My Heart Was Saying One Thing, My Mind Another...
Some things you just know — like the feeling I get when looking at my children or the way I felt the first time I looked into the Grand Canyon. Some experiences are too strong for reason or words.... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 15 hours ago
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Words left borrowed
heavy on the heart
Actions defaulting
stillborn and dark
Pawning the foundling
orphan on loan
Love unbequested
— dying alone
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 day ago
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Libby’s Retreat
January, 2056
It was January 2056, and Rays membership to Libby’s Health & Romance Retreat was about to run out in just two more weeks. ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 day ago
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Cathedral Mosque
or Synagogue
their masquerade
the same
Preaching what
they don’t believe
the Good Lord
to profane
Christians Jews
and Muslims share
their hate for
other faiths
Self-righteous ire
scriptures burn
as blood flows
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Johnny stood in the dark alone. High above everything he would now leave behind, he took that last step — the one that would define him forever and reshape in an instant who he would then become.
Johnny was a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 days ago
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Protection is the veil
— that keeps enlightenment out
(From ‘The Road:’ April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 2 days ago
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‘My Oldest And Dearest Friend’
It’s hard to explain the organic quality of a road unless you’ve been down it. Perhaps on a Motorcycle, in the dark and the rain, sometimes afraid, but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 days ago
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Does your life then come together
front to back
or
back to front
It takes years to clearly see
that both
directions
are a ruse
Life revolving as a circle
with you
inside
its center
All phases caught in a whirlpool’s tide
that ebbs
and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 days ago
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Gray Mountain, Arizona
October 2nd, 1995
Out of gas again! The chill that ran down the back of my neck when passing that last open gas... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 3 days ago
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I love it so
but stay away …
the mountains
prairies and streams
Each morning
the magic unveiling again
each night
a sky covered in dreams
I love it so
but stay away …
the cry of the wolf
in the snow
A warning to transients
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Three Forks Montana
July 22nd, 1998
Headed south from Helena on Rt. #287, it was early on a bright sunny afternoon and I needed to stop. The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 days ago
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Before I knew the answers
life was one big question
Wonder hid round every turn
laughter as my Muse
As answers came the questions left
each day like that before
Laughter but an echoed wish
wonder lost — unfound
(Villanova University:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 5 days ago
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“Truth
a distraction”
the media pouts
Constricting
those voices
trying to shout
Dumber
than dumb
brain dead by degree
Digging new graves
for the few
— still left free
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 6 days ago
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What if you die
with no knowledge you’re dead
in the ground or the oven
no tears to be shed
What if you die
with the door closing tight
memoriam ended
devoid of the light
But what if you die
and a Voice filters through
a Voice you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 7 days ago
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Like wine
deep in the racks
poems
carefully age
Each of a
vintage
a time and a place
— labeled to consume
(The Rathskeller: July, 2015)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 8 days ago
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The righteous
may struggle
the righteous may fall
But Hell
only exists
— in a place without love
(1st Book Of Prayers: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 8 days ago
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Tollgates on redemption road
calling out my name
Turnstiles of a fated past ...
exiting the blame
Looking back all fares are paid
new pathways to begin
Eyes now closing, heart at rest
— salvation free within
(My Son Trystan & I —... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 9 days ago
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Jimi’s grand apology
hidden in the words
In lyrics of his soul’s lament
Mary’s name is heard
The Jacks are in their boxes
as midnight plays its chord
Music sighing whispers red
— Queen still untoward
(The New Room: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 10 days ago
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An enigma
wrapped in mystery
covered in secrets
risking hell
A legend
from the ages
bereft of sages
casting spells
The message
nondescriptive
in ephemera
laden tongues
Lucy in the sky
bejeweling
screaming deafness
— silence won
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 days ago
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The aftermath
of war …
the only
true peace
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 11 days ago
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When form betroths function
— the honeymoon awaits
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 12 days ago
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The philosophy
of language
its essence
rephrased
The alpha
and beta
unknown
without names
All dialects
freeing
the sound
of the ink
Without words
and their meaning
could
— we ever think
(Villanova University: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 12 days ago
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When you no longer
carry
the burden of proof
true freedom
— in the wind
(Dundale: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 13 days ago
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Silence ignited
sound into kindling
Sign language robots
— ears set afire
(The New Room: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 14 days ago
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Everest
makes brothers
of the fiercest
enemies
of the most
distant strangers
of the worst
ill intended
of the lost
— and the found
(Kathmandu: May, 1982)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 15 days ago
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Freedom
without
conflict …
wishfully
thinking
Liberty
triumphs
at the point
of a
sword
The way
it’s been
since
the very
beginning
Give me
one
example
disproving
— my words
(Wayne V.F.W: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 15 days ago
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The windmill is ready
the wind is not
Breezes far distant
never reaching the spot
Change in the offing
consent from within
One breath pouring outward
— and blades start to spin
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 16 days ago
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To stand in
Your shadow
its welcoming rim
Surrounding
my calling
to lead me within
Your aura
completes me
and lights up my way
To follow
undaunted
—Your love on display
(1st Book Of Prayers: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 16 days ago
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I know it’s
written
I don’t know
why
The heavens
tremble
as poet’s
cry
To stand
anointed
in love’s
review
And pose
one question
rephrased
— anew
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 16 days ago
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Itching
itching
nowhere
to scratch
Rambling
rambling
balling
the jack
Freight car
open
voices
interred
The brakeman
singing
"Turn
"Turn
"Turn"
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 17 days ago
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Distance
is different
spurning
direction
The miles
a marriage
time
has divorced
Spaces
concurrent
flowing
together
As coming
and going
fade in
— remorse
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 18 days ago
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Suffering fools
comes with the territory
— any true writer to know
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 19 days ago
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I didn’t stay young
but I never got old
My cards often weak
when watching you fold
I sailed into weather
the saltiest balked
And bit off big pieces
while walking my talk
I painted with brushes
DaVinci had blessed
And wandered and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 19 days ago
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Truth needs no audience
or vows of acceptance
The eagle flies highest
— when flying alone
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 19 days ago
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Living
is earned
Dying
— is free
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 20 days ago
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Touching
without feeling
Looking
without seeing
Talking
without saying
Lost
— in the dark
(Villanova University: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 21 days ago
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No more
Mothballs and cedar assault my nose
The dust mites and stale air dry my throat
A wardrobe that is just that
The lion roars no more
Neutered and robbed of his fire
The last time the words were read
In the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 21 days ago
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In days of wonder
I wander alone
Lost in the transition
of being myself
Lost in the memory
of all that I’ve missed
Lost in the reasons
that chase me from sleep
Lost in the moment
today would deny
In days of wonder
— I wander alone
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 22 days ago
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Freedom without question
Truth without doubt
Love without heartache
Hope without pain
Truth without question
Freedom without doubt
Light without darkness
— fault without blame
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 22 days ago
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Do nothings
wth tenure
poseurs sublime
Their barrels
sit empty
coated
with lime
The space
they take up
much better off
closed
For those
they have
poisoned
— Hades to know
(Haverford College: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 23 days ago
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Not an academic
Poet
Not a tenement
Poet
Not a beat or a blues
or a church Poet
Not a famous or infamous
or celebrity Poet
Not an Irish or Basque
or Welsh Poet
Not a formal
Poet
Not a casual
Poet
Not the kind that takes
to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 23 days ago
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The gravity
of space
The gravity
of time
Forging
perspectives
Relative
in kind
Newtonian
dogma
At sixteen
he knew
By curving
the axis
It changes
— the view
(The New Room: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 24 days ago
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Complexity wrapped
in simpler terms
Untying its ribbon
— freeing the words
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 24 days ago
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The arrogance
of conscription
the blasphemy
of denial
Abraham
shouting high above
to dam
the bloody Nile
We speak with words
deceptive
to try and steal
the peace
As blasphemy
that self destructs
in arrogance
— repeats
(The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 24 days ago
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She whispers in the night
to waiting dreamers
She whispers in the night
where tears have shed
She whispers in the night
to hearts abandoned
She whispers in the night
— and wakes the dead
(Ryszard & I: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 25 days ago
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America’s
faded glory
the polo field
reminds
Of years
of fleeting greatness
and hopes that lived
in kind
A child walks
the ball field
where ponies
used to tread
With memories
buried deep below
their grandeur
— all but dead
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 25 days ago
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Heaven
has no doorbell
Salvation
has no ring
The call redemptive
from inside
Where Angels
— flock to sing
(1st Book Of Prayers: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 26 days ago
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Able to take change
in smaller increments …
the total overwhelms
The pieces digested
in tiny fragments
absconding from the realm
— Breaking it down —
taming the maelstrom
hail turns into rain
The whole reemerging
inside my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 27 days ago
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Living in the zoo
hunting in the jungle
Dying in the space between
— buried in the past
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 28 days ago
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Preaching to the choir
one more like will do
Beating the last dying horse
postings stay as new
I’ll read yours if you’ll read mine
lined up in the queue
I’ll say yes if you agree
— who is kidding who
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 28 days ago
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Passing mile marker 75
I start to get young again
Reversing the clock the faster I go
Rod Serling fills his pen
At mile marker 80 my hair is back
my vision clear and free
And reaching 100 I’m safe in the womb
— returning unto Thee
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 29 days ago
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It happened
once
It happened
forever
But never ever
— again
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 month ago
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When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can see the words
Shaped and formed
with wings
of gold
freeing what I’ve heard
When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can taste the wind
Calling forth
my hopes and dreams
— tendered from within... – by Kurt Philip Behm, | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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The chosen
tone deaf
to their fortune
Musicians
their heads
in the sand
The roadies
eat pizza
still frozen
While Angels
play bass
in the band
Indulgence
the pick
on their fretboard
Entranced
by the lure
of the bong
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 month ago
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A thousand answers
one last question
— why
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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You can’t close the door
that opens inside
Or bottle the morrow
today seeks to hide
You can’t erase feelings
like words on a page
Or trap a new lover
— with yesterday’s cage
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by KurtPhilipBehm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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That voice
from the wilderness
Nearer
than far
Close distant
reminder
We are
— who we are
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)
Looking Back
One final look
one final stare
The face looking back
the face of despair
One final time
one final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 month ago
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Spitting into the ocean
hoping it would rise
Wrapped in the flag of tomorrow’s retreat
the past and its minions reprise
One more straw on the hay pile
not worth a tinker’s damn
Wishing and hoping with my last breath
to free the words
— I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Apocalypse kindles
relighting the fire
Malignant denominators
melt from above
Savior disdained
pontificate’s stain
Tomorrow endemic
— in nuclear love
(The New Room: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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A lotta times
it ain’t good
and it ain’t bad
— it’s what it is
(Blue Front Café: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Commercial success
the lie of tomorrow
Wrapped in the death
— of today
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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Transmuting the past
denying the future
Reliving the moment
— time after time
(The New Room: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Shooting my classmate’s brother
(that war within a war)
I sat next to him at The Point
still targeting him sure
More than blood will flow this day
memory also dies
As honor sells its soul in vain
— each headstone marks the lie
(Maryville... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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Are you willing to shoulder
the burden that was left
by those no longer heard
To write those things
they never wrote
inspired by their every word
To take that next step
they never took
to reach beyond their grasp
Clearing the way... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Egos
not armies
destroy the Crown
Arrogance
reletting
the blood
The Emperor
naked
upon its back
Odysseus
in
— from the wood
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Stars reflect
the light inside you
Their galaxy
our soul’s domain
New constellations
wait unchristened
To burn inside
— each heart to name
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 month ago
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Embrace
the moment
forever alive
Hell
freezing over
— damnation proscribed
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 month ago
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Sea change
written
— on the face of denial
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Callous rows gone fallow
human touch embraced
Hate uprooted — Love replanted
tilled in Heaven’s grace
(Dreamdleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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I’m tired of people
slinging hash
and calling it Haute Cuisine
The Emperor naked
behind the mirror
where truth still reigns supreme
Waiting for accolades
pity more apt
so they again can void
Leaving their excrement
out on display
—... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Psychopath
Sociopath
Neuropath’s
remind
Every ‘path’
an open route
locked inside
our minds
Empathy
Antipathy
Pathological
liars
Waiting there
to mark the way
as circumstance
— requires
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Your wounds bleed past tomorrow
an inconvenient truth
Unsutured blame — till death reclaims
its healing absolute
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Dying
the most private thing
anyone can do
Goodbye
said a final time
exit sign in view
Living
so attached to death
symbiotic twins
Leaving
with your soul alive
— blessed to rebegin
(Dreamleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Attract them
with tomorrow
but give them today
Entrance them
with verses
that pause and delay
The moment
resplendent
divorcing from time
To marry
with wonder
— those hoping to find
(The New Room: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Sometimes …
there’s one poem
that opens your mind
And clears out
the cobwebs
that gather in kind
The words
defy entropy
speaking as one
And pushing you
forward
— their mission is done
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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We’ve all been crippled
in different ways
To hobble or stumble
alone in our pain
No one is reprieved
as years take their toll
Till that day we return
one body — one soul
(1st Book Of Prayers: March, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Disarmed
Bullets fall silent
against words
well chosen
Their caliber
muted
— the target on fire
(Villanova University: March, 2024)
Stuck In Gear
Motion
not an absolute
The world
is never still
Inertia
tries to write... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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My Father died at 63
I’m now 75
I remember the day
I turned 63
Thinking I would finally know
What he knew
Be able to feel what he felt
See what he saw
And to be who he was
But I wasn’t a decorated
World War 2 Marine
The last of his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 1 month ago
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Answering The Past
I tell you what
you ask me why
Inside this ring
of time disguised
Two hundred reasons
passing go
Retracing steps
— of long ago
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)
Forever Now
Make your bed with today
no one’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 month ago
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Speak of the devil
he will appear
Trailing your thoughts
relining your fears
Tail of the dragon
wages of sin
Your ninth life in ashes
— fire within
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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She believed in Astrology
he believed in her
Their White House chart in symbols strange
whose doctrine ebbed and flowed
She believed the stars made sense
her love had made him blind
To what his darkest fears had robbed
— a modern day Tom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Through the eye of the needle
Not to the left or the right
Dodging both on the comets tail
I streak into the light
My last wish out in front
As words melt in a fiery contrail
And with only one question
To weaken my heart
With only one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 month ago
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If you use the word languish
I’m stopping my read
When you speak the word nurture
I’m far from intrigued
If I hear you say milieu
I run for the door
Or when you spout genre
my ears to abhor
They’re chosen to impress
when the meaning is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Thinkful Wishing
“Age but a number”
if only that were true
Yesterday reborn again
— memories renewed
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Moments Beyond Time
In search of fresh meat
the future will come
Hour predestined
the hunt zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Innocent tonight
— guilt waits with the dawn
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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In a fantasyland
of their own creation
politicians spawn
Spreading their eggs of division
and lies
among bottom feeding pawns
Propagating treason
corruption and graft
to freely flow downstream
Carrying our destiny
over the falls
— of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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Life’s meandering journey …
mapped by a fool
Clairvoyant foretelling
the dilettante’s tool
Around every corner
the road twists and bends
A marble or diamond
— but choice to portend
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Present Unwrapped
Plan for tomorrow
live for today
the moment redeeming
future caches
Say what you mean
do what you say
the circle enclosing
— truth on display
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Palace Rules
No worse enemy
than... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Left To Wander
Confusion’s underbelly
frustration’s embryo
Orphaned seeds of black and white
spread where nothing grows
Choices wander celibate
new pregnancy unfound
Up or down left to right
— dubiety impounds
(The New Room: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Casting Off The Bow Line
Goodbye
my unwed darling
I’m married
to this dream
Freedom
calling out to me
betrothal thus
redeemed
Bachelorhood
a Siren’s calling
Feted tween
the sails
Truant winds
to act upon
Legends
tell the tale... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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When faith is abandoned
