussle for light Find More Poetry HERE * BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Cool nights pop colors Bromeliad ground cover Wearing sunglasses Find More Poetry HERE * BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Winter South Florida Early morning Tropical garden Sitting On cold cement bench Observing Listening Migratory birds Feeding Singing Goosebumps On my arms Positive Energy Flowing …
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Once a month Diligently Hauling Buckets Black oil sunflower seeds Up Down Tall Ladder Restocking Multiple Bird feeders Stingy Squirrels Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Thunder faraway Lanterns along stone pathway Bamboo starts to play Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2017
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I put my thumb up and caught a ride on top of a dragonfly. Holding tight We flew around the sky. Zipping Hovering Swooping Finally…
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Papayas Bananas Mangoes Oranges Lemons Limes No one is keeping time. I’m resting in hammock and writing poems that rhyme. Birds, Iguanas, and squirrels having fun…
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Torn Dirty Clothes Soaked in sweat Red Face Smiling Fifty-two Feeling like thirty-two She comes charging into the shack, after a couple hours of chopping and…
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Large clump bananas Hang from back porch wood beam Snacks while working garden Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2017
Nature Photography Heliconia
Unquestionably one of Gods most beautiful creations. The Heliconia Rostrata plant usually looks very frail and dry. Out of nowhere, a flower pops out and hangs suspended…
