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924

July 10, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Nighttime garden walk

Two owls cuddle under moon

Listen to silence

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923

July 8, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

promises

float away like clouds

How many times?

standing

alone

patching together

Hope

crushed

by the same stone

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922

July 6, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

on my knees 

clawing into the earth

looking at my dirty hands

heart

soul

working the land

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921

July 4, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

It is a cold, wet, and windy night. I’m inside my warm shack relaxing in an ancient recliner, reading a book that is falling apart, while the light flickers, and rodents run around inside the roof.

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920

July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

he never smiled

we drank our beers

stepping down from bar stool

he wished me luck

and

mumbled

“my cane

my only friend”

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919

June 30, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

cool day

I sit in the sun

watching

butterflies

play

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918

June 28, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

running 

fast

faster

looking back

FEAR

right there

will not disappear

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917

June 26, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

long time

pulled weeds

tossed seeds

garden 

no longer provides

same

same

joy to me

Missus

 came over 

picked up my shovel and rake

&

said

“take a break”

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916

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

reaching

on her tippy-toes

she

became

agitated

realizing

contentment

cannot be picked from a tree

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915

June 22, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

cactus

sits still

slowly grows

non-aggressive

yet

defensive

protecting the home

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914

June 20, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

days shorter

nights longer

methodically

excavate

deeper

into

my unexplored brain

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913

June 18, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

unconcerned

with

yesterdays or tomorrows

Birds

eat

drink

fly

sleep

procreate

survive

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912

June 16, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

believers

single file

march

towards

delusion

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911

June 14, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

looking through me

her eyes

could not hide

betrayal

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910

June 12, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

lifetime

watching

gold coins

disappear

into the deep well

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909

June 10, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

each day

another layer

of body rots away

teeth decay

positive

negative

charges

the

nervous system

wiring

in disarray

bottles of good whisky

only friends who stayed

my mind is still OK

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908

June 8, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

life settled down

he is no longer hungry for revenge

snow covers the mountain

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907

June 6, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

I want nice things

I deserve nice things

I will have nice things

Setting goals is fine, but what happens when our entire life is consumed with endless desire?

Spinning

Round

&

Round

Will peace be found?

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906

June 4, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

buckets of pain

sprinkles of happiness

I’m still here

sometimes a laugh

long ago

lost tears

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905

June 2, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

flat tire

push bike

look around

no help found

huffing

puffing

drop bicycle

everything now possible

will not go home

these old bones

now walk

alone

 my last days

roam

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904

May 30, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

we met in the park

her face displayed misery

teeth decayed

she told me:

“I paint away the past

it is my therapy”

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903

May 28, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

after listening to my troubles

the fisherman

cast his line

then said:

ride

riptide

life

gives

few

free rides

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902

May 26, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

standing in light rain

belly growling 

stopped

front of restaurant window

fantasize

eating gourmet pizza

drinking craft beer

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901

May 24, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Searching

Only found emptiness

Took a break

Sat by the river

 Saw minnows

In close formation

Swim by

I started to cry

Remembering

 When

 All

Family

&

 Friends

Said

 Goodbye

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900

May 22, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

walking uneven path

up

down 

lost 

I sit and laugh

dark soon

will wait for my friend the moon

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899

May 20, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

cooler tonight

frogs quiet

garden lantern flickers

clouds 

play

hide-and-seek

with

moon

first crop tomatoes soon

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898

May 18, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

sack of rocks

I carry

lifetime of worry

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897

May 16, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

sitting on sidewalk

not saying a word

rattling

coins in my cup

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896

May 14, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Value gone down

Clandestine

In

Out

Without a sound

One pepper

Two pepper

Three pepper

More

Oops

Wide open door

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895

May 12, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

almost

every morning

for just a couple of moments

I smile at garden laughing Buddha statue

then walk away

ready & happy to start my day

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894

May 10, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

light flickers

pen running out of ink

cockroach runs on the wall

ceiling fan spins

dust

leisurely

falls

twenty past midnight

room

smells

of

curry powder & cooked rice

one stubby pencil

I continue to write

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893

May 8, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

forty years experience

hitting same nail

without fail

empty walls

sand in hourglass

no longer falls

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892

May 6, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

nighttime

is best time

midnight until 6 AM

silence

no interruptions

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891

May 4, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

only cuts perfect flowers

walks past the rest

never married

she just turned 81

still searching for

“the one”