we live on old dreams
In time captured wastelands
barren demeaned
Believing the tattler
and spinner of lies
Desperation is sainted
epistles decry
“Music plays in keys of pain
shouting from below
Missals singed in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 months ago
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From The Coal Mine …
Liars …
early prophets
of impending doom
(The New Room: February, 2024)
The Moment Shared
We often forget
wrapped up
in our own drama
— that everyone feels the same
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Conation
Have you tilted the axis
on a new tomorrow
Have you changed with intention
— the direction of time
(The New Room: February, 2024)
Round Peg — Square Holes
The poetry of mathematics
— oxymoronic at best
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Rays Of Light
Information contextual
never absolute
Naked in isolation
relative and moot
Inspiration celestial
gifted from the throne
Sending rays to light the dark
— truth to stand alone
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Science
One... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Mors Spiritualis
Spiritual pornography
who is to blame
The prophets the poets
lascivious shame
With prurient verses
stark naked their prose
Defaming what’s virgin
their lust to impose
And when they have finished
exposing their ruse
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Living Well — Dying Well
precepts of destiny
bookends of fate
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
+ —
Patience and time
Courage or fear
Pleasure then pain
Smiles and tears
Future and past
Joy or remorse
Vision when blind
Blessing or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Politics and war
twin pillars of conflict
“Charge into weakness
retreat if there’s strength”
High in the tower
dividing to conquer
Fate looking down
— as your destiny waits
(The New Room: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Closing his eyes
one last time
a man can finally see
Opening his heart
time undone
feelings Joie de Vivre
Moving beyond
future and past
returning to the source
Hearing that voice
bathed in the Light
— love his Tour de Force
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The quicksand of anticipation
— the fire below
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Chameleosis
A changing experience
— is not an experience of change
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Dark Feelings
Captive of emotion
— prisoner of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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He died
the day before
his birth
the curse had worked again
Generations
in the womb
their feticide
a last amen
The garden path
a stepford trap
whose fruit trees
bear the scorn
Enoch built
to hide the curse
the Mark of Cain
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Camels in the
brush
Memories in the
fire
Voices in the
wind
Panic in the
mire
Messages
conflict
Enemy
conspires
First shot
breaks the silence
Last shot
— lights the pyre
(The New Room: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 2 months ago
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Future horizons
tomorrow in embers
Sparks in the distance
— time set on fire
(The New Room: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Adding together
numbers and colors
red + 7 sku’d
Living in another
event horizon
yellow + 1 = Q
Orange + 31
sweetness defined
Euclidian paradox
Counting + feeling
the universe prime
— nth truth outside the box
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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The timid
find courage
in the well
— of another’s fear
(Valley Forge Park: February, 2024)
Call Me Ishmael
Mediocre writing
spawns editing
The Great Works
— born unchanged
‘Thoughts of: Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, John Lennon,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Poetry
secured in beauty …
carved high in a tree
Branches
spread and offer cover
of your history
Winter
comes and bares the promise
Spring will shade anew
Seasons
in the bark awaiting
— progeny to view
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Real poets don’t make lasting friends
they shun fraternity
Their truth like gritty sandpaper
abrasive when intoned
The reader may be gratified
with what the words uncover
More likely though the pain involved
— will cut them to the bone
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No matter how many times
you set the world on fire
Never forget
— where you store the matches
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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One More Day
Always amazing
how well this life
goes right on without us
New images tread
where shadows have fled
old memories in the dust
Nothing left behind
but words to remind
we chased the Tiger sure
Out of the jungle
into the light
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A place though small enough to write
— still big enough to dream
(State College Hotel: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 0 Views added 2 months ago
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New Keys
Will I do it justice
will I find the words
Unlocking tomorrow
— with phrases unheard
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Counting Inward
It’s never about
the number of words
Only the meaning
— and truth to be heard
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The world God’s illusion
deceiving Himself
Birthing a metaphor
sleight of His hand
Time as the smokescreen
veiling the folly
Escape our salvation
—transcendent Divine
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Poet’s see beyond the cosmos
that’s why they’re revered
Poet’s leave the final time zone
past and future cleared
Poet’s bow to one volition
high above the clouds
Poet’s live in love’s reflection
— beauty to enshroud
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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One choice and circumstance
set us apart
Forever divergent
forever two hearts
One lasting reminder
of what can’t be fixed
The eggshells lay scattered
the pieces all nixed
In less than an instant
the future was charred
Most scarlet of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Touching beauty
if just for an instant
if caught by its magic
— if only just once
(Moran Junction Wyoming: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Like a boy in the wild
raised by wolves
my poetry is sired
Tracking the scent
of each hunted word
traps set for me most dire
Uncaught or caged
by academia
my trail still honor bound
To wander freely
beyond the wind
— alone to stand my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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I have no regard
for other poets
how could it be other
As they conscript
the words away
of which I’ve not discovered
A battle royal
zero sum
as phrases block and parry
The winner left
his voice reclaimed
— the loser most disparaged
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Signs that might be seen as omens
send me on my way
the daylight waning for today
and luck still virgin on display
flying close to danger’s coven
The wind blows fortune’s empty cast
as trackless dreams setout
dispelling hope and bringing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Were I to explain
what then would I say …
That the moon loves its axis
that each dog has its day
That the question unanswered
most answered indeed
That each start an enigma
and truth often bleeds
That the mind unexplored
without mention at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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When night
is your mistress
all wishing is gone
Espoused to
the sun
till divorce came along
Hope
your one offspring
lying dead in repose
Philandering
blindness
— your tryst ill disposed
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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They come to me in phrases
in couplets newly born
Screaming from the highest places
fitted but unworn
They come to me in dreamsleep
the moon recycled new
Time released in words immortal
—scratched into the pew
(The New Room:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Toby was special
beyond any words
His love monumental
for country and Lord
He fought to the end
accepting his fate
A legacy giant
— our hearts to embrace
(Tony Keith’s Death: February 5,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 2 months ago
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Abandon your party
stand up for what’s right
the partisan madness
a liar’s delight
Honor the founders
revolt and derail
the graft and corruption
— both factions entail
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 months ago
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Blessing
the last poem
I’m ever to write
My body
reposing
Sophia’s delight
With eyes
dimming slowly
each breath growing thin
My spark
to an Angel
— as light to begin
(1st Book Of Prayers: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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The Christians
and the Gnostics
can either sect be right
Would God omniscient
have created
such violence and blight
To kill and maim
rape and burn
for scripture misconstrued
Defies the spirit
and the mind
— disproving Him anew
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The playing field level
your words versus mine
A race to forever
embedded in rhyme
The score has been tied
neither side giving ground
Both phrases and couplets
inscribed to astound
It’s late in the game
when a stanza takes off
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To understand
deeply
the one to the many
Salvation
unquestioned
the weakest in need
Your heart always
truest
when starting the journey
The sheep
that’s been lost
— where humanity bleeds
(The New Room: February, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Truth
a heavy burden
speaking loudest
from exile
The distance
and confinement
like a magnet
to iron
Imploding
within you
when ready
for travel
The weight
of
delivery
— the roar of the lion
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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What is faith
but a journey
What is time
but a moment
What is truth
but a figment
What is love
— but goodbye
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 2 months ago
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Speak the truth
at your own risk
Wager fortune
for just one kiss
Walk the tightrope
of joy and pain
No past or future
—the moment gained
(The New Room: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Satan hides
within the shadows
Among your thoughts
his evil trolls
His masquerade
beyond the body
Feigning silence
inside your soul
He takes up space
at God’s indulgence
The part he plays
unscripted low
In brimstone’s fire
he finds... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 months ago
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My spirit frost bitten
yet still the river flows
Mercy on the distant bank
my fate caught in between
Wishes drift across the ice
but this side holds me fast
Deliverance oh so very near
— in sight beyond my reach
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Only when writing
do you become ageless
Communing with eternity
— transcending time
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 2 months ago
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You’ll never find out
where you might have gone
If you don’t leave
where you’ve been
You’ll never approach
who you might become
If you change
with every whim
You’ll never discover what’s
over the hill
With both feet stuck
in the sand
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Complex thoughts
need simple words
The meaning foremost
verse to show
The mind expands
new seeds put down
Cross pollinated
left to grow
The soil fertile
just sun and rain
As fields once fallow
rise anew
The world awaits
each... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Intellectual larceny
the academic elite
Immune from indictment
inured and effete
They swing their false knowledge
like weapons to maim
The truth left in ashes
— their lies to inflame
(Septa R5: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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There’s a well
in your meadow
only music can fill
It’s deeper
and wider
and calls to you still
With its bucket
overflowing
and rope fastened tight
Sweet melodies
waiting
— to quench your delight
(The New Room: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Last night
I was able
to outgrow myself …
again
for the very
first time
Life was unspun
in the moment
relayed
where tomorrow
and yesterday
rhyme
Competing with
the future
the sky
and the moon
my wandering
complete
Turning my
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Better to reach for something
and miss
than to hold back playing it safe
Destiny in the intention
and choice
hesitance falling from grace
Better to be adopted
by truth in flight
than the orphan of a lie
Where words and music marry as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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The best thing of all …
a memory treasured
The worst thing of all …
a memory shamed
Blessing the one
cursing the other
To live on beyond us
— in praise or blame
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Like a thief in the night
academia
wears enlightenment
as a mask
hiding its true agenda
— a stranglehold on the truth
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 2 months ago
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Divinity’s candle
stays burning alive
not born or created
conceived or contrived
Its light from the center
forever shines through
the moment’s unveiling
delivering you
To places all knowing
through spaces unknown
the mix in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Monetizing poetry
— the darkest form of alchemy
(Villanova University: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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Who do you call
when there’s nothing to share
How do you act
with tomorrow unfair
What do you dream
when your sleep is deprived
Why are the questions
though answered, contrived
When did your wonder
wander away
When did the path
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I remember the day
you borrowed my pain
“Take it,” I told you
no need to explain
It’s shopworn and battered
each scar duly earned
Its weight a true burden
of prophecy spurned
Then when you’ve finished
the torture complete
Find a new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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Money buys
freedom
when blood’s
overdrawn
Reality’s
greed
destiny
pawns
Money buys
freedom
its truth
to bemoan
Dignity
truant
the future
— on loan
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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To drink
from my well
you
first must believe
Each cup
that I proffer
permission
received
The fuller
your bucket
the stronger
your vow
Each word
that you ladle
rebaptized
— aloud
(The Radnor House: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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I’m a poet devoid
of Cliff Notes
dissection
not my thing
Don’t ask me
to explain my words
I’d rather hum
and sing
Explication
penniless
in ghettos
of the word
Where vagrants
pull and tear apart
what only should
— be heard
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Avoid needless
complexity
Say it
straight out
Frost and
then Hemingway
Set the rules
down
Between meaning
and verbiage
The idea
is king
Sharpen
the point
The message
— the thing
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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When you find your true voice
marry it
— never to divorce
(Deamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 2 months ago
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Show me a man
without a dream
And I’ll show you
— no man at all
(James River Writer’s Conference: October, 2016)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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I have zero regard
for structure and form
if the words as written work
A poetic outlaw
to ruled acceptance
in search of what may lurk
Critics and enemies
seed the cloud
that overflows with spite
To rain upon
my chosen path
— of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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The difference between
poetry and prose
Whose words live together
under your nose
With prose you can finish
last page period end
But poetry boundless
— to forever extend
(The New Room: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Basking
in tomorrow’s shadow
Transported
on yesterday’s whim
Open
to the moment’s calling
Born
again, again — and again
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Letting up
provides
the tightest
grip
Creating
space for
credence
to stick
Room
to wander
room
to grow
Space
when sacred
truth
— to know
(Deamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 months ago
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When Freedom itself becomes politicized
that
— is the death of America
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Have I let
her down again
Have I failed
once more
Have I jumbled
up the words
Have I graded
poor
Have I taken her
for granted
Have I missed
the mark
Have I disappointed
one
—who pulled me from the dark
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Soulless
Dissected
A heart turning back
Jilted
Rejected
Last stab in the back
Mourning
New morning
The day unatoned
Nighttime
The verdict
Whose sentence disowns
Lovers
And lizards
The swamp but the same
Feeding
On hunger
Starvation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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A Poet is not like other writers …
all narrative be damned
Charging and fusing each word with a spark
redundancy to ban
Poets and Novelists both drawn to the fire
their kindling looks the same
The differences clear when striking a match
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When routine things
start to look typical
The typical
—becomes routine
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Lost inside passion
with burning desire
Vision refocused
in tunnels of fire
Screams of delirium
christen the night
Darkness a metaphor
tainted delight
One then another
the virgins do fall
Lascivious demons
unleashed in the hall
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Hiding in daylight
concealing his teeth
Flying at night
in flocks of deceit
When fortune demands it
he says he’s a bird
When birds are in season
a flittermouse heard
He courses the difference
of right into wrong
Impaling our psyches
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When born as old
then aging young
Youth before us
with laughter sung
Each day better
than one before
Sick or senile
the past absorbs
Born decrepit
our weakness shows
A mother’s milk
of hope to grow
As childhood waits
the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Desperation to breed contempt
the moment shattered
time illy spent
Choices bartered and freedom gone
the reaper chanting
old righteous wrongs
Panic stricken the nights repeat
the days long orphaned
abandoned sheep
One promise lingers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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To my Grandchildren, those great and beyond,
whom I will never meet
Know that I love you and have seen you in the
eyes of your parents when they were very small
I’ve heard your voices in the trees, when the
wind blows softly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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I was somewhere deep in Kansas
on a Triumph 69’
When your song came on the jukebox
and hit me from behind
I was headed for a bad place
and cared for nothing much
When I heard the song ‘Melissa,’
my heart and soul were struck
Entranced, your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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There will come a time
when the poem you’re writing
surpasses all the others
Inscribed in your psyche
alive in your memory
—transformed and redefined
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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The three most famous words
in human thought
“Cogito Ergo Sum”
The three most famous words
in human struggle
“Let Freedom Ring”
The three most famous words
in human exploration
“Because It’s There”
The three most famous words
in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 months ago
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If life is
purposed
rich and wide
verse is your reward
A written
portrait
left behind
— called to meet the Lord
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Carving his message in a tree
while high above the ground
Wondering what that boy would think
in the future to have found
Would his eyes be open wide and sharp
the wind to call his name
A treasure for only those who climb
—intrepid to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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A mother
left crying
alone in her pew
Begging the Lord
for a miracle
new …
The only thing
he was good at
was being bad
Bus stations
train stations
corn maidens in drag
He came and he went
with the most
discordant rhyme
His... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 months ago
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In America
we don’t know how
to take out the trash
The mess piling up
around us
a national rash
Our country deeply
infested
with rats and ptomaine
And from Eden
to a landfill
— our legacy chained
(The New Room: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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Marrying war
the true soldier is wed
Betrothal of blood
asleep in his bed
The men he would die for
as groomsmen rejoice
A vow ringed in glory
his weapon of choice
The years become marked
by each battle romanced
Anniversaries pledged
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Are you able to afford
your fame
Gratuitous wanderings
chasing the flame
What you give up
for what you get back
In debt to the moment
past—future entrapped
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Does writing what
you believe in
bring a change
of heart
Does seeing it
on paper
formalize
the art
Does setting it
to music
make the Angels
smile
Does faith and hope
written
cast doubt
— into exile
(The New Room: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Creating
nothing
it doesn’t
seek
to destroy
Apathetic
ill tempered
and by
seasons
— employed
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Embrace your entitlement
to thrive
Hell freezing over
the moment alive
Protect what’s inside
of your heart
Transcendence embodied
— Divine from the start
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Idealism
versus
reality
In hope
that Quixote
prevails
Disappointed
again
reading the trends
Materiality
draining
the grail
Peer pressure
determines
what happens
Not some
high minded
value or tome
Greediness trumps
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You can’t
embrace reality
forever
Its tenets
restrict
and constrain
By definition
it renames
itself
Once spoken
to then be
disclaimed
What comes
upon you
the moment laced
Where vacuums
exit
in time and space
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Without
your heart
open
emotion unspun
Without
the right feeling
the words
lie unsung
Without
the right words
the
verse to abate
The reader
in Limbo
awaiting
—his fate
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Intelligence
a number …
never a word
The writer
a halfwit
till viscerally heard
Tomato
tomatto
the pudding unproved
Empirical
nonsense
— the spirit unmoved
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Naivete
in life
brings terror
to dreams
The psyche
wide open
a victim
to scheme
The innocent
notion
belief
to defile
Asleep
in the
nursery
—where monsters run wild
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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Does worry only exist
in our memory
Or is foresight
required to fret
Will a bear live in fear
of the hunter
Or ignore what
might happen unmet
When alarm bells go off
in the moment
