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History is always seen clearest through poetry.

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good observation, Stan, thanks

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Jun 18Liked by Jonathan Potter

💙

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thanks, Patris

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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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Thank you, Richard

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Jun 18Liked by Jonathan Potter

Quite the odyssey.

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Indeed -- thanks, X. P.

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Jun 18Liked by Jonathan Potter

This!

teetering on the edges of our

own souls' devils’ towers'

pinacles where flowers

grow unseen

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Thank you, Brian

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Jun 19Liked by Jonathan Potter

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

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Jun 20·edited Jun 20Author

Thank you, Mike -- McLuhanesque!

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Jun 19Liked by Jonathan Potter

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

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

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