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August 11, 2023August 5, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Two men

Rocking back & forth

Chewing and spitting tobacco

In no hurry

Quarreling over politics

In America

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August 9, 2023August 5, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Flat tire

Truck driver

Talking on mobile phone

Rapidly Moving jawbone

Pacing in circles

On side of freeway

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585

August 7, 2023August 5, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Lighting candles

Lava Lamp

Black Light

Plugged into electrical outlet

Room

Silent

Except

Sound of turntable

Playing worn vinyl record

Titled

Japanese Masterpieces For The Koto

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584

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Working the land

Hands in dirt

Clipping

Raking

Digging

Cutting

Planting

Harvesting

Spending as much time in garden as I can

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583

July 31, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 3 Comments

1 hour later

Riding

Steering

Ass and back hurts

Still

Trying

To become friends with camel

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582

July 29, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Shoveling

In the pit

Dirty

Sweaty

Work day labor

Does not pay well

No benefits

All I can get

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581

July 27, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Giggling

While small fish

Nibble on my feet

In Atlantic Ocean

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580

July 25, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Fisherman

In small wood boat

On calm lake

Casts his line

While

Drifting

Aimlessly

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579

July 23, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Wall built to separate us

Block by block

We chipped away

Nothing

Stands

In

Our

Way

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July 21, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Sitting in recliner

Hand holding up my head

Just read a couple more pages

Before I go to bed

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577

July 19, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Same old

Same old

Gather at the watering hole

Suck it up

Never Enough greed

Keeps them high

Like speed……………………………………………………………………………………….

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Until coin drops

No more on top

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July 17, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Single mother

Holding her baby

Walks into church

Lights a candle

Prays

Makes a wish

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575

July 15, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Snake charmer

Wanting

More

Rupees

While

 I

Closely

Photograph

Increasingly

Aggressive

Indian Copra

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574

July 13, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

He has lived a very long time

Learned early to block out negative vibes

Consistent

Slow paddle

Walks away from most battles

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July 11, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Independent

Coconut tree

Grows

In its own direction

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July 9, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Souk

Shopkeeper

Offers

Tea

Staff

Rolls out the carpets

Only

For 

Me

Gentle

Haggling

Soon

Tradition 

Will disappear permanently

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July 7, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Slices of time

Journey unfolds

How much can we control?

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July 5, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Ignore Negativity

Stake claim

Spread wings

Like crane

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July 3, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Monday morning

Missing his front teeth

He stood on busy street corner

Laughing at everyone going to work

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July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

No more swagger

Covered in soot

Long ago

Dreams

Crushed

Under

Elephant’s foot

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June 29, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Outdoor

Fish peddler

Must

Sell out

Each day

Or

Perishables

Rot on the tray

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June 27, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Practicing

Mindfulness

Observing

Ants

Dance

On

Terrazzo Floor

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June 25, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Floating rubbish

In the sea

Why do we pollute earth consistently?

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June 23, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Drops summer rain

Heliconia & gingers

No longer thirsty

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June 21, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Three tall trees

In the snow

I’m not alone

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June 19, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Empty beach

Tourists gone home

Sitting on chair

Eating green seedless grapes

Watching tons of Sagassum

Wash onto shore

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June 17, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Not long ago

Families

Gathered

Together

Around

TV

Now

Everyone

Solo

Moving

Thumbs

On

Smartphones

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June 15, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Waist deep

Barefoot

Feeling

Soft 

Sand

Bottom of feet

Between my toes

Counting

100 steps

Turn around

Back and forth

Walking meditation

In

Atlantic Ocean

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June 13, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Harvest Time

Migrant workers

Go row to row

Loading

Buckets

Full

Of

Tomatoes

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June 11, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Sound of garden gong

Birds sing drink eat seeds fly by

Silent butterflies

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June 9, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Egypt

Call to prayer

Camel and man

On the desert sand

He kneels down to pray

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June 7, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Moss hangs low from ficus tree

Slow grow

No place to go

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June 5, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Large cup of Kava

Stumbled outside

Found wood bench

Took a nap

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June 3, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Pelican feeds

Small fish breed

Baby sea turtles

Take off into sea

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553

June 1, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The Dandy

Walks off the bus

Gracefully

Opens his umbrella

Strolls

Like he stepped off a private jet

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May 30, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Coppersmith

 Pounds

 Metal

All day long

Creating

Souvenirs

Sold to tourists

Keeping

Traditional

Craftsmanship

Alive

Allowing

Workers to survive

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May 28, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Bending down

Pulling weeds

Picking up

Gigantic

Sea grape tree leaves

Natural

Garden

Exercise

Relaxes

Me

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May 26, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Tangier

International City

Cavernous hotel bar 

Full of unusual characters

Barely remember

Was it her smile and perfume?

Or

Exotic African & Middle Eastern music?

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May 24, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Rode Ferris wheel

Round and Round

Never looked down

Plenty of honey

1/4 ashes

Midlife

Looking back

Great ¾

Forget

Disasters

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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

 

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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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