Rejecting the
future and past
Is time at its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Once she performed it
she made it her own
With joy we all listened
and marveled atoned
Endowed from the heavens
the Angels in awe
Her spirit celestial
your nerve endings raw
A voice for all seasons
Grand Madam of sound
To search for a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Living in one
renting the other
Owning them both
then to discover
As owner I’m captive
the tenant is free
In debt to the banker
—remortgaging me
(The New Room: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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Alone
in my boyhood
the adult awaits
impatient indulgence
the year growing late
The woods
and the forest
refuse to let go
my spirit within them
the man to forego
Parents
and teachers
left counting the days
as wonder and whimsy
hold... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Sometimes
it’s a very good idea
to cry
Sometimes
hello the opening act
of goodbye
Sometimes
what you think about
is not what you know
Sometimes
the reason to come
the best reason to go
Sometimes
when cresting the hill
the view... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Make sure you know
what you’re trying to say
But let readers figure it out
— for themselves
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 3 months ago
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Explain the words
and all freedom is gone
Slicing and dicing
enslaved to the throng
Meaning depends
upon whom and what’s heard
Evolving new wings
—each reader a bird
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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I did
I will
I can’t
I don’t
I have
I shall
I shan’t
—I won’t
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Dare to make
it rhyme
Fight for
every sound
Change with
every breath
Leave the world
—profound
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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The Great Chain of Being
it stretches beyond
both forest and meadow
past silence and song
It lays out behind you
to show where you’ve been
eternal before you
far into the din
The Great Chain of Being
attaches us all
through links of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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You often find in strangers
what’s missing in yourself
The plus and minus forces
their magnet strongly felt
It’s easiest to outline
and trace the empty space
Of what’s filled in by others
—that you cannot embrace
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An invitation came today
from the Devil’s hand
Two short words addressed my fate
damnation his command
“Arrive at midnight, don’t be late”
inside he wrote in blood
“Wear something light, the fire waits”
—perdition’s victimhood
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A heavy ear
an empty heart
Breathless voice
with eyes that dart
Love forsaken
rebirthing pain
Hope redundant
—lost refrain
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The trappings of
a Poet …
or being a Poet
They’re each something
different
remote and distinct
The tweed jacket
wood paneled
image deceiver
Lays claim to what
only
—enlightenment inks
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One day in January
I borrowed a day
A day from late June
I have to repay
The temperature rising
the sun high above
Birds are returning
as thoughts turn to love
As June then approaches
the bill coming due
With summer winds blowing
and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Lost within
the writing
Found
with each retelling
The universe
at my command
Time and space
—unveiling
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For Papa
That monster inside us
devouring the past
Our memories hunted
most recent to last
No mercy is shown us
as darkness creeps in
Today and tomorrow
—lost into the wind
(Tribute To Hemingway: January, 2024)
Lakota Buffalo... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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I don’t write for
you … or you … or you
— I write for YOU
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Baiting
a feeling
Passion
is tracked
Luring
the moment
Setting
the trap
Eyes
look upon you
Cage
set on fire
Death
in the ashes
Preying
— desire
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It wasn’t fate
— it just was
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What proclaims
to save our souls
is killing its believers
Religion worse
than nuclear war …
born again deceivers
Breaking every
moral creed
stealing zero-sum
Ashes left to burn
and rot
—Yahweh on the run
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We share the same silence
we think the same thoughts
We have the same daydreams
not rented or bought
We live in the spaces
of a lost inbetween
And wander through moments
that time hasn’t seen
We care for each other
we live for today... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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Power
Over life
Gives
Power
Over death
One
Dictates
The other
In joy
And regret
Each
Beginning
And ending
Brings
More of the same
Our
Destiny
Married
To both
—in refrain
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It’s not the steps that you take
— but the footprints you leave
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Ignored
by my children
Especially
my daughter
Taken
for granted
Taking
up space
Living
unnoticed
My pain
front and center
Checking
off boxes
That never
erase
Knowing
she loves me
More
now than ever
My face
a reminder
Of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 months ago
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Morphing through
the decades
leaning on our pasts
Brian, Paul, Van, and I
still living
loose and fast
The words have
deeper meaning
as melodies refrain
The end in view
but out of sight
—the magic preordained
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I welcome the feeling
of leaving behind …
No Facebook, no Twitter
no Email to blind
Controlling the message
undigitized truth
My mind free of programs
my spirit induced
Where magic is whispered
no texting or bytes
Bespoken the voices
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We hope and we dream
for a world free of pain
but the rock of serenity
stays beyond our reach
A hug or a knife
a kiss or a gun
bipolar reminders
confliction runs deep
Every minute and hour
the chase carries on
no safety in hiding
from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Louis Armstrong …
a class by himself
Not Dixie or Jazz
but much deeper felt
Growing better with age
his music enthralls
If fourteen or forty
his melodies call
Both Ella and Ray
are seated out front
As Satchmo delivers
when others... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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When I was a boy
this spring house was there
Open and running
with memories to share
When I was a boy
it sat in the field
Above rising water
indentured to yield
When I was a boy
its door opened wide
To capture my fantasy
dreams there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Chasing the
stoke
waves growing larger
Weekend
warriors
still on the beach
Destiny
calling
mortality daring
Odds
go to hell
above twenty feet
Dropping
into
the thunder
The spray
to the
heavens
Darkness
envelops
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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Damn the nor’easter
hold the wheel steady
Waves from the Kraken
over the bow
Darkness ahead
charts plot the demon
Into the fury
—doubling down
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Looking out
he took that step
intrepid
and risked it all
Faith to act
as his belay
one last piton
in the wall
Descent set free
in motion
a true heart
to guide him down
For love of life
and moments gone
belief once lost
—refound... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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The closer we get
to the end
The bigger God
becomes
And the farther away
—he seems
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Living in the present
living in the future
One conflates the other
betrothing joy and hope
Moments breed contentment
from wishes left unclaimed
Tomorrow rules our nightly dreams
— and all today holds dear
(The New Room: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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The world collectively
lost its mind
When fires burned
our vision blind
From East to West
and North to South
Insanity
from mouth to mouth
The world has finally
woken up
Pundits quartered
their lies corrupt
Mobbed together
they... – by The Smoke Clearing | 10 Views added 4 months ago
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Covered deep in
Poison Ivy
A rash that spreads
and burns
Its toxic mass
left festering
With younger minds
to churn
What used to be
a noble cause
Malingers
in disease
Whose vines grow wild
to trap the dark …
That once were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Who among us
will write at the end
Who among us
the last to contend
Who among us
will capture goodbye
Who among us
won’t wither then die
Who among us
will stare it all down
Who among us
our destiny found
Who among us
will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Busted Flat …
Poetic busking
the white lines advancing
A voice on the asphalt
the rubber — the road
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
The Heaviest Silence
Oh, to be cursed
with the burden of truth
Without the propensity
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Shave the devil naked
get that tail between his legs
Leave him bald and impotent
all passion left in dregs
Fleece this vile pestilence
in the flames his fate ensnared
Shear what he embraces most
— temptations curse laid bare
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A laughingstock of history …
America right now
Fifty years of turning left
leading further down
Words alone can’t fix it
so little time remains
Freedom anything but free
—with liberty in flames
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If your heart
stops
Does consciousness
die
What life
connected
Can
death untie
Forever
a concept
As still
unproved
No one
to comment
Who’s left
—the room
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Religion
is the death of God
conscripting Him away
Cloaked in false
propriety
enlightenment at bay
Religion
is the death of God
scriptures to mislead
All piety
a false disguise
worshipping the creed
Religion
is the death of God... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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The tension between
two disparate answers
Reinvents the question
—rebirthing the truth
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Paint in your heart
the colors symphonic
Images dancing
each note brushed with fire
Clapping and cheering
rhythmatic ovations
The prisms last opus
—concerto’s desire
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Forget the past
—and the future is lost
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Gauntlet Of Time
Calling me forward
taking me back
Promising nothing
stepping over the cracks
A doorway awaits
threshold of pain
Whose entrance is crumbling
—to cross heaven gained
(Villanova University: December, 2023)
Over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Foothills
The physics
of metaphysics …
the part I like the best
Where symbols yearn
as planets turn
—new twigs to build the nest
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
A Picture
Imagery and symbols
are worth a thousand words
Why... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Prisoner Of Language
Will time live eternal
or just its retelling
A prisoner of language
whose paradox mined
Dimension in contrast
ill-fated contrition
To look but not touch
—and hope they align
(Rosemont College: December, 2023)
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When understanding dies
—blood is all we have
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Tasting like music
each word marches on
Out of the vacuum
flavored in song
The future parades
on both sides of the bridge
The band denied entry
so close to the edge
The toll taker muted
arms point to the sky
Pedestrians hover
and wait... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Can you go crazy
without language
madness unclear
Can you reason
without dialog
or words for your fears
Can you think
without symbols
progress undefined
Can you tie it
together
—without names in your mind
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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The entropy of life
— is shame
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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The message complex …
your form should be simple
A carrier pigeon
no longer confined
Direct and straight forward
the fault lines will rupture
The magma exploding
—forever to find
(The New Room: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Some people write
poetically
And some write
poetic prose
Both front and rear gates
lead back to a garden
To harvest
—what is grown
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It’s always dark
—until you open your eyes
(The New Room: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 4 months ago
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Most of us learn
to live with our demons
Seeing them coming
hearing their call
More in the night
when silence is running
Taking their place
to hide in the hall
Most of us learn
to live with our fears
More real when imagined
the images... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Blame …
deep and abiding
Praise …
a fleeting call
Infliction kills
affection shills
Their contrast
casts a pall
One …
a timeless burden
The other …
flits away
Tomorrow’s pain
all joy abstained
Entrapped
—where memories stay
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How the world
should be
and isn’t
My choices
could
but don’t
What maybe
might
tomorrow voids
The spinning
vortex
—won’t
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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A Wolf Waits
Early one morning
reason escaped
And prescience went with it
unlocking the gate
Lights in the asylum
flicker and fade
The inmates grow restless
a deepening shade
Evening brought darkness
no stars in the sky
But nobody... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Treat someone wrongly
maybe survive
Treat them as stupid
bees leave the hive
Stinger’s protruding
vitals exposed
Phylaxis laid bare
—venom explodes
(The New Room: December, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Beyond The Nothingness
If the Universe vanishes
music remains
Each note but a memory
—forever refrained
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
The Treasure
Life as a system
sits proudly alone
Unlike any other
secure on the throne
Not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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There’s knowledge
in the world
for only
the captive
Insight
on the other
hand
prescient to roam
No ceiling
to happiness
but a floor
to sorrow
Direction
a vagrant
that goes
where it goes
Spoken
in cadence
our oaths
are... – by Kurt Philipn Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Once spent …
there’s no tomorrow
Once spent …
all time is rife
Once spent …
your fortune tendered
Death’s currency
—is life
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God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout
His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved
Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Only the dead
see an end
to war
Ashes to ashes
dust
keeping score
Only the living
revere
the dead
The past
in exile
—the future in dread
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What is the age
of reality itself
Older than
a metaphor
Unreferenced
on a shelf
What is the distance
unmeasured from within
Spoken of
but never seen
A poets
dying whim
What is time uncounted
as numbers lose their clout
The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Of the many cures
—there is no cure
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The days are long
the years are short
as eternity
—whistles a tune
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Patience
is only
for those
who have
time
The rest
left
to panic
jumping
the line
Sentience
metered
and charged
by the
hour
Despair
given
freely
among
—the most dour
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Oh
to be
a rock
guitarist
Oh
to be
forever
young
Oh
to travel
beyond
the fret board
Oh
to revel
in Heaven
strung
(Listening To Jeff Beck: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 months ago
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It wasn’t fate
—it just was
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Let go of your
hand grip
let go of
the past
Take fate as
a lover
betrothed
and recast
Your belt
and suspenders
restrict
and constrain
Release
your indemnity
free
—once again
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Condensing
eternity
into one word
Imploding
time
—and verse
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Smell
the most
precious
and last sense
to go
Its
lingering
fragrance
vanishing
slow
A
single
carnation
a bright
yellow rose
Through
deafness
and darkness
till death
—wafting so
(The New Room: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Religion
the bullet
that loads
in your gun
Projecting
its damage
belief
zero-sum
Exclusion
delusion
its sights
center mass
To kill
nonbelievers
the infidel
class
(The New Room: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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Like it
dislike it …
it is
what it is
If written
unsmitten
all fate
in the wind
Rising
or falling
the mixture
the same
True joy
in the
baking
—whose icing remains
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At the
Event Horizon
‘No Exit’
leading in
Front to back
side to side
entropic
rim to rim
A blacker hole
a deeper truth
beyond just
right or wrong
Light imprisoned
no way out
entrapping
—weak and strong
(Villanova University:... – by kurt philip behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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The further out your writing goes
—the further in you are
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Love fades away
life goes on
Music divorcing
words to a song
Into the darkness
into the night
Melody orphaned
absent the light
Love fades away
time stands still
Harmonies vagrant
memories chill
Voices celestial
echo alone
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A moment of truth
a century of lies
The left hand deflects
what the right hand decries
A little bit pregnant
the ending begins
A monster gestating
—and living within
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You can’t embrace
the moment forever
whose verity
at essence ungrained
By definition
it must rename itself
once mentioned
decried and disclaimed
What came upon you
to die in place
where vacuums exit
in time and space
Regenerating
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 4 months ago
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Geometrically
Progressing
Each Day
Valued more
The closer
The end
The sweeter
The lure
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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Dirty water
washes away
poetic indifference
Leaving the stain
of what will be
—on what forever might have been
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Putting God
into human terms
that we can understand
Obverts the beauty
concepts like the Trinity
command
Within our souls
within our hearts
the key to something more
Crossing over
on Heaven’s light bridge
—Beatific pure
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Kill one man
and you go
to the gallows
Kill one hundred
and you’re lauded
a hero
Intention like rain
falls on
mountain and plain
The one
flowing downward
—the other to drain
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 months ago
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Is there room
in your ignorance
for truth to creep in
Are the doors
closed and locked
from inside and within
Will the light
truly gifted
pass over and by
Is your meadow
a wasteland
—and haven for lies
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 4 months ago
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No more
a student
My soul
reclaimed
My thoughts
my own
The truth
—regained
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Never lend your wealth
or nobility to others
What can’t be given must be kept
—till providence comes to claim
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Water takes on form
determined by the container
Its main characteristic
forever to move downward
An army’s defenses
should act like water
Filling in the empty spaces
of the attacker’s weakness
Where mind and spirit meet
darkness turns... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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Once again
Religion
Is tearing us apart
Judaic tears
Islamic fear
Shared values in the dark
To kill
For an idea
Judgmental and profane
Begins the end
The baby drowned
—in bathwaters of pain
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Choices
a reminder …
each one comes with a cost
Freedom won
or gallows hung
to gain what could be lost
Decisions
cross the tundra …
reforming time itself
Transporting ice
through devil fire
—one glacier left to melt
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Ice on the fence wire …
insult to injury
The barb when it’s deadly
pointed and sharp
A night rain has frozen
and hidden the danger
Awaiting intruders
—that come in the dark
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 5 months ago
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Viewed from a distance
—we all fade to insignificance
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Has your life
become an anthem
to those things
that you’ve fled
Did denial
and avoidance
leave you once
in good stead
Can you swear
to the heavens
you had
no other choice
Cowardice
and trepidation
the breath
—in your voice
(The New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Soft and complacent
our youth in denial
What evil disguises
the past has on file
Wishing and hoping
a smokescreen at best
Masking our fear
while fouling our nest
The seeds of our history
whose names have been damned
And mocked until... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 months ago
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Claiming your goodness
—results in its loss
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Were you invited
into Zion
Or have a ticket
in advance
Have the doors
for you reopened
Is your history
fit to chant
The torches glow
in sequence
When you make your
entry plain
A hymn sung by
a minstrel Sage
Your welcoming
—refrain
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Marry your will
unto your heart
all Heaven to bless
—and to guide
(Thanksgiving:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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In West Port Arthur
the winds blew hard
to carry her away
The times were ripe
Big Brother raw
that crossroads by the bay
Her dive was deep
through Kozmic Blues
a legend to unfurl
But not escape
that Ball and Chain
—still searching for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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I was somewhere deep in Kansas
on a Triumph 69’
When your song came on the jukebox
and hit me from behind
I was headed for a bad place
and cared for nothing much
When I heard the song ‘Melissa,’
my heart and soul were struck
Entranced, your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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Aging
like the finest wine
his music vintage gold
Sugar Mountain
the Harvest Moon
a Southern Man to scold
The lyrics haunting
feelings blessed
an Old Man at his knee
From Crazy Horse
to Woodstock
—his message sets us free
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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A homeless man
with a cell phone
connected to his pain
Desperation
on his speed dial
—muted inhumane
(30th Street Station: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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The bums and the heroes