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890

May 2, 2025April 29, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

surrounded by dusty books

slowly aging with me

I provide shelter

they share knowledge

lifelong friends

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889

April 30, 2025April 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

slippery stepping stones

rats feast on happiness

weeds of sadness

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888

April 28, 2025April 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

turning handle on sausage grinder

filling casings

I look outside

trees lost all their leaves

open another can of beer

Alone

this time of year

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887

April 26, 2025April 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

stacked beach chairs

listening to waves arrive on shore

sun almost done

remembering her scent

need to catch a taxi

flying home soon

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886

April 24, 2025April 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

bus comes to a stop

two

middle aged

men

argue

over spot in line

more

lost time

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Relax

Be patient

Sit by the river with your fishing pole

Most of all

Do not be dragged down the rabbit hole

Overtime

Bad character

Will be exposed

Then you will completely know

It is time get up

And

Permanently

Walk away from the sideshow

 

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For a long time

She had suffered much

No longer heard the beautiful sounds

Of the garden chimes

Final days

I sat in a chair

Next to her hospital bed

In the end

“I no longer believe”

Is what she said

 

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Leaning

Against the tile wall

Taking a long hot shower

Scrubbing

Away the dirt

With a new bar of soap

Did not

Remove humiliation

But

Provided

Her

A bit of hope

 

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Frantically

Scratching

At his deformed image

In the mirror

Hyperventilating

He cried

“Please help I need air”

Fallen idol

Emotional bowl of jello

Desecrated soul

Pissed in his own rice bowl

Alone

There are no more calls

No longer the star

Of the Masquerade balls

 

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Husband Who Really Upset Hot Blooded Wife

Pour me some bourbon

I just upset my women

Do you have spare bed?

She wants to chop off my head

Bartender help or I’m dead

 

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Stories

From

Men, Women, Marriage, Relationships, Friendship, Love & Sex

 

Elite make the rules
Peasants follow just like mules
Feed me leftovers
Send young men to be soldiers
Bow down to the pawnbroker

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Privileged
Less privileged
Social climbers
Boomerang slackers
Believe in the good book
Or burn in hell
Pray five times a day
Study Quran
Or an infidel
Sprinkle ancient dust here and there
Until on their deathbed
Atheists do not seem to care
Who is right?
Who is wrong?
Respect each other’s beliefs
Start getting along
Before humankind is gone

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Fed beast for long time

Today woke up changed my mind

Freedom what I need

Veins dry nothing left to bleed

Tomorrow will sow new seeds

 

Stories 

From

Peeling Off The Human Condition

 

Bahia

Walking along the Praia
I met a lady
With
Long black hair streaked with gray
She whispered:
“Make love to me
only
this one time
and
I promise
Macumba
will make sure you always remember tonight.”
Now
Alone
My Dreams
Always the same
Sitting on a milk crate
Using a hacksaw
Trying to cut chains from my legs
Back-and-Forth
Back-and-Forth
Back-and-Forth

 

Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico

Lying in hammock
Cigarette hanging from mouth
Soles of feet badly cracked
The fisherman
Mumbled
To his dog
Stop
Licking
Bottle of tequila
On dirt ground

 

Travel Tales

From

Travels With The Hermit Poet

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When feeling alone
I visit snakes in garden
Outcasts-Friends that last

 

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Boots places on stoop
Morning garden duties done
Time to watch moss grow

 

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Year after year
Designing, hauling, digging
Section after section
The hermit painstakingly
created his dream garden

 

*

 

Humble on my knees
Casually pulling weeds
My garden comforts me

 

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Drops summer rain
Heliconia & gingers
No longer thirsty

 

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Garden Tales

 From 

Tropical Garden Stories

 

 

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