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Stanley Wotring's avatar

History is always seen clearest through poetry.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

good observation, Stan, thanks

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Patris's avatar

💙

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

thanks, Patris

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Richbee's avatar

Birch bark canoe paddle dips in the high and low waters but moves forward and frayed tow rope can be cordage made tight to lift and traverse the tidings pull back and forth. Sculpture faces blown from Native Americans mountain see the plains but trails remain illusive in ways and means of division between forest trees branches that have a wide breach and yet bend down with weight of a knapsack.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Richard

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Quite the odyssey.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Indeed -- thanks, X. P.

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Brian Funke's avatar

This!

teetering on the edges of our

own souls' devils’ towers'

pinacles where flowers

grow unseen

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Brian

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Mike Speriosu's avatar

You are a master of the pause. You understand that figure and background go together.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Mike -- McLuhanesque!

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Thomas Rist's avatar

Love this, Jonathan. There seem to be synergies around Substack... I’ll be releasing a somewhat devil-inflected poem tomorrow...

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Thomas -- I'm looking forward to taking a look at it soon

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