of revolution
asleep
As drawn to the cosmos
a light
travels deep
He asked for no quarter
playing outside
the game
His legion in shadows
he’d never
explain
Each song once it’s sung
his interest
foregone
To blind... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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She wasn’t a beauty
though pretty enough
Her gait charismatic
with looks to rebuff
He wanted to stop her
he waited and watched
For light in the tunnel
one chance not to botch
At last she took notice
his heart beating fast
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She wasn’t a beauty
though pretty enough
Her gait charismatic
with looks to rebuff
He wanted to stop her
he waited and watched
For light in the tunnel
one chance not to botch
At last she took notice
his heart beating fast
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Buried in the ashes
of life’s cremation
Human effort smolders
but embers await
Tomorrow today
today gone forever
Forever rekindled
—the smokescreen of fate
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Day by day
hour by hour
minute by minute
the moments return
Calling me softly
calling me inward
calling my name
—calling me home
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Diametric …
art and commerce
Twining symbols
colors adverse
Yin & Yang
divergent segues
Each stigmatic
bloddy payday
Fraternal image
Louvre / Montmartre
Black tie bidding
cobbled heart
A poor man sings
a rich man vies
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In spite of all your riches
you eschew what prophets do
Basilicas you build to self
with time but empty pews
Wealth deadly suicidal
when wielded as a gun
Whose target sits between your eyes
with one shot zero-sum
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Born on the moon
one sixth of earth’s gravity
Reentry approaching
would your skeleton hold
Bones forming soft
g-forces awaiting
To welcome you home
—or break the new mould
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The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find
New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine
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The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find
New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine
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Losing my mind
to capture my soul
Memory repurposed
—unbroken and whole
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You cannot surrender
passion
Kill the seeds
of a new dawn
Silence
a word bespoken
Or finish
—what can only start
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Outwriting
insecurity
each word
tears down the wall
Endorsing
his humanity
thoughts into feelings
fall
The truth
beyond the shadows
unspoken
in the light
Waiting
for a voice set free
that makes it
—through the night
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Outwriting
insecurity
each word
tears down the wall
Endorsing
his humanity
thoughts into feelings
fall
The truth
beyond the shadows
unspoken
in the light
Waiting
for a voice set free
that makes it
—through the night
(The New Room:... – by kurt philip behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Wandering alone
atop Mount Nittany
his claws long retracted
his teeth filed down
The last of his breed
once reigning so proudly
his lair far distant
no food to be found
Strange noises he hears
far off to the West
in the canyon of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Old
not outdated
germ
still in the wheat
Not as fast
as I was
Faster
than I will
ever be
Mind
over matter
horse
pulling the cart
Intention
still deadly
Blade
forever
sharp
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The envelope
unopened
addressed
to himself
Inside
unspoken
old hopes
and dreams
Lost
and rerouted
the stamp was
foreign
Its port of entry
still
—unforeseen
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Their footsteps returned
as a shroud fell around me
Hiding me from the heels
of their jackened boots
Direction was lost
escape but a memory
Shouting their curses
re-echoing the past
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The gray areas of conscience
those depths of confusion
That’s where we find ourselves
—that’s where we thrive
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Reality’s made
of what
it is
Not what
it might
have been
The apple
landing
on my head
Bespeaks
of now
not then
All abstract
nature
Plato drawn
To live
behind
the mask
What’s real
in substance
real in form
No future
and
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Dancing through
the mine field
deftness parlayed
Destruction incumbent
the future
in play
Each step risks a lifetime
if right
turns to wrong
Tomorrow uncertain
when short
—calls for long
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Words are the enemy
till sparingly used
And weighted with meaning
beyond p’s and q’s
They serve to release us
with imagery plain
Expanding the message
—in pointed refrain
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Armed with the same knowledge
we’re still not conjoined
Intention the difference
no flip of the coin
Our substance a mirror
but essences framed
by choices defining
—the praise or the blame
(The New Room: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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My heart and mind have thought and felt together
with soul and spirit intertwined as one
And shaken from this sleep of dying embers
the words regifted wrapped in morning sun
Days both long and short have etched their meaning
onto the pages... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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How much profit
have you made
on your greed
The bursar
of hell
wants to know
How has your
avarice
lived unrestrained
A glutton
those starving
in tow
How many times
have you dealt
from the bottom
Betting
the players
were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 5 months ago
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Sodom and Gomorrah
their tale retold
Ignoring scripture
the world grown cold
Semitic factions
that seek and kill
Their hate on fire
their rage instills
Sodom and Gomorrah
two faiths subscribe
The Quran and Bible
their fate describes
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Pulling the curtains
down on today
Shutting the windows
doors locked from the street
Putting the cat out
trouble abeyant
My house becomes quiet
—the past is asleep
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The freedom to gather
the freedom to wander
—the freedom to disobey
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 5 months ago
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You may conquer
on horseback
but to rule
must dismount
Pandora
lies waiting
new blood
for the fount
Napoleon
Attila
Augustus
afield
The vanquished
in chaos
till order
—congeals
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Every second
an infinity happens
—in relativity
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Cosmological constant …
quintessence confounds
Supernovae as mileposts
clear and profound
Addition subtraction
their delta expands
An orphan untethered
—the wind through the sand
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Republican head
Democrat heart
Mired in conflict
Forever apart
Symbiotic division
Zero Sum in intent
Mutual destruction
—broken not bent
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A river of Angels
in torrents of Grace
Redemption awaiting
—the delta in place
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Knowledge
Charisma
And
Violence …
The
Triumvirate
Of
Domination …
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Yellowstone waits
for my return
her beauty
caught between
A memory
and its token source
imagined
when unseen
A wishful glance
a haunting breeze
her magnetism
strong
To pull the strings
around my heart
forever
—to belong
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 6 months ago
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The crux
of a theory
is in what
it rules out
Clearing
the runways
narrowing
doubt
With the ballast
tossed over
all clouds
disappear
Obstacles
moved …
solutions
are near
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Our scars
self-requited
define
who we are
The pain
when it’s welcome
embedded
unmarred
Each blemish
redeeming
those choices
to blame
Absolving
our future
releasing
the shame
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Lost …
in the
dawn
of opportunity
Reluctant …
every
message
sublime
Uncertain …
with the
answers
unquestioned
Forever …
charging
forward
—behind
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Reality doesn’t come
with perfection
Its paradigm rooted
and flawed
To love an ideal
its fantasy sealed
The truth found in mores
—not law
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Respect for tradition
passion for truth
Heritage treasured
enlightenment wooed
Pathways consistent
their outcome the same
Footsteps of prescience
—veracity claims
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“I will”
“I do”
“Till death do us part”
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The greatest truths
should stay unnamed
to discover
for oneself
No footnotes
praising earlier thoughts …
the thirsty
to the well
Virtue gifted
from times long past
in hidden moments
of bliss
Remaining virgin
as yet unloved
for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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There’s nothing sylvan
about the Ivy League
Subversive in nature
all take and no give
In period camouflage
they feign to belong
Their hatchlings abhorrent
together they throng
Our country’s traditions
they chop on the block
What many... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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There’s a hole in my heart
where dreams used to be
A pain that’s indwelling
all joy there bereaved
The emptiness deepens
with each rocket that falls
One voice in the millions
—to answer the call
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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Death …
when there’s no longer
something to believe in
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 6 months ago
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Faith …
the capacity
to believe
Belief …
the odyssey
of proof
Proof …
the embodiment
of reason
Reason …
the arbiter
of truth
(Beaupre: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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Married
to our differences
with hate
to document …
What long implied
today arrived
the last nail
—in the fence
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Were you invited
to the party
Do you paint
or write or sing
Have the voices
come to visit
Did new feelings
lodge within
Were you courted
by seduction
Has your soul
become entranced
As you sit alone
and wonder
Will this be
—the final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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Cultures dissected …
structured refusal
Cloistered eruptions
dearth to accept
Rising triumphant
they steal from each other
Defining their existence
—by what they reject
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A broken wing
in death’s chicane
Where pigeons fall
unending pain
A blinded flock
to circle down
As fangs await
both wolves and hounds
While far above
a falcon stalks
Vision prescient
it never balks
A broken wing
once clipped in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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It’s never about
—what it’s really about
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Etta was predicting
Stormy Weather
As Ray freed his
Seven Spanish Angels
Roy asked are you still
Running Scared
But Ella was smiling and
Watching Over Me
Peggy gave me that look asking
Is That All There Is
But Kris stepped in to
Help Me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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The lies are uncountable
with only one truth
tomorrow and yesterday
masks to confuse
Behind bars of enchantment
our fantasy hides
programming our psyches
rewriting each lie
To hide from the moment
its present refused
whose message... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Writing …
first last
and always
—its own reward
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)... – by Kurt Phillip Behm | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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The square root
of -1
whose forest drops
a tree
Where hearing
goes holistic
no longer
by degree
What’s proven
first imagined
true power
of the mind
Conceptual
enlightenment
images
—divine
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God save the king
but not the queen
Her neck awaits
the guillotine
Someone to blame
each sacrifice
The son he wanted
whose birth on ice
The throne half-vacant
one seat to fill
The royal maidens
appear at will
Which one will prosper
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Do you write to a standard
that isn’t your own
Do you pledge your allegiance
to a dilettante throne
Do you shut out your Muse
when her words pierce the skin
Do you think before feeling
looking out never in
Is your nighttime belabored
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Hope may wane
and wishes fade
but art forever keeps
Dawn till dusk
till dawn again
incessance buried deep
Sculptors sculpt
and painters paint
as writers seize the day
Creation’s bridge
its toll insures
—tomorrow’s yesterday
(The New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Everything
points to something
the many to the one
Everyone
liege to someone
with fealty’s bow restrung
Everywhere
started somewhere
whose map undrawn curates
Every song
birthed in silence
—where voices incubate
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Stealing fire from the gods
Prometheus would yearn
And pass it off to humankind
whose banishment interred
Their feet into the glowing coals
but faith out from the dark
Enlightenment a powder keg
—uncareful wishing sparks
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The poetry of prayer …
elevation of the self
Every phrase to mark the path
with meanings higher dealt
Each word releases karma
that joy alone can free
The many none — but one the sum
of all that we can be
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“The same as it was
before I arrived …
Some better, some worse
some forever contrived”
“With good and with evil
my battle is done
A trumpet plays distant
His will zero sum”
A ticket to punch
with time ever slight
The Reaper approaching... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Impress
with your meaning
not with your word choice
‘Labyrinth’
dallies
when ‘Mazes’ will do
Build
toward an ending
the shorter the better
The Bullet
strikes deepest
—straight fired and true
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Continue to do
only positive things
Humanity’s outcome
your choices will bring
The darker the cloud
that brings on the rain
The fairer the meadow
—for Spring to reclaim
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In times of war
law remains silent
All doves in flight
—before the storm
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Like water
—Genius—
always finds a way
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She was desperately beautiful
terribly sublime
Her breath as sweet as candy cane
her skin just so divine
And when she walked the Angels stopped
to marvel and adore
Her every step a guiding light
her presence to allure
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Easier to know others
than knowing myself
Sentience numbing
what in a stranger is felt
Easier to reach out
than to look deep inside
This painfully obvious
—cognition’s divide
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Call me darling
but never darlin
Call me lovely
but never cute
Call me warmly
from the snow bank
Call me your
forbidden fruit
Call me restless
dreams on fire
Call me once
when twice won’t do
Call my name
into the darkness
Call me
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Raging against tomorrow
blaming yesterday
Running in place—admonishing grace
denial on display
Cursing the past indentured
the future waits in vain
No place to hide—the truth inside
the moment left unnamed
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Raging against tomorrow
blaming yesterday
Running in place—admonishing grace
denial on display
Cursing the past indentured
the future waits in vain
No place to hide—the truth inside
the moment left unnamed
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Silver lining happiness
though there
not often seen
In many shades of inference
ignoring red
and green
Slight handed and implicit
though felt
still out of view
Beneath the veil resplendent
and known …
to only you
(Haverford College:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find
New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine
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I’m on my fourth lifeline
how about you
The first three pre-owned
the current one new
This one seems fleeting
which gives me concern
My freezer is empty
no steaks left to burn
The first one was blissful
the second had pain
The third one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 7 months ago
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Trying to write a lyric
my words reduce to verse
The euphony escaping me
adrift as I converse
Though joy is sorely tempered
these letters soldier on
In hope of just one melody
—in hope of just one song
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I think like a buddhist
but pray like a nun
I see like the mountain
but reach like the sun
I stand like Gibraltar
but rage like the sea
And love like a child
—reborn unto Thee
(First Book Of Prayers: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Laura returned in a dream tonight
to remind me of who I was
Leading me toward a waxing moon
she sang of hope and love
Pulling me close she kissed my lips
as her breath refilled my soul
Giving me back unto myself
—with a joy that time had... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Academicians …
masticating and
grinding their ‘truth’
Spewing out
what they would have us swallow
in gagging choking egotism
Regurgitating it back
in the toxic chunder
of a narcissistic reality
Papering the walls
of modern thought
with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Take it …
but don’t take it lightly
Step up …
but don’t miss a step
Reach out …
both hands clasped together
Arrive …
without having left
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Take it …
but don’t take it lightly
Step up …
but don’t miss a step
Reach out …
both hands clasped together
Arrive …
without having left
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You might not like it
you may not agree
But religion’s the problem
the real enemy
A blind ideology
that kills to maintain
A false image of God
to blaspheme and profane
The Koran—the Crusades
the excuses—the lies
Fanatical visions
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 7 months ago
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The farther I get from religion
the closer I get to God
Clouds blown free—new imagery
a seed in Heaven’s pod
The farther I get from the papal bull
the closer His voice I hear
Grace so blessed—divine GPS
directions loud and clear
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The distant echo
of my lost awareness
rings the canyon walls
No clear way out
one final shout
—benighted to recall
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The universe got smaller
as my mind expanded out
The limits of imagination
endless in redoubt
Each flash the moment changes
passing light that rushes in
The cosmos but a blinking eye
—when out beyond the rim
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Bloom where you’re planted
teach what you know
Love who you married
reap what you sow
Question the answers
mean what you say
Turn up the music
—live for today
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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A bigger bite of life
for a hunger meant to last
Insatiable inherence
starvation my repast
Partaking of tomorrow
in dreams of future feasts
Anticipations banquet
—where ravenous I eat
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My heart stays in Wyoming
but Montana calls my name
My spurs and bits ‘a jingling’
as my soul goes north again
Cody up through Beartooth Pass
Cooke City just below
The Great Divide off to my left
the glaciers ringed with snow
I stop to mourn... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Not connected
end to end
each prayer
stands alone
The beginning, middle,
end of each
unleashed, untethered,
homage shown
But when
they find each other
in a prescience
most sublime
An Angel sings
their wedding vows
with Heaven’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Deadly to his enemies
confusing to his friends
While faithful to his writing
injustice he portends
Furious in times of war
in peace his vision burns
But past the fray inside his words
a gentler spirit yearns
Salvation long then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Chasing a memory
wrapped in a moonbeam
Lighting the darkness
—freeing the words
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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I believe in Jesus
I believe in Buddha
I believe in Mohammed
—divinity shared
I believe in grace
I believe in epiphany
I believe in tomorrow
—the promise it bears
I believe in man’s ability
to rise above his nature
religion the jailer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Stalking a dream
trailing a memory
A scent came in focus
wafting desire
Seized by the moment
alluding a time warp
Tracking its shadow
ambush on fire
Covered in greasepaint
fear is approaching
Hearing its footsteps
the jungle... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Zero to the thousandth power
logic on the run
Oblongata left in pieces
nothing zero-sum
Squaring the root unto itself
Euclid at the cliff
A equals B as B disappears
the quotient nondescript
Hickory Dickory’s mouse on the run
though... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Abbots of darkness
bishops of pain
Cloistered in dogma
praying for rain
Thunderous chanting
tempest above
Damning false prophets
blessing a dove
Grace comes a hailstorm
Coventry’s shame
Lost in its downpour
thirst to remain
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This poem I read
at the end of my life…
As I bid you adieu
from the joy and the strife
A verse filled with hope
and with love from within
To carry inside you
my song on the wind
I’ll try not to preach
as others have done
But... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Born of perdition’s rage
and damnation
his life was spent in vain
Orphaned by every dead-end street
where darkness hides
the greatest pain
Fear his lone relation
among shadows
with no escape
Living disowned on burial row
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Life’s about distance
and lack of control
A search for redemption
someone to console
Closer than farther
then farther again
A distant horizon
new history to fend
Excuses are many
the reasons but few
Voices heard calling
though old were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Politics
the wedge
that splits
our kinship
Trapping
what we feel
inside
our thoughts
Mutually
excluding
what fate
has destined
Zero sum
prison
allegiance
—bought
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Swallowing
lightning
Teasing
the bear
Dharmic
illusions
Circling
a square
Trapping
a rainbow
Embracing
the clowns
Rewriting
language
Up
getting down
Stripping
the moment
Wishes
that fly
Summer
of love
Timeless
goodbyes
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Wafting in the unmistakable scent
of poor choices
Grifting in the prodigal valley
of mistakes
Loitering in the tenement
of false witness
Wandering along the highway
—of forgotten dreams
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There’s no greater distance
—than closeness lost
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Bending a breaking point
rupturing time
Eons of history
skirting the line
Paradox native
our true D.N.A.
