Poles keep treat especially for talks (7)
I believe the answer is:
natters
'talks' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'poles keep treat especially' is the wordplay.
'poles' becomes 'ns' (North and South poles).
'keep' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'especially' indicates anagramming the letters.
'treat' with letters rearranged gives 'atter'.
'ns' enclosing 'atter' is 'NATTERS'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for natters that I've seen before include "Talks idly" , "Chatters" .)