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A Blessing Ordained

Kurt Philip Behm

Today is the gift
that tomorrow hides
Alive in the moment
that scripture describes

To live deep inside it
a blessing ordained
To capture this instant
—forever proclaimed

(Radnor Pennsylvania: June, 2022)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXAX XXAX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 207
Words 34
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    Dougla$Irishman
    An excellent 8 line poem about Time.
    With God 100 years is like a day.
    And a day like a 100 years !
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • Kurt Philip Behm
      Kurt Philip Behm
      Yes, time is the great deceiver... Thanks Doug.
      LikeReply1 year ago

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