Truth as a concept
forever in play
Yessing and noing
transfixed in between
The jester in transit
all canons demeaned
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What do the years mean
when they come to an end
their number a prison
if hearts cannot mend
A month or a decade
results but the same
when love is abandoned
—there’s nothing but pain
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Life …
changes color
when twilight returns
Darkness
a palette
remixing your doubt
Stars
a backdrop
canvassed with unknowing
Rainbows
left truant
—moon shadows about
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A demon’s playing
but no one’s listening
Black whirlwind coming
tomorrow hissing
The moment christened
in dark despair
Entrapping vision
beyond repair
A mantra chanting
its rhythm waning
Despoiled virtue
with time refraining
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The only thing
we can be sure of
is death
The only one
we truly know
is ourself
Every time
a moment’s lost
a memory’s gained
Every time
creation mourns
—tomorrow cries
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Is most of your life spent
alone in the dark
Hiding from rainbows
in colorless spite
The sun waits a mistress
the evening a whore
That paid by the hour
exposes your blight
Professing in earnest
those things you don’t know
Whose... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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The closer we get
to Godlike
the more welcome
death will be
Returning home
no longer
alone
—the answer question free
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It’s the things
we love
that destroy us
Taken inside
beyond
cover and shield
Killing us
softly
killing us sure
Lambs to the
slaughter
—heartache congealed
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Left (front) Dust Jacket Quote:
“The bats in the tower
rats in the barn
Night befits cowards
who run from the storm”
Right (rear) Dust Jacket Quote:
“When the woods are full of the enemy
—start your fire at their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Running from
the voice of my conscience …
who’s deceiving who
Guilt ridden fear
embedded too dear
one and one still two
Trying to change
what’s inherent
my thoughts both twist and bend
With words falling deaf
death’s coronet
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Dominatrix of silence
leather clad temptress
enchaining the moment
in bondage allured
Her fear but a prison
of far away soundings
and seraphic voices
—the future insures
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Killing a memory
—birthing a lie
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Are you frightened by things
that return in the night
things that crawl inward
things lost from sight
Is darkness a veil
to hide and conceal
what daylight sends running
what daylight reveals
Your memory a spring
that evening coils... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 0 Views added 8 months ago
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Light
bids me welcome
darkness retreats
Alas
poor death
thou must be alone
His gate
reopens
before yours has locked
The harp
of an Angel
—calling me home
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: August, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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The child of
a desert wind
and a mystery …
he swept across the land
Knighting each moment
with martial intent …
death
at his command
All enemies chosen
with glorious care …
each battle
zero sum
His legend immortal
written in... – by KIurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Old age brings
delusion
Youth the vengeful
liar
Caught between
confusion reigns
As time restokes
the fire
Tweedledee
and Tweedledum
The Brothers Grimm
delight
What doesn’t rob
by light of day
Will steal from you
at night
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Never able to break on through
caught in the time capsule
of yesterday’s tomorrow
he wandered alone …
Searching the darkened streets
of Santa Monica
hearing the music—chasing the words
dancing as demons followed behind
Channeling ancient... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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The way they come to me
the way that they’re heard
And written in haste
whether rich or absurd
Each vowel from the anthem
of consonant rhymes
Pronouncing arrhythmic
with hopes to define
Religiously deigning
the blood from my pen
New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 8 months ago
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I could write a sonnet
or maybe a play
I could have gone epic
in hopes to relay
What snippets say better
in stations of rhyme
And carry within them
—a power sublime
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I have been wrong
more times than I’m right
Intentions misguided
in search of the light
Each time I have stumbled
each time that I’d fall
New chance for redemption
those voices on call
My pathway hard trodden
the ruts and the stones
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What did I leave
my family
What have I left
to my kids
What did we share
together
Why would they ever
forgive
The things I kept
inside me …
The times I sat
alone …
The things I hid
in silence …
Those times
—that haunt me so
(The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Words are like paint
your voice is the brush
The image though spoken
both vivid and lush
Each page but a portrait
your canvas when bound
Today and tomorrow
—eternity’s sound
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A simulated consciousness
beyond our will to choose
Defying Einstein, Bohr, and Hume
where logic stands defused
The matter at hand can’t matter
when rules unwrite themselves
An order once thought preordained
—entropic and indwelt
(The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 8 months ago
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Pounding each key
like a Fender Rhodes
the computer bent and wailed
Bits and bytes
of encrypted language
messages derailed
Memory freezes
last chance rebooted
restart zero-sum
The riff uncapped
its printout fading
—typeface on the run
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Nothing more powerful
than speaking the truth
Pangs of deception
beguile uncouth
Spoken immortal
knighted profound
Today and tomorrow
—veracity crowned
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Sleep, sleep,
tiny footsteps of death
walking through my dreams
hiding from the light
Calling out my name,
waiting for an answer
guardian of the exit
—to damn or delight
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Whispers …
deep inside my pillow
Reminding
of each fleeting voice
trapped beyond the wind
Memories …
bending like a willow
Weighing down
my broken dreams
—the future lost within
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Friends …
commitment beyond blood
diamonds among pearls
—family of choice
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As we age
death
reclaims us
Stealing
our youth
and then our hope
In the ground
where
memories rot
Willing us
nothing
—but the dark
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The only thing permanent
about peace
—is impermanence
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Everything tended
to darken around her
The light from the sun
all feelings deferred
Her winter foreboding
sucks air from the room
Constant denials
predictions of doom
Pawning tomorrow
the price of today
Happiness bartered
her dreams... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 9 months ago
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You never really lose a friend
forever in your heart
Truant both to time and age
their love will not depart
You never say that last goodbye
with feelings much too strong
Memories real as real can be
—eternal they belong
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I think a lot of my name
but little of my signature
The letters left bleeding
as they die on the page
Endorsing a memory
in the hearts of my readers
The words free of structure
—immortality assuaged
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I think a lot of my name
but little of my signature
The letters left bleeding
as they die on the page
Endorsing a memory
in the hearts of my readers
The words free of structure
—immortality assuaged
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When does pursuing knowledge
become undone
Letting intuition
take over the day
Why does raw intelligence
die zero sum
Factually blinded
—last domino played
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Time
divorces from memory
Moments
refocused sublime
Lost
in sequential detachment
Freeing the message
—unsigned
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Words serve the meaning
and not the form
To awaken the morning
in spirit reborn
Each phrase as created
each couplet of verse
In praise of itself
—the structure to curse
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People in love
say many things
only lovers understand
Hearing voices
ringing bells
that time cannot command
People in love
go hand in hand
to course the Milky Way
Promises made
as joy unlocks
—forever and a day
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Headed toward oblivion
my voice adrift below
Each chapter that I wrote carefree
buried in the flow
Standing on a rocky ledge
whose cliff calls out my name
My last and final step awaits
—goodbye my last refrain
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Being self-titled
aristocrat pure
Heraldry solemn
liege a du jour
Knighted in fealty
loyalty’s throne
Crusading triumphant
—honor atoned
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One who sleeps
with dreams unwed
—can never divorce the beast
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When an honest man says nothing
—you forever hear his heart
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A man loses his father
and adulthood begins
Bathwater draining
the baby within
A son who is sireless
new destiny’s child
Whose choice is to run
or to stand and beguile
Alone with his memories
one image sustains
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Truth is not an absolute
but an attitude of commitment
Throwing its blanket decidedly
over questioning and doubt
Paying deference to the moment
while blessing its intention
Choices made and choices bade
—verbatim roundabout
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Rejected by parents
forsaken alone
One choice left to make
forever to roam
The cost ever paying
their wages of sin
Steps of abandonment
traipsing within
To beg or to borrow
the future on loan
The price of tomorrow
each moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Crossing a line
to do the right thing
Truth staring back
—the mirror is king
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Buying tomorrow
one day at a time
Each moment invested
in freedom sublime
The future remortgaged
all lien holders paid
The past earning interest
—on fortune today
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All possibility is endless
in time
Extending the moment
—forever defined
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Asking for your support
not your agreement
I looked into your eyes
Seeing rejection
your stare blank and cold
our connection was untied
Your words became hollow
your touch nondescript
new distance did we share
Alone while together
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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Damning two lies
with only one truth
Deception remixes
like gin and vermouth
Jumping from one
as the other got hot
Port in the storm
where perdition is fraught
Grace in short order
with blessings denied
Thomas redoubting
all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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Travel …
strange bedfellows
made of us all
Crossing
the threshold
hesitancy stalls
Calling us
forward
the moment attacked
Hiding
our fortunes
—the future on track
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Reblessing the virtues
that time can’t bestow
Heaven awakens
a world far below
The sinner is sainted
the prophet a king
Words join in prayer
as eternity sings
The order reorders
from many comes one
Voices uniting
in breath zero sum
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Life is a panacea
—on the other side of fear
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If one person remembers …
a legacy yet
If one person remembers
old feelings reset
If one person remembers
the words to reform
If one person remembers
—tomorrow reborn
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Smiling the same smile
Making the same mistakes
Walking the same path
Singing the same songs
Dreaming the same dreams
Loving the same girl
Breathing the same air
Righting the same wrongs
Signing the last truce
Reaching the last fork
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Returning
to a sleep
reality abandons
You become
what you dream
—so forever sleep well
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Never
let reality
kill a good fantasy
Never
let the moment
be captured in time
Never
let decision
trump a new instinct
Never
say never
—forever sublime
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Depravity’s eye
is looking back
its eyelid heavy
its pigment black
A twisted image
as yet profane
A sinner’s focus
of sharpened pain
Depravity’s eye
will never blink
With tears of sorrow
the devil’s ink
Forever watching
the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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Last night
as the sun went down
I heard the highway call
Distant echoes
soul astir
the leaves not quite yet fall
Last night
that voice cried out again
from places far away
And like before
my feet unsure
—of what my heart will say
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The blackest hole
of poetic intent
Light spinning inward
no chance of escape
Eluding the eyes
collapsing the meaning
Time in dilation
direction opposed
Energy waning
one word is emitted
Superpositioned
—the last dying star
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Writing a torrent
hoping for one
Words are endemic
tide zero-sum
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The poetry of mathematics
—modernity’s pox
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Making eternity
out of a moment
Escaping
the pretense of time
Beginnings
and endings
Falling away
in one enduring rhyme
Making eternity
bend to my will
An Angel
comes to dance
Wings on fire
Horae's lyre
The instant christened
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Greed
the harbinger
of loves rejection
The Mirror
once cracked
—its image maligned
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As a poet it pays
to travel around
And visit new words
in verse still unfound
The time and the place
you hold in your hand
To barter the truth
as beauty withstands
As a poet it’s wise
to cross every line
To scale every mountain
with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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24 hours
alone with myself
the road goes on and on
24 hours
in my own space
exemption rides along
24 hours
eternity breached
its imagery returns
24 hours
tomorrow today
whose light forever burns
24 hours
becoming undone
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 10 months ago
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Above party
Above caste
Above station
Above place
Above state
Above nation
Above riches
Above race
And the reasons
And excuses
And the grief
And the shame
And the guilt
And the sanctions
And the blood
And the stain
Beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Tapering to a point
time pierces the veil
Unharvested moments
a gardener’s tale
Dug from the furrows
a voice has been freed
Whose final word spoken
—eternity’s seed
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Violence deceives
in the absence of love
masking a template
that fits like a glove
Destruction and madness
call from within
where lies have embedded
in footnotes to sin
Violence festers
in spirit deformed
to strike ever constant
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When the woods are full of the enemy
—start your fire at their backs
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The invasion upon us
attacked by a neighbor
no village is safe
their scourge overruns
The enemy dressed
as civilian turistas
our border wide open
and freely they come
No shots have been fired
or prisoners taken
the keys to our arsenal
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The invasion upon us
attacked by a neighbor
no village is safe
their scourge overruns
The enemy dressed
as civilian turistas
our border wide open
and freely they come
No shots have been fired
or prisoners taken
the keys to our arsenal
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The only way to escape the jungle
—is in self delusion
(Saigon: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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If you write everyday
sometimes you get lucky
As words come together
and thoughts go away
The feelings take over
as silence retraces
What memory has bartered
—your fortune to say
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We all are a masterpiece
cast in His likeness
Blessed to remember
and never forget
What God predetermines
an Angel delivers
New light in the darkness
—tomorrow reset
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Too many good thoughts
so many bad poems
The bridge to forever
exacting its toll
Too many to count
just one to remember
As beauty releases
—redeeming the soul
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Man is predestined
to destroy his world
Consciously damning
‘free choice’ unfurled
An apex predator
upon himself
No rhyme or reason
or logic dealt
Self-destruction
his stock in trade
His nature foreign
to all else made
Killing his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Caught within a dying art form
a lyricist passed by
(saying)
“Music is my lord and master
it makes the phrases fly”
Writing lines of words unwedded
the ink once dry is set
Time and memory freed in song
—the poet to forget
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Caught within a dying art form
a lyricist passed by
(saying)
“Music is my lord and master
it makes the phrases fly”
Writing lines of words unwedded
the ink once dry is set
Time and memory freed in song
—the poet to forget
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Feel its fury
hear it roar
Avenging Angel
vengeance born
Apostatic
idols vain
Bear the sentence
its will proclaims
Chants of guilt
awaken sinners
From their dark
infected dreams
O’er the mountains
to the ocean
Heaven’s rage
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Trying too hard
to appear he’s not trying
Saying too much
without saying a thing
Shapeshifting lover
the fire his mistress
Locked in an image
—whose essence is damned
(The New Room: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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The Taiji of life
may it ever be so
Driving the artist
and poet who know
The Yin and the Yang
to marry sublime
Truth as their offspring
—whose beauty defines
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Owing a debt
you can never repay
Beatitudes leveraged
salvation in play
Moments beholden
to all that’s to come
Providence calling
in voices unsung
Eternally liable
the invoice sublime
Whose terms reverential
the bursar Divine
The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Painting with words
speaking in colors
Palette of voices
—rainbow Divine
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An orphan of destiny
whose birthmark disowns
A life spent indentured
his spirit on loan
Caught in a time warp
unable to leave
The future in chains
contentment bereaved
A child of the moment
left on the streets
Time as his captor
in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 10 months ago
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You’re a Poet
—you don’t need permission
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Bush drivers and plumbers
don’t start the wars
The nurse or school teacher
too busy inured
What’s common among us
with tasks to withstand
The elected entitled
our blood on their hands
Without a real job
and whose terms don’t expire
They... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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The semen of tomorrow’s rage
burning undelivered
waiting for perdition's womb
vengeance baptized—christened tears
The seed that carries darkness on
planted in the shadows
hiding what we most despise
hatred pregnant—birthing fear
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Reaching into the
public conscience
words are tokened free
Blowing fresh holes
through blind indenture
light for all to see
Reaching into the
common ledger …
its double-entry fate
Paying the debt
on tomorrow’s maelstrom
—seeking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Dylan got bitten
hard by fame
and though wounded
continues to tour
A thundering
majesty
in makeup and veils
jesters by the score
Divorced from
his wandering
a pilgrim of dreams
the past too great a cost
A caricature
of genius... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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The dawn of
forgiveness
The death of
old pain
The choice that
releases
The end of
disdain
Unwrapping
tomorrow
Regifted
today
The loneliest
moments
Beyond
—yesterday
