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Bill Adler's avatar

Charles Shultz was a genius.

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Jason McBride's avatar

He truly understood human nature better than just about anyone.

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David's avatar

certainly was - the subtle emotional pulls, so good.

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

I absolutely love both the haiku and the poem following!

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Connie Earhart's avatar

Tree roots intertwined, holding each other up 💕. Beautiful

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thanks! I'm never sure how these things will come out in the end. I'm grateful that you saw the beauty there.

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Palimpsestic's avatar

I have come back to reread this, where else can you find such radical thoughts:

"no love is sweeter than the clinging of bodies that are

hard and soft in all the wrong places. Nothing is more erotic

than the touch of comfort and safety."

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thank you! I never know if my ideas are radical or just weird until long after I let them out into the world.

I'm honored that you spent the time to come back to this.

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Nathan Davila's avatar

Loved it Jason! It's wild. I sat down with my computer to type up an entry for a nature magazine - the prompt is to write about being way off trail surrounded by wildlife. And your page was here on my browser, writing about trees lol. New word of the day: Dalliances.

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thanks Nathan! I feel like once you get it into your mind to create something, the universe has a way of sending you signals and nudges to keep you going until you make the thing.

I hope the magazine loves your submission!

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Nathan Davila's avatar

Totally - like tuning the dial on a radio :)

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Sanjukt's avatar

Brilliant.

Thank you Dascha, for introducing me to this.

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Jenise Cook's avatar

Your poem is perfection, Jason. It resonates in my heart!

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Raphy Mendoza's avatar

Beautiful poem 🖤. Reminds me of the Rilke poem about Marriage, and being the guardian of each other’s solitude.

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Jason McBride's avatar

Thank you! I don't think I know that poem, I'll have to check it out.

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