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Storytellers

All of my scars have a story.
Some I can easily touch. Others I can only feel
below the surface. Some speak of epic yarns
of stubbornness and foolishness.

The wounds I feared most were delivered
by the most talented knife of all, love and loss,
seemingly immune to bandages.

I learned to patch them up with time. In this way
when they open again, as they do, it will be gentle
and they’ll not make such a spectacle.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Time: An adversary and a friend.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How does this theme appeal to you?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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mark

mark

5 months 1 week ago

So true and relative

I think the title could not be more poetic, Micheal.
The theme seems common but the poetry you created makes it unique in poetry.
A pleaure,
Mark

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Ray Miller

5 months 1 week ago

Storytellers

Enjoyed the read. Not sure about "most talented knife", sharpest knife is the obvious, but maybe you want to avoid the obvious - no harm in that.

Rula

Rula

5 months 1 week ago

Hello Michael

you have absolutely hit a nail with this one.
Brilliant!