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Remembering to forget
I forgot to remember
What leaves in the morning
returns with the night
The past in abeyance
a temporary shelter
Embedded in memory
—the wrong and the right
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The death of tomorrow
rebirthed in stone
Its sculptor blinded
by fear unknown
The future vacant
the past denied
Where carved in darkness
—an image cries
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Rearranging discordant thoughts
memories fall in place
Like keys upon a Steinway
awaiting my embrace
Sharp notes lead, the flats behind
as I replay the past
Chords when struck connecting all
—in harmonies recast
(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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East of tomorrow
west of the moon
A moment in time
too late and too soon
Playing a love song
that hides in delight
Calling us upward
through storms in the night
East of tomorrow
west of the moon
Our past and our future
uncouple and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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The White Whale
Atlantis
or Holy Grail
Avarice and greed
destruction
prevails
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Unlocking the vault
invested with pain
Its riches long stolen
all value is stained
Each bill tells a story
of wantonness greed
With truth sold for dollars
whose printing now bleeds
Locked up in a winter
of coldness and fear
A... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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The power of one word
a sentence to shame
Whose meaning suborted
and magic reclaimed
Only one syllable
quiets the storm
Where poets can dream
—in beauty reborn
(The New Room: June 9,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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From my new novel, 'Approaching Storm'
The winds of war have called again
courage summoned—to befriend
Through evil darkness blowing strong
we face the threatened coming dawn... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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The writer always
wants to sing
And the singer
wants to paint
The painter fancies
he could dance
To the dancer
songs conflate
The greenest grass
it seldom grows
Where you now
make your bed
As wishes stray
and hopes betray
What... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 10 months ago
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From the sound of the bugle
in the rush of the wind
The bodies are counted
as grieving begins
In the morrow replaying
as blood spills again
The enemy forward
whose countenance grim
The courage of many
all acting as one
Their wills long... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Why then poetry …
why not prose
the answer prescient
to those who know
On wings of light
it comes unsought
abrupting time
on breezes caught
Why then poetry …
the world in verse
within whose lines
the Bards converse
The oldest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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A voice that still haunts me
and lives in my dreams
The first time I saw her
a boy of sixteen
She lived just a mile
from where I am now
A treasure so hidden
to whose memory I bow
The Samba and Rio
she took me along
Yet barely a man
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In rhythms of today
the silence of tomorrow
Where promise lies waiting
—for hope unfulfilled
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In the beginning …
the past and future
were orphans
Lost in a silence
unnamed until
spoken
Waiting in anticipation
their birthrights
in limbo
The present expanding
its moment
—christened free
(The New Room: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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The smallest possible infinity
divorced from first and last
A black hole caught inside itself
—time lost in future’s past
(Villanova University: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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An Old-Man-Child
in an adult world
Alone in their gather
of cocktails and swirl
Again but an alien
as when he was eight
The steps to acceptance
he’s loathe to retrace
The pomp and the patter
falls deaf on his ears
Each slap on the back... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Living within the madness
the echoes come and go
Channeling everything left unsaid
in phrases yet to know
Time suspended, barriers down
the walls come crashing in
Each voice a memory which haunts sublime
—that unforgiven sin
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Trapped between two hells …
we manufacture one
as we flee from the other
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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The divinity of art
hiding in the folds
Draping o’er the multitudes
placing time on hold
Its pristine encumbrance
so gently it calls
Speaking to our purity
transcending the small
The divinity of art
in all of its forms
Its music... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 10 months ago
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No matter who you vote for
the government gets in
Left or right, day brings night
with colors gray and thin
The better parts of nature
get worse as time goes on
Bilateral infection
whose cure is woebegone
As hubcaps change in order
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Once committed to memory
the ownership sublime
Entitlement within your thoughts
caught in every line
Deep within your consciousness
intuition’s deed holds fast
Spelling out your right to own
—the only thing that lasts
(The New Room: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 11 months ago
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Often,
one who can
… wont
More often,
one who can’t
… will
Reluctance
by the
one
Arrogance
by the
other
—and the world to suffer their consequence
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Do you remember falling in love
the very time and place
Did you surrender within its bliss
showering in its grace
Do you remember the harps that played
angels in the choir
Your last breath taken, heart pounding free
—cupid of desire
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Memories
of the future
Stolen
from the past
Caught within
tomorrow’s web
All of time
recast
Moment
after moment
Living
on the run
Embracing all
that’s come to be
And all
—that’s yet to come
(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Art bridges the distance
between forever
and today
Crossing o’er the cosmos
of eternity
—relayed
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Bigger than every stage
she commanded
Greater than the sum
of her parts
Braver than the men
who adored her
Sharper than the image
—that endures
(Tribute To Hepburn-Bryn Mawr College: May, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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The other side
of knowing
A padlocked world
of dreams
Whose key is tattooed
on my hope
Till opened
unredeemed
A treasure chest
of wisdom
Whose prescience
zero sum
Instinct crowned
in jewels of fire
Burning
—to become
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Makeup never hides the truth
the camera sees it all
Sharply focused through the pain
each mask a futile pall
As clowns embrace the actor’s fears
in painted frozen smiles
The farce goes on in word and song
—a masquerades denial
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She was often better
but never good
Her virtue tainted
misunderstood
Her nights a mystery
each day in shame
The rumors spreading
each one to blame
The men who knew her
that man who left
Impassioned bookends
of time bereft
She was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Let the moment continue
there’s no peace to make
no past to refight
or future at stake
Uncharted not lost
forever inbound
the instant repeating
—with memory refound
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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My ambitions elitist
reality bourgeois
My palate continental
taste buds still raw
My ambition ennobled
vocation unhailed
My reality sordid
—future travailed
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Gather your false prophets
and sycophants
Bury your heads
in the deepest sand
Tell the same lies
as you sing to the choir
Slave to the mirror
—and sleight of hand
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He had more past
than future
his rope was
getting thin
The choices made
the debts he paid
lost time
the biggest sin
His memory out
for barter
to change that
yet to come
For one last chance
to do the dance
whose music
—zero sum
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In search of my shadow
in the torrent of kings
I wade through the current
of all other things
Alone treading water
my essence bemired
This river a dungeon
of banished desire
I reach out to grab it
it motions away
To outline my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Too big to absorb
Montana at hand
Its distance won’t focus
Montana at hand
Two eyes not enough
Montana at hand
Forever illusive
—Montana at hand
(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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What have we but life
both first and last
The rest an illusion
—of future’s past
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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What have we but life
both first and last
The rest an illusion
—of future’s past
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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If time is a prior assumption
—all else falls into line
(Villanova University: May, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Trapped in between the lyric
and music
Wandering in a rhythm
of lost expectation
Blaming each note still unplayed
and unwritten
The echoes distend
in a moment’s undoing
Hearing a chorus
when no choir is present
Voices imagined
to sing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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When given the moon
don’t ask for the stars
Light when reflected
—from Heaven afar
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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The birthmark of Satan
a spherical star
Old curse in the distance
new devils at war
His prophecy stolen
the markings of Cain
Madonna the virgin
rebirth unattained
Melody of darkness
blasphemies hymn
The garden left burning
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Yesterday’s future
tomorrow today
subsuming transcendence
in all that we say
Perpetually present
the time to recall
all life in this moment
whose instant befalls
Begin a new ending
to whirl in the wind
the clock a reminder
its hour... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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Standing on the edge of forever
walking the tightest rope
Looking down into tomorrow’s abyss
devoid of any hope
The bottom rushing toward me
if one mistake is made
A footpath to a broken dream
too numb to be afraid
My past missteps... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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Visiting like an old friend
the song returned
Carrying memories
of time sojourned
Freeing the past
with lyrics sublime
Embracing the future
in melodies of rhyme
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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Ever the temptress
whose motion deceives
There’s only one cure
for desires strip tease
She points and she lingers
distance her charm
Night her undressing
the smoke to disarm
She dares you to touch
while pulling away
Stripping emotion
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The physics of poetry
—creation of the self
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Is your ear corrupted
by what you see
Are the sounds distorted
in blind relief
Do the voices sleep
in images gone
Does a nightmare deafen
—tomorrow’s song
(Dreamsleep: April, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Carving nature at the joints
the scalpel glistens clean
Motion severed night from day
all stillness duly preened
Slicing creation half by half
its essence caught between
Feasting on marrow dripping free
—trapped inside a dream
(Saint... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Memories are expensive
spent on looking back
Unpaid moments lost in time
debts for what we lack
Overdue nostalgia
debiting supreme
Clouded statements left unrhymed
—mortgaging our dreams
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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We said goodbye
the night we met
fate our child
to bear
Star crossed love
in orphaned time
betrothed stillborn
—affair
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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The power of poetry
to drive away love
A surrogate impostor
indentured above
Whether spoken or written
its message the same
All feelings imprisoned
in words that explain
When waxing poetic
the birds and the trees
Laughing not with you
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Stay true to your words
embattle the storm
With rudder set deeply
each letter reborn
Stay true to the verse
in couplets of rhyme
To capture the moment
—in oceans of time
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Rumor breeds fear
in the minds of the doubtful
Peace only found
in the hearts of the faithful
Heaven and earth
performing a nuptial
The past and the future
—betrothing eternal
(The New Room: April, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 12 months ago
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The mirror calling deepest
is the one that you avoid
Images run left then right
your back turned paranoid
Unwillingness to turn around
in fear of what you’ll see
Illusion as your proffered choice
—reflection waits unseen
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Days weave together
as night tears at the seams
Light as it vanishes
deserting my dreams
The sun making promises
darkness reneges
The truth stays an orphan
that both will misgive
The rooster to signal
that devil’s retreat
Hope... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Laws restrict
but can’t constrain
What happens freely
the light reclaims
Cause and effect
together apart
Squaring the circle
—the horse and the cart
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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All I need
is a promise I can keep
(or)
a vow I can forever make
The time indentured
newly born
(and)
the wisdom to know its fate
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Building a bridge
for others to walk
light burning at the end
It’s never enough
to stand and wait
their crossing must begin
Toeing a path
in another’s steps
fruition comes in view
Toll again paid
in memory script
—to spite the dark... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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What kind of rational man
believes in justice
What kind of rational man
believes in peace
What kind of rational man
believes in fairness
What kind of rational man
believes in truth
What kind of rational man
believes he’s chosen
What kind... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Experience is fleeting
—memories are forever
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Harder vison
softer rhyme
Lion tamed
—tomorrow thine
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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With only twelve notes
the music commands
Some white and some black
their harmony grand
Scoring the melody
eternal and free
Whether Quincy or Frank,
Prince, Peggy, or me
Heaven the audience
Angels out front
Truth for a drummer
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God will never reveal
Himself
Until you reveal yourself
to Him
Waxing eternal with
the Divinity he gave you
Reflecting the image
of His every intent
Reaching inside where His light
burns forever
Becoming the fusion
—of all He ordained
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We’ve abused our great freedoms
to reap the results
with school and church shootings
hate speech a new cult
No respect for the flag
or sacrifice made
ignoring our veterans
despoiling their graves
Our streets wait in ambush
where the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Killing so much more
than it ever saves
Religion the felon
—digger of graves
(The New Room: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Poets see verse in every moment
beauty with every look
Pain for every step misplaced
scars that words prebook
Poets see light within the darkness
music in the dread
Hope when wishes cross the line
—life to those once dead
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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You say you’re in search of America …
go to the food court at the mall
If you can still eat after looking around
—you ignore the Ravens call
(The Court At King Of Prussia: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t teach poetry pro forma
it’s the effort of a fool
You can’t gain sagacity from a book
or by the golden rule
You can’t be what you haven’t lived
the safety net misleads
You can’t bleed with another’s blood
transfused each phrase... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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The end of my life
brings newfound freedom
wrapping around me
like the wings of a dream
Lifting me off
and carrying me selfward
dropping me prescient
—to depths once unseen
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The raw material of art
is pain
The grandest illusion of all
is time
Whether parchment, canvas,
melody or stone
Each breakthrough immortal
—creation sublime
(The New Room: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Truth doesn’t have an owner
propriety be damned
The light from the source
directing us home
—unbroken by command
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The middle of the road
is where people live
The middle of the road
is where our hearts sing
The middle of the road
it raptures and calls
The middle of the road
—a home for our wings
(The New Room: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Arresting the future
as well as the past
Time the great jailor
its prison precast
A graveyard of victims
in temporal loss
Destiny preying
—perdition the cost
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023) ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Hearing the word
speaking the word
Often quite different
—often the same
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The truth in translation
knowledge distraught …
He swept through the cosmos
a truant uncaught
His wings never clipped
his sails never trimmed
He flew through tomorrow
a new Seraphim
Those who were watching
their eyes disbelieve
Unburdened... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Tell me your secrets
I’ll tell you a lie
Bid me good tidings
I’ll bid you goodbye
Proffer me kindness
my heart a deaf ear
Timeless your offer
—whose moment I fear
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Will you live with me forever
will you scintillate my dreams
Holding title to my wishes
the island in my stream
Will you live with me forever
in a fantasy so wild
Making love to the hereafter
—our one and only child
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Old enough to reason
young enough to care
My heart eloping with my mind
mustard seeds to share
Adding to the zeitgeist
new bricks within the wall
Laying rhythms one by one
—heeding fortunes call
(Villanova University: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Losing connections one by one …
my mind has drifted back
This moment caught within a cloud
the past sharp as a tack
I reminisce in present tense
new frames of reference gone
With that most recent going dim
but still—I hear that song ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Songs of eternity
poets romance
Words of sagacity
—lyrical dance
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The naive garden
is filled with snakes
To slither and nest
—where ignorance waits
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023) ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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A therapist skirts the edge of lunacy
like a priest engages sin
An evangelist disavows poverty and fear
like a snake that sheds its skin
Together they paint the corridors black
with a promised light to come
Their patients and converts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The bridge to Satan
is paved with envy
Voices collapsing
in currents below
Its height entices
the moment fleeting
Perdition waiting
—with gate aglow
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Stating a positive
about a negative
Knowing nothing
—and sure of the fact
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Bars of misfortune
singing dark memories
Nightmares once stillborn
—beguiling again
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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The world is not driven by greed
it’s driven by envy …
Commandment 10 is carved in stone
positioned at the end
Where old injunctions miss their mark
a covetous reminder
Desirous of another’s place
—the devil painted green
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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“You play words like an instrument”
someone once said
Each vowel as a whole note
to consonants wed
High praise from a seeker
