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Prose and poetry by the writer, J H Martin.

Edge Of Humanity Magazine: False Flags

2024-03-27 18:30
False Flags Edge of Humanity Magazine is an online platform that features writing, photography, and artwork that deals with all aspects of the human condition, as well as the pressing socia… Read More

Never Never – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-03-21 00:00
Never Never This land is broken The grass and trees Are thick Startled by its demons A path cannot be found Wandering Stumbling A starving pack Has gathered Their teeth sharp Their nature c… Read More
Edge Of Humanity Magazine: En Pente

Edge Of Humanity Magazine: En Pente

2024-03-11 13:03
En Pente Edge of Humanity Magazine is an online platform that features writing, photography, and artwork that deals with all aspects of the human condition, as well as the pressing social i… Read More

Lent – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-03-07 00:00
Lent The first sight of March Can be too much The rain brings with it New blades New needles To scrape the calcium New injections For the pain My window Misted I sit and listen To the downp… Read More

Parade – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-03-05 00:00
Parade Present a flower Lie to the soul There is No end to this The seasons Will take the bloom The winds Will scatter the scent Its name Will be forgotten Standing by A concrete bench I wa… Read More

Only Human – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-02-27 00:07
Only Human There is no call There is no mail Not from the Photograph Not from the Time between My love That experience Will not return Not from that country Far away Not from this moment Ke… Read More

Fluid – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-02-20 00:00
Fluid How much can I give When it is never enough The water does not reply It becomes the pond Which becomes the mirror Not for the answer To my question But for the heavy rain © J H… Read More

Pine Green – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-02-15 00:00
Pine Green Under the branches I watch the rain fall The cleaning is over The broom put away With nothing to do But wait for the date I pull up my hood And fix my focus Magpie Sparrowhawk I… Read More

Spring Chime – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-02-07 00:07
Spring Chime In this clear blue February Is that a fighter jet I see Could be near Could be far I don’t know The map has tilted sideways And the bell has lost its chime Too old to fig… Read More

Greetings – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-02-05 16:01
Greetings Which greeting Should I use Between the calendar And the Spring A letter A card A handwritten note Wiping my coat I spread out the wax This moment This cloth This grey winter pati… Read More
Edge Of Humanity Magazine: Eye To Eye

Edge Of Humanity Magazine: Eye To Eye

2024-01-30 16:00
Eye to Eye Edge of Humanity Magazine is an online platform that features writing, photography, and artwork that deals with all aspects of the human condition, as well as the pressing s… Read More

North East – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-01-25 00:25
North East I can smell plum I can taste snow The mountain Might not have woken But the sound of the stream Is growing louder Wrapping my coat Around this cold frame I walk towards the storm… Read More
Snow Plum – A Poem By J H Martin

Snow Plum – A Poem By J H Martin

2024-01-22 00:22
Snow Plum My cold My January Though the notes Are there They cannot be heard For the mist That covers this mind It descends on Everything The frosted pine The frozen ground The breath betwe… Read More
Mad Swirl: Shadow Painting

Mad Swirl: Shadow Painting

2024-01-20 08:58
Mad Swirl: Shadow Painting This mad swirlin’ creative outlet is a place to showcase the many diverse artists in this big, blue, beat-utiful world of ours and to get this madness into… Read More

Mountain Song – A Poem By J H Martin

2023-12-15 00:05
Mountain Song Today We climb different peaks Tonight We gaze at the same moon Without a destination Without an expected time of arrival There is No end to this beginning And there is No beg… Read More

Some Thing – A Poem By J H Martin

2023-12-14 00:04
Some Thing If I can’t sit I will walk Shake the dust From my bones Stretch the Ligament warm No need For a dopamine hit No need For a bottle Or pill They are for yesterday Not for the… Read More

Eleven – A Poem By J H Martin

2023-11-15 00:11
Eleven Cold night Frosted moon Winter Has arrived now I stretch my legs I work my knees That muscle change classic It calms the breath It mends the focus It empties what I do not need Come… Read More
Edge Of Humanity Magazine: Kaishakunin

Edge Of Humanity Magazine: Kaishakunin

2023-10-26 18:22
Kaishakunin Edge of Humanity Magazine is an online platform that features writing, photography, and artwork that deals with all aspects of the human condition, as well as the pressing socia… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (XIX)

2023-09-25 23:06
August Brocade XIX I’ve travelled far But find the world small The heavens Do not appear any larger The path remains quiet The ancient present The bright silver moon Is the tip of a h… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (XVIII)

2023-09-20 23:21
August Brocade XVIII There are No castanets No bottle gourd I make do With what is left A smile from a child A handwritten note Spring flowers For my autumn © J H Martin Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (XVII)

Poetry: August Brocade (XVII)

2023-09-18 23:09
August Brocade XVII What now What then What ever I throw the badge Into the stream There is no need To spin a web No need to Step across the burn It will go Where it goes And where it has A… Read More

