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Do You Remember Those Seals

do you remember those seals the malleable anchor i told you i would learn to sculpt chiseling the seal you wanted you threatened to fill the bath a freezer for the fish buy a place in the country with a pool far away you would say from any neighbors prying ear where we would all learn to balance balls on our noses where we would clap together to those loved songs we always listened to running down the highway you don't do you perhaps we ran too far i never learned to chisel you never acquired your seal we never gathered pets into our lives evidently, we only attained half memories San Blas 91 The Patient Stones

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Date: 7/22/2023 10:35:00 PM
Timothy, for me your poems go much deeper than they appear on the surface. There are elements of psychology in your works. The romanticism in your work always shines bright as, sometimes, do feelings of loss and missed opportunities; the latter themes are those that I particularly pick up in this poem. Your title drew me in and as always, the location and date where you originally wrote it fascinate. Panama in this instance. Such is my take on things. Loved it by the way! Cheers - Gary
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Date: 7/22/2023 10:58:00 PM
San Blas is a Lido in Nayarit, Mexico....my poems are either my experience, or like Thomas Wolf, it takes more than one person to create a character...we Wordsmiths are sponges in the human condition, we are the messenger but where the achievement comes is in the message, we are secondary to that message. we are poetry, not True Confessions or True Romance...we drive the language to new heights, neology, and metaphors never seen before, twist a double entendre into a new frontier....thank you

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