deftly looking for more
New songs in the making
—words singing du jour
(The New Room: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Star crossed love
a rocky shoal
Distant halves
—a different whole
(The New Room: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Do you have a secret
that’s never been told
Deeply within you
like long buried gold
Do you keep your own counsel
for no one to hear
While staying intrepid
admonishing fear
Do you treasure those moments
in spite of the time
As words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Every life dies
rebirth in the nest
Waiting for fate
again to reset
Moments of laughter
moments of rhyme
Burning like candles
in forever time
Light for the masses
light from above
Shining resplendent
perpetual love
Carved on a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t beat fate
with the stars in alignment
You can’t beat fate
all your ducks in a row
You can’t beat fate
with your words in confinement
You can’t beat fate
—till you let it all go
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Become what you are
false prophets be damned
The greatness within you
beyond their command
Become what you will
His light shining forth
Expanding the moment
—yourself as the source
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Portals of perception …
they used to get taught
to seekers and dreamers
and children unwrought
Depravity and greed
force fed to the young
with lies and betrayal
—their futures forgone
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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The Pied Piper of failure
loose in our schools
Cacophony playing
of pedants and fools
He lures and beguiles
to those innocent souls
Who locked in his footsteps
—will never be whole
(The New Room: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Tomorrow left abandoned
with every choice I make
Constricting all potential joy
and limiting my fate
Each short term indecision
restricting unrestrained
My future playing out of tune
a timed and dull refrain
Most often I have missed it
when... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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God is dead
your Divinity wakens
the Word incarnate
—each breath fortells
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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We’ve lost the ability
to laugh at ourselves …
P.C. humor both lifeless
and dry
Our levity as tepid
as our character flawed
Fraying the tightrope
—awaiting a fall
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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In deepest memory
my mind escapes
to places yet journeyed
undreamed they await
In deepest memory
the future untold
awaiting unbeckoned
—the next bell to toll
(Dreamsleep Tribute To Laura Nyro: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 1 year ago
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If consciousness dies
is that all there is
or does some higher state
reimagine what was
When consciousness dies
will birth reoccur
no longer indentured
to time and its spurs
If consciousness dies
do rainbows of light
take over our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Requesting
forgiveness
from the dead
My will
crossing over
no longer misled
Requesting
forgiveness
my debt was set free
Destiny
reckoned
—atonement complete
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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Returning
as a man
woken from the sleep
of lost memory
Daydreaming now
the only option
eyes wide open
images flash
Moments before
become moments after
painting all reference
in shades of gray
Starting the ending
to seal its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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When everything around us
is dead and gone
All we have left
—is the Word
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Ideas
or wordcraft
There’s times
you must choose
The style
or substance
Which one
left askew
One choice
or the other
Becomes
zero-sum
Delivering
prescience
If words
—on the run
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Feigning reentry
from places I’ve wandered
Destiny challenged
the status-quo damns
Feigning reentry
from freedom unhindered
Life but a journey
its trappings to ban
Feigning reentry
its price was my freedom
The given agenda
new death... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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(if it’s)
Love me …
hate my writing
(or)
Hate me …
love my writing
I can live with the hate
(Rosemont College: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Retracing my steps …
picking up the pieces
of a misguided past
Cleaning up the memories
that so litter my
attention
Given one more chance
to change
the things I never intended
Given one last chance
to right the wrongs
—of my prodigal ways... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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How did he drive
those cars that fast
Far past the limits
of traction and time
Speed as his master
death as his
mistress
Chasing defiance
the sweetest
of wine
(Juan Manuel Fangio: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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The reason we give it so much verbiage
the reason we give it time
The reason we search the light fantastic
the reasons left ill defined
The reason the choices finally matter
the reason we pick and choose
The reason we leave a trail behind us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Without
the conception inception
connection
Life
is a desert
—of lost possibility
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Using the simple
to state the sublime
Syllables shortened
—magic refined
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Does light exist
without an object
to reflect against
Are good intentions
worth the time
as latency projects
The cobblestones
that lead to hell
a long and one-way path
Without an act
of conscious will
—a future damning past
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Beauty changes
the embattled soul
A transmutation
ennobled whole
In darkest throes
to spread its light
Forever bathed
—in pure delight
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The paradox
of self-awareness
near and yet so far
Looking out
to see within
imploding like a star
The door that enters
exits free
its threshold bright then dim
Allowing what
the psyche fears
—to pass both out and in
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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What is forgotten
if time is a bluff
What is forsaken
if memory can rust
Where is the drama
the stage ill disposed
Where is tomorrow
today undisclosed
When were you certain
that certain you’re not
When did the hands
stop... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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God’s one imperfection
—his love for man
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The bats in the tower
rats in the barn
Night befits cowards
who run from the storm
(Poem To End Chapter 48: March, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Lies and the truth
both fade into memory
Time caring not
whether credence or farce
Married together
they drift into silence
Passing forgotten
—through legend and curse
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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In the Spring
memories blow like wind
through the corners of my soul
replacing the dark winter
which time has now beset
Playing its distant lute
change is thrust upon me
rebirthing what fall had rightly claimed
and buried in the past
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 1 year ago
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The finger on the trigger
has destiny in its hand
(Poem To End Chapter 39: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Humility
the hardest skin
for pride to pierce
—and lie within
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Invisible in nature
it simmers within
To rise to the surface
when conflict begins
(Poem To End Chapter 32: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Wounded vanity
mother of all tragedy
Slander and insults
the arrows dead aim
Pride bleeding carnage
no reason can bandage
The mirror once broken
—each crack filled with pain
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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A man clad in mystery
history would learn
The world in his debt
with fury to burn
Duty and honor
in marriage live on
With courage his mantra
—and battle his song
(Poem To End Chapter 20: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Not lying outright
is far from the truth
Hesitance vacuous
barren of fruit
What never gets said
deceitfulness hides
Stalking and preying
while buried inside
The pulpit a soapbox
lectern a mask
Pontification
deceptions bombast
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Trapped in politics
—victims we remain
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The sins of the father
the sins of the son
Repentance left vacant
each sorrow rerun
An age of despondence
an age of denial
The past beyond hope
—the future beguiled
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t infringe on greatness
it always needs its space
To stand apart and stand alone
an island in its place
You can’t lip sync a legend
the lyrics never come
Whose price is paid in distance laid
—all glory zero sum
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The graves have been dug
all bugles away
Medals awarded
for valor displayed
The soldiers in transit
to homes once so dear
But where is the peace
—when gunfire you hear
(Opening Poem To My New Novel: ‘Approaching Storm’)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Its focus changes with the light
in angles newly formed
Exposing what your fear would hide
in images reborn
The camera always sees the truth
its lens encaptures time
Each moment frozen then set free
—in search of the sublime
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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The vagaries within
truth and falsity …
are greater than
the differences between them
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Make friends of the deaf
they never hear thy questions
And marry the blind widow
to find thy way
Listen to the speechless
their message eternal
The prophets resounding
—thy destiny laid
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Reason
without evidence
Truth
without form
Burning
the ladder
Immune
from the scorn
Nuance
to sleepwalk
As reality
dreams
Proof
in the eye
Galileo
redeemed
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Is time but a reference
to prey and confound
(while)
In memory eternal
—enlightenment found
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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There are strange wanderings
in the souls
of the most common of men
Where willpower and intellect
come together
—pointing the way
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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He said what he had to say
to tell the story
He did what he had to do
to rescue time
He paid what he had to pay
to bribe the jailers
He gave what he had to give
—per Gertrude Stein
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Language
is required
to go insane
The beasts of
the forest
politely refrain
Words
ever forming
into a net
Trapping
insanity
—the tighter they get
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The night shift…
working in anonymity
semi-detached
Finding a hidden
emptiness
blinding daylight always hides
Tying up the
looser ends
of conscious dislocation
Bringing you back
inside yourself
through darkness circumscribed
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The gentlest soul
springs from the hardest heart
—when the fighting is over
(Stonehenge: March, 1981)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The world is becoming
impossible to govern
Each person that island
Donne warned us about
All sense of belonging
in mirrors bespoken
The strength of shared values
—our vanity flouts
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Questions
Unanswered
The Heart
Of Existence
Wonder
Unbridled
The Key
To Within
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Enter me
like a cathedral
Turn all my pillars
to salt
Love me like every last
pilgrim is watching
Empowering
—passions assault
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Trapped in the moment
escaping with rhyme
Words to my rescue
—time after time
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I hated her
as much as I loved her
And loved her in ways
my telling would shame
Emotion embroiled
in deadliest combat
Choosing not one
—but the other to blame
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Distinction
without difference
Where shadows
defame
Laughter
without smiles
Embodied
in shame
Each story
redundant
Whose print
stays uninked
As eyes
search for mercy
That last
—missing link
(Las Vegas Boulevard: ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The road to paradise
begins in hell
If you long for peace
—embrace the war
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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What is the substance
of nothingness
With nothingness the substance
of thought
Where is the truth
in indifference
Apathetically frozen
when taught
How then to measure
reluctance
With action the villain
of time
Seeking to... – by Kurt Philp Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t burn out
if you’re not on fire
Jim roaming wild
pyre to pyre
The only way out
the only way in
Flaming the moment
—death rebegins
(Las Vegas Boulevard: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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Today
I unlocked
a new window
One
I had never
opened before
Air
rushing in
calling me back
Voices
familiar
yet foreign to name
And
as I passed through
that new window
Leaving
behind
what used to be me
Losing
my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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What can’t be forgiven
must be forgotten
Memory the catalyst
for sorrow and pain
The future endemic
its danger befalls us
Salvation escaping
—reluctant to change
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Do our children inherit
our shadows
Denied of the light
their birthright implies
Willing them darkness
in probated limbo
Leaving what sorrow
—forever reminds
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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Escaping your humanity
—the biggest myth of all
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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If your heart is open
and true
Your grief is as deep
as your love
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The difference between
what you want
and what you need
—is what you can fit on a motorcycle
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Can nothing extend
beyond something…
Can never be
possibly where…
Can dreamers awaken
the insomniacs sleep…
Can no place
ever be there…
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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We make the truth we need
to worship gods of time
And love in spite of hate
whose conjure ill defined
We set the past in stone
to keep tomorrow chaste
And travel inward free of both
—whose presence we displace
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Gravity is
and gravity isn’t
Based on who’s looking
perceptions command
Less for the physicist
more for the poet
Science self-serving
two feet in the sand
Pulling us forward
pushing us back
intrinsic within us
as natural as air
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The words taste like music
from worlds long ago
Each letter resavored
in harmonies old
Coming to harvest
their sweetness imbues
A cave for an orchard
in wall painted hues
Old symbols retilling
those questions inside
Reborn when... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Double parked
in a no-comment zone
A writer sat quiet
unheard and alone
Idling vacant
the needle on E
Silence impended
no crossing of T’s
Given to vagrancy
nothing else left
Sounds in the distance
begone and bereft
A Muse but a... – by Kurt P Behm | 0 Views added 1 year ago
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The most lucid among us
admonish the period
A comma best chosen
inserted in time
Stopping for emphasis
the folly endemic
As thoughts need to flow
—forever sublime
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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When the assassins hunt the assassins
—all hell is enshrined
(Rewatching Apocalypse Now: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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If some is good
more is better
Less is threatened
all enslaved
If more is reasoned
less is questioned
Good intentions
—hell repaved
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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What are we but relics
of time gone by
Where painful encounters
stay undenied
The wounds may scar over
but never heal
As memory is martyred
its blood congealed
New skin tries to cover
what sutures can’t hide
Each moment recovered... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Numbers have a lasting smell
while figures have a taste
Shapes can make an ancient sound
whose feelings stay untraced
Intuition grants a wish
to those who rebegin
Dimension in the blackest hole
new dwarf stars from within
Counting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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In darkness
we protect the light
In blindness
we perfect our sight
In battle
we secure the truce
In doubting
—we ensure our truth
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Memory has substance
for those athirst
a book never finished
whose pages reverse
Minute by minute
the moments burn
Igniting our history
whose ashes return
Memory’s sensation
beyond the five
Assuring our consciousness
we’re still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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What is the age of reality
how many birthdays is that
Peaked hats and streamers wrapping the truth
candles relighting the facts
Wishing for the ultimate void
our consciousness offloaded clean
Clearing the way for the square root of now
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Writing the words
imprisoning the words
Lettered confinement
—frozen in time
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Religion becoming meaningless
when propriety goes away
Nothing to sit atop the lies
nothing to lead astray
Claiming the title to prophecies spun
each figurehead stands tall
To augment the legend of what never was
—as Divinity still calls
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Waiting with answers
to questions unasked,
a vacuum state appears
Smelling the ozone
feeling its weight,
all time reduced to tears
A newness reborn
a prophecy filled,
the words await unsaid
As what was created
before it was made
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Nothing
can be its own explanation
Nothing
can leave itself
Nothing
can give dimension to time
Nothing
unsaid is spelt
Nothing
is nothing till something becomes
Nothing
a word unatoned
Nothing
that last page of unwritten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Music has a special taste
feelings lost in sound
Touching heard across the room
vision by the pound
References left unto themselves
choir boys in tune
Trading what they never had
tribute to the loon
One last chance to make the grade
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Life was born in the desert
but death came out of the sea
walking on all fours, breathing the air
—killing that never to be
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Bigger in my memory
smaller in my inclination
Regret a distant calling card
admonishing my name
Vacant in my recollection
bedded in my hopefulness
Joy a future invitation
—Heaven to proclaim
(Christmas Wishing: First Book Of Prayers-... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Smaller in the rearview mirror
the past retreats from view
Perspective changing rearranging
the old supplanted new
Fading in a dying focus
dust beyond the wind
Blowing wild beyond our memory
—fates forgotten hymn
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t catch up to history
its ship no longer sails
Each chapter prisoned by the wind
times trilogy airmailed
To search within your destiny
the moments turn to gold
Where bookends fall and freedom reigns
—beyond the past retold
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Where does laughter go
when the smiles are gone
Where does music go
when stripped of its song
Where does credence go
when truth suicides
Where do voices go
—when breath is denied
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Before the analysis
before the dissection
First came the reading
—the deepest of cuts
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The magic of words
each door of perception
The entrance and exit
—buried within
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Seeking the right answers
to all the wrong questions
The knife edge resharpens
the danger rehoned
Seeking the right answers
for all the wrong reasons
The rumors refester
—all truth unatoned
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The clearer the speech
the deeper its woven
A spinning wheel threaded