Poetry: On The Edge

2023-09-03 23:03
On the Edge Edge of Humanity Magazine is an online platform that features writing, photography, and artwork that deals with all aspects of the human condition, as well as the pressing socia… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (XVI)

2023-08-24 23:05
August Brocade XVI A hilltop farm A gravel path I knock gently On the cabin door Far from the city And its industry It feels good To take off my boots And put down my heavy pack Together &n&helli…Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (XV)

2023-08-23 23:03
August Brocade XV Maps I do not recognise Signposts I reject Left becomes right And right becomes left The way Is straight ahead © J H Martin Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (XIV)

Poetry: August Brocade (XIV)

2023-08-22 23:03
August Brocade XIV Tonight There is no bridge to cross No cowhide clothes to wear Our day has gone I spoiled the wine The kingdom gates are locked Staring at the silver river I raise this c… Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (XIII)

Poetry: August Brocade (XIII)

2023-08-22 18:22
August Brocade XIII My summer plans Have come and gone They did not slow the sun Walking with the August wind I do not hope to reach home first © J H Martin Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (XII)

2023-08-21 23:02
August Brocade XII The hills lift up The valley green The black cows form A diagonal Relax Breathe in Deeper still These paths They wander Where they will In tones of blue And shades of ora… Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (XI)

Poetry: August Brocade (XI)

2023-08-20 23:01
August Brocade XI When people ask What do you do I reply I’m doing fine Of course Some If not most Do not understand They ask Why I’m not concerned Pointing upwards at the sky I… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (X)

2023-08-17 23:08
August Brocade X On the table next to me The rice wine smells foul It is hard to believe That I hadn’t noticed Of course I can see the loop now How it was cut And what stitched it tog… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (IX)

2023-08-16 23:07
August Brocade IX The road to the north Floods the embankment With dreams My hopes and my fears They shimmer in the headlights My soft coat – a pillow The world drifts out of view I h… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (VIII)

2023-08-15 23:06
August Brocade VIII Chatter chatter Goes the crowd Taking swipes Looking down What is the narrative For all these changes What is going to happen In the next episode West East North South T… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (VII)

2023-08-14 23:05
August Brocade VII Opening and setting out The moss clears from the door No crutch No sword No pouch of dreams The rain has washed the morning fresh Rolling thoughts between my fingers I wa… Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (VI)

Poetry: August Brocade (VI)

2023-08-13 23:02
August Brocade VI I don’t have a line I don’t have a verse I only have a question How many mice Can you save From a hungry cat? © J H Martin Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (V)

Poetry: August Brocade (V)

2023-08-10 23:01
August Brocade V When it rains I sit beneath A mountain cherry And wait for it clear No wine No song No dew-drop tears I am not the man I was Sitting here Watching listening The grey fades… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (IV)

2023-08-09 23:01
August Brocade IV Two old friends talked A thousand miles apart The distance between them As clear as it once was close Not one other person Remembers their conversation But sometimes in Au… Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (III)

Poetry: August Brocade (III)

2023-08-08 23:09
August Brocade III From the light of the lantern I paint with shadows A young woman from Kunming A model from Tokyo Loose and not dense I do not need the details Their flickering strokes Op… Read More

Poetry: August Brocade (II)

2023-08-07 23:08
August Brocade II When the rain is heavy The pond overflows When the full moon appears The silver birch glisten Buffeted by The strong August winds I take off my pack And throw it away This… Read More
Poetry: August Brocade (I)

Poetry: August Brocade (I)

2023-08-06 23:07
August Brocade I The summer days quicken As autumn appears This Tuesday This Wednesday I stitch at their pace This forty This fifty They spool with silk thread This clear moon This tiger A… Read More

Poetry: Thank You

2023-08-03 23:03
Thank You I pluck peaches From fresh air And paint them with pictures Long forgotten By the busy town I don’t mind if no one sees them Their flashes are my blue sky This blind faith … Read More
Poetry: 昙花一现

Poetry: 昙花一现

2023-08-02 23:02
昙花一现 That face That figure They are but Dust on the mirror No Don’t try to be clever These words will not help If I start heading north I won’t arriv… Read More

Poetry: Five Fields

2023-08-01 23:02
Five Fields Behind the river I stand alone Watching the moment Passing through me Bell bottom Drunk High as a kite How many lifetimes ago The decades bent The clear bottle shards The taperi… Read More

Poetry: XIX

2023-07-31 23:01
XIX This year I will be direct I will not take The route that I am given I will take a card And turn it over And say exactly what I see A blonde-haired man Sits upon a horse His gaze fixed… Read More

Poetry: Home Truths

2023-07-30 23:01
Home Truths Far from the profits But not the prices I watch the Morning light appear Back from the city And its crowded transport I can taste fresh air again A small thing Perhaps A good th… Read More

Poetry: Hot Summer Night

2023-07-27 23:08
Hot Summer Night My account Is running out fast The summer Has all but ended The news is not good The heat is extreme My shoulder disturbs me It keeps me from sleep Sitting back down By the… Read More