—looming divine
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Beyond the future
you find the past
Hiding in the present
—first and last
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Do you find yourself
under those stones that you’ve thrown
Pummeled with self-hatred
forever alone
Looking up in delirium
Goliath parades
Blinding your vision
—a gravesite charade
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Mistake #1
not being heard
Mistake #2
explaining the words
Mistake #3
a phrase zero-sum
Mistake #4
mistake #1
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Regretting a dream
…Folies Bergere
Exhaling the magic
Marseille in despair
Seeking forgiveness
Vive Champs elysees
Mimes feigning answers
Montmartre chardonnay
(Café de La Paix: December, 1979)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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Where do those lives go
when a cat doesn’t use them
Where do memories go
when no one can recall
Where do wishes go
when hope is abandoned
Where do lovers go
—when the love is gone
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Expect good things
the moment breathes
Your fear abandoned
the darkness leaves
When least expected
the current calls
Tomorrow waiting
—beyond the falls
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Reality pregnant
gestation released
Facts have been fathered
new mothers beseeched
The door to tomorrow
swings only one way
Birthing conception
—redemption belayed
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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What, who, or where
the sages portend
What, who, or where
the shamans belie
What, who, or where
the scholars defend
What, who, or where
—not questioning why
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The only time we escape
the jungle
—is in self delusion
(State College Pennsylvania: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Through a distant awareness
all eyes unmasked
The answers vacant
and fading fast
The horizon changes
from front to back
All reasons caught
within its trap
Time despondent
its seconds tear
Whose reign dethroned
inception near
The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The older the prophecy
—the more desperate we hang on
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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To live non-affirming
to live not at all
To hide in the shadows
and creep down the hall
To live uncommitted
new doubts to contend
All time intermittent
repressed till the end
To live without friendship
alone on the rock
A wandering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Tomorrow’s lullaby
in footnotes to Dylan
Tomorrow blistering
confronting the sun
Tomorrow lingering
while calling your name
Temptation disguising
what’s never to come
Tomorrow’s redemption
the present to ransom
Tomorrow in voices
a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Be wary of a narrow faith
that chokes the Mystery dead
Be careful of a promise made
that hides beneath your bed
The strongest bade, a deeper jade
from yellow mixed with blue
To mock the wonder heaven sent
—in weaker shades of hue
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The bigger the battle
the greater the man
His future uncertain
his past to command
To struggle ennobled
beyond outcome or fate
Godlike in war
—divinity’s mate
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Seventy years…
and what have you learned
Don’t give me facts…
what have you learned
Keep your opinions…
what have you learned
Look into my eyes
—what have you learned
(Dreamsleep: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The abyss of nothingness
looms large in my consciousness
Churning each moment
belaying the time
From Nietzsche to Kierkegaard
their vacuum surrounds me
An active volcano
—whose lava is primed
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The deeper you dig
the simpler it gets
Each question supplanted
—the truth in your debt
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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What would fame bring
what would it change
One iota of truth
the stoppage of rain
Living exposed
the arrows to sling
You know what you know
whether knave or a king
Accolades fall
slaps on the back
Stumble or stall
and your patron’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Filled up again
words pour out
Empty no longer
they whisper and shout
Life’s give and take
torrent to drought
The tide and the flow
—flooding the doubt
(Rosemont College: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Causality before truth
truth before causation
Universal in transference
inextricably defined
An atom of veracity
a little bit pregnant
Plato through Lewis
—reality entwined
(Rosemont College: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The only thing worth being
—is in awe
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Older than you were
younger than I am
Your memory grows inside me
keeper of the flame
Each day we spent together
our boyhoods reassured
Connected to forever
—we never asked for more
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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If you can’t stand the criticism
put down your pen
Instead take up knitting
but caution the thread
Too thick and your stifled
too thin and your bare
As needles purl over
—what hides in despair
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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His passion undefeated,
his record 10-0
All shutouts in the making
to vanquish every foe
The stadium electric
the crowd in fever pitch
Expectations through the roof
as hope has been enriched
The pressure feeds the fury
like diamonds... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The Poetry of time
its present sublime
Each moment by degree
untethered reminds
The Poetry of time
forever refined
Rebirthing the constant
—our essence defined
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Nothing leaves a footprint
like a memory burned
Deep into the consciousness
of those unlearned
Nothing grows more deadly
than the force of will
It powers every weapon
it vanquishes with skill
Nothing braves tomorrow
like a wish on fire
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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My shadow was crying out to me
beyond all darkness and light
Saying that life is a trap in reverse
caught between wrong and right
Dichotomy claims what polarity feigns
academics locking the gate
Where shadows crawl under what locks in our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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All of the secrets
are already known
The sages in moth balls
old king on the throne
The answers requestioned
new fruit on the vine
What’s hidden uncovered
—as seasons rewind
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The path to eternity
weaves and turns
As choices deceive
and judgment burns
Its labyrinth changing
and mirror lined
Voices in transit
new order unrhymed
Pursuit often folly
refusal is death
The push is internal
escaping your breath
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Nothing cuts as deep
as a back that’s turned
Denying your existence
—all bridges burned
(The New Room: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Being is to
becoming
As seedlings are
to blooms
Today as to
tomorrow
Midnight
unto noon
Sparks beget
a brilliance
As fans beget
the flame
Breath into
a sonnet
A child
aptly named
A thought
once spoken freely
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Do you have five fingers
without a fist
A hope that lingers
a wanton wish
Do your letters jumble
beneath the words
Does your breath cut off
before it’s heard
Does silence threaten
what can’t begin
With empty horror
begetting sin... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Can God pass judgment
against himself
Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed
their essence the same
Faith in the vision, truth at the core
a Trinity expanded
Tomato, tomatto, all roads lead to Rome
—His joy forever proclaimed
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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No need to impress
or need to define
what rests deep inside me
within the sublime
All praise and all glory
goes to the Lord
immune from false tribute
to free every word
Time as the temptress
exposed in His wake
the One and the Only
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Come to me Achelous
river without tears
Carry me distant
away from my fears
Direction is onward
Olympus bestows
Hermes in orbit
directing the flow
At home in your waters
whose currents surpass
Defining my history
from first to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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80/20
20/80
2+2 is 4
You’re part way in
you’re part way out
half full till something more
The middle of the center
the jesters
hidden lore
Dimension plays
one last charade
—to even up the score
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The quietest words
—bring on the storm
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Blessed is he
—who late becomes young
(Dreamsleep: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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A builder of bridges
or defender of borders
An olive branch crossing
or bunkered constraint
The history of man
seems to favor the latter
The future of man
—the first option contains
(The New Room: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Life is about suffering
—acceptance brings peace
(The New Room: October,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Wandering in the desert
profanity infused me
Each word like a scorpion
the curses on fire
The sand an abrasive
the cactus a warning
The sting of my words
—killing prophet and liar
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Immaculate perception
its vision so pure
Beyond all deception
adroitly demurred
A birth without legacy
an orphan unnamed
Judgment abandoned
—redemption proclaimed
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Storm laden vengeance
the Father has sent me
Each cloud a dark memory
the wind whipping through
Lightning bolts charging
the moment eternal
Excuses torrential
—in thunder’s adieu
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The graves of my youth
lay scattered behind me
Each headstone a failure
endorsed by my hand
A shroud covered memory
encloses my history
Where ghosts of tomorrow
roam—haunting my past
(St. David’s Church: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Trapped in politics
—victims we remain
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Creating…
the great savior
from pain
The artist…
a messiah
from despair
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Catching truth in the light
or trapped by the night
The hourglass a prison
—as twilight falls
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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You have to be young
to disappear…
and healthy enough
to fall into the cracks
of a new tomorrow
You have to be young
to isolate…
and strong enough
to brave the winter
of a new becoming
(The New Room: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Greatness
is condemned to loneliness
as the desert calls
magnifying the instant
through the burning glass
unleashing its essence
in the fire of possibility
spreading old ashes reborn
—upon the sand
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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If Sartre was right
and
“Hell Is—Other People”
then
Isolation holds the key
that
opens perception’s door
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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I lost my shadow
in the hills of pain
and wandered in darkness
chasing in vain
I lost my shadow
the sun took flight
morning left waiting
adrift in the night
I lost my shadow
wolves distant howl
tracking my torment
whose grief I prowl... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Fleeing into solitude
his excuses were lost
eyes pointing inward
embracing the cost
Intrepidly deeper
the cave to unmask
as demons and angels
are slayed in his path
Alone and rebirthing
both fury and rage
a hero emerges
rejecting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I should only believe in a God
that would know how to dance
and a devil slain by laughter
—beyond gravity’s wrath
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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I loved it
in spite of myself
chasing the spirit ghost
across distant horizons
offering as payment
the lost finger of fate
sealing a promise
only a child could make
beginning again
what each ending has taught me
living within the moment’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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What is it you know
what does anyone know…
The sand through your fingers
the wind through the years
Last season unturned
the snows of our summer
The answers autumnal
—the valley below
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Violence though not always evil
—the love of violence is
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The past and the future
fold into the present
Conceptually vacant
twice empty refrains
No before and no after
perpetually frozen
The ice of indenture
—this moment contains
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Thou asks how far the wind blows
in fact I cannot tell
Or then how high the heavens
my prayers deep in the well
Thou asks if love comes truly
to one in greatest need
My answer spoken duly
of romance undecreed
Thou asks if truth be spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The end layers over the beginning
in contours of time
Blanketing the middle
in consorts of connection
Rescuing the lost from themselves
—saving the foundling’s parade
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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A Romantic is always afraid deep inside
expectations will never come true
Chasing a mirage that stays beyond reach
waiting and hoping in lieu…
A Romantic betroths those lies of the heart
in amorous moments to roam
Wooing a dream that’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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The frontier of violence
strange land of our making
Wilderness of bones and blood
—buried in our fear
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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When what in essence changes
the ground beneath you shakes
No longer can you take for granted
four plus four is eight
When daylight turns to madness
each shadow undermines
What faith has borne and left forlorn
—clocks no longer chime
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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A city without streets…
a pain in the memory
Like an amputated limb
still aching at night
A city without people
a bane on existence
Their shadows to wander
—down avenues unnamed
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Easier to run the risk of death
than ridicule damned
Easier to face an army of men
than a single man
Easier to write a thousand lines
than only one
Easier to quote the wisest sage
—than self become
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Not alive enough to die…
lost between a heartbeat
and the bitter end
His spirit wept for
tomorrow
and for yesterday
Mourning all the
buried visions
—of what might have been
(The New Room: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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America’s decline…
war chanted whines
A nation in half
quicksand in our path
Altruism dead
alone in our beds
No one left to blame
—married to our shame
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Without time
wonder stops
Questions flounder
barren crops
Without time
motion falls
Beginnings vacant
—endings stalled
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Time waxes poetic
on a distant battlefield
The warrior a sage
—whose blood we all share
(Dreamsleep: September.... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Losing the election
for doing what’s right
Losing the election
for shedding the light
Losing the election
for standing your ground
Losing the election
for truth honor bound
Losing the election
the battle is lost
Losing the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Dawn of the city
sunset of humanity
Light a burning ash
—darkness closing in
(The New Room: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The biggest mistake I ever made…
leaving the place I was going to
Frozen inside a desperate moment
—stolen bartered and gone
(Yellowstone: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Coming from nowhere
destined for anywhere
Each pathway a mantra
—whose footsteps define
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The shorter the distance
between concept and words
The deeper the impact
—of what’s to be heard
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Halfway to Tucumcari
the light began to wane
Halfway to Tucumcari
the guilt turned into blame
Halfway to Tucumcari
I heard that voice again
Halfway to Tucumcari
—running from the end
(Chama New Mexico: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Darkness endows the small
and the ordinary
with poetic power
Falling with the fallen
rising with the chosen
Reaching for
forgiveness
—and the absence of pain
(Dreamsleep: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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At last on my deathbed
I reach for two words
The ones often transient
or sadly unheard
As my eyes close forever
to journey anew
Two words mark my passing
a final “Thank You”
(The Book Of Prayers: September, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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External conflict
(versus)
self-disaffection
The first a misdemeanor
(the second)
a higher crime
Inarticulate
powerful yearnings
trapped in between
Inarticulate
powerful yearnings
—of that forever lost
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Born without reference
freedom prevails
The moment supreme
comparison failed
Living without reference
judgment defiled
Existing intrinsic
—eternity’s child
(Ronald McDonald House: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Can nothingness exist
could existence be as nothing
Can something break from everything
—subtraction zero sum
(Villanova University: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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I liked Democrats
when they acted like Republicans
(and)
I liked Republicans
when they socialized with Democrats
I liked women
when they reveled in their difference
(and)
I liked men
—when they didn’t act at all
(The New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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I liked Democrats
when they acted like Republicans
(and)
I liked Republicans
when they socialized with Democrats
I liked women
when they reveled in their difference
(and)
I liked men
—when they didn’t act at all
(The New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Without a shake
of the head
or turned up nose
The truest form
of rejection
—the eyes
(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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To be anything more
than what it is
To be anything more
than who you are
To be anything more
than what’s been said
To be anything more
—than anything more
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Poetic angst,
Jimmy Dean
Poetic angst,
Brando screams
“Stella, Stella,”
the spirits call
“Live Fast, Die Young”
—the fates befall
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Evolution changes
the mind of man
All insight martyred
for wider scans
The magic filtered
as books proclaim
What facts uncover
and time disdains
Evolution fosters
a weakened soul
Each process stifled
the gist untold
Forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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We have nothing to do
—but be who we are
(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Fictitious dreaming
those voices call
Imagined bliss
where ghosts enthrall
Enigma fashioned
bespoke to fit
Fantasia moments
—belief remits
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Good girls ask permission
bad girls seek forgiveness
Sins two faced till time erased
—sisters of injustice
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Justice has no borders
liberty no walls
Freedom lives beyond the realm
of tyrants big and small
Blood once spilled in battle
generations to enthrall
Sealing hope in memories deep
—to those who heed the call
(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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To kill the dreamer
not the dream
Each wish reborn
—all hope redeemed
(The New Room: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Trapped by a promise
exitway
closed
Memories held captive
hope
long deposed
Dreams
shattered mirrors
shards that implode
Sentenced to wander
despondent
I go
(Villanova University: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Cheap art
or excellent craft
You decide
what floats the raft
Good intentions
hell repaved
Choice emboldened
—heaven saved
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Preying on the truth
politics sets the trap
Isolating fact from fiction
always on attack
Their circles non-concentric
each area zero-sum
To tempt your fate with poison bait
—never to become