Poetry: 修持

2023-07-26 23:07
修持 In July When the rain stops I pick up the wooden sword The movements appear The dance resumes Doubt no longer swirls in the gloom From east to west and in all directions Th… Read More

Poetry: Instinct

2023-07-25 23:06
Instinct I cut the mesh But it will not move It does not know Its head from tail In and out The snake winds itself Trapping itself tight Again I try To help it free But still it will not go… Read More
Poetry: See You

Poetry: See You

2023-07-24 23:05
See You A rooftop of birds A small bag of rice A band for my shoulder And a hungry old cat That is the view Four thirty-six Outside I sit down with my tea And I watch a plane cross the sky… Read More
Poetry: Searching

Poetry: Searching

2023-07-23 23:02
Searching Red lines the clouds And mud lines the path The day sinks with the fading light And with every step I take I look to the left and I look to the right I hear the tune from a bambo… Read More

Poetry: 在答复

2023-07-20 23:01
在答复 My friend This will come As no surprise But I have learned What you told me I have ended up Back where I started And the world has Turned away Of course Sometimes I… Read More
Poetry: Chrysanthemum

Poetry: Chrysanthemum

2023-07-19 23:02
Chrysanthemum I lie down beside The sleeping giant To smoke And then watch My dream burn away This cathedral of light These walls without walls As brilliant as blue As perfect as pink This… Read More

Poetry: Golden Thread

2023-07-18 23:09
Golden Thread With early July The heat arrives And the world begins to slow Likewise I take off my coat And put my boots away There is no need for extra things The red poppies bloom And the… Read More
Poetry: La Même Chaleur

Poetry: La Même Chaleur

2023-07-17 23:08
La Même Chaleur Is it? Or is it not? It is hard to know I have read some But I’m not convinced And I have read others Which leave me concerned It is complex This violent structu… Read More
Poetry: Country Idle

Poetry: Country Idle

2023-07-16 23:07
Country Idle White gull Blue sky Early morning Right now Is the only time I feel at home here Listening to a Muntjac Drinking coffee Waiting for the people to stir Right now There are no ch… Read More

Poetry: Disrupt

2023-07-13 23:00
Disrupt It is true Only certain people Need to know about Certain things It is false The focus Placed upon the dots And not upon the light Infinity Glasses Tear away cameras Chinese woodblo… Read More
Poetry: Un Sueño De Día.

Poetry: Un Sueño De Día.

2023-07-12 23:03
Un Sueño de Día The hours feel The shoulder aches The day passes With flowers With oil With royal herbs I bathe my regrets And dress my dreams With corrected opportunity Tok… Read More

Poetry: 虎骨

2023-07-11 23:02
虎骨 Next week It will be ten A new set of bones Old and burned white By the dead tiger moon Will I climb up? Or will I stand down? I don’t think there’s a choice Or… Read More

Poetry: Variations

2023-07-10 23:01
Variations With nothing To tether to I have started To drift Far back And far away Far from the seconds Which stretch and then twist Far from the minutes Which open out to the hours Far fro… Read More
Parasocial – A Poem By J H Martin

Parasocial – A Poem By J H Martin

2023-06-30 11:06
Parasocial To be content with little Can be hard To be content with nothing Is even harder still I guess that is The way of things now I have no job No money for travel And I have no friend… Read More

Mad Swirl: Day Shift

2023-06-03 08:37
Day Shift This mad swirlin’ creative outlet is a place to showcase the many diverse artists in this big, blue, beat-utiful world of ours and to get this madness into as many heads as… Read More

OK / Crap – A Poem By J H Martin

2023-05-30 23:02
OK / Crap At first I think it’s OK But Looking again I think that it’s crap This new chair that will break This cigarette that will burn This phone that will out-date This glass… Read More
Night Lights (Future Garage Mix)

Night Lights (Future Garage Mix)

2023-05-28 23:09
Night LightsMix – DJ Bamboo Tracklist Phantomyst – Together Burial – Rival Dealer (Cultrow Bootleg) TeRL – Murky Sky Synkro – Lunar Cycle (Phase One) ⅄ L… Read More
Sin Forma – A Poem By J H Martin

Sin Forma – A Poem By J H Martin

2022-11-14 00:02
Sin Forma A reflection A thought A memory That is what These words are One image placed On top of another It could be true Or maybe not It depends on Which way I look at it From over the wa… Read More
Suzie – A Short Film Soundtrack

Suzie – A Short Film Soundtrack

2022-11-01 17:02
Suzie An Imaginary Short Film Soundtrack Tracklist Interlude – Shigeru Umebayashi Shore Leave – Tom Waits Delilah – Clifford Brown and Max Roach Channel 1 Suite – Th… Read More

Poetry: A New Coat

2022-10-13 16:13
A New Coat Cold wind Late September These worn soles Lead to bad knees And this wax Has all but gone I know I could But I am not confident The flakes in my pocket Have become a pouch And th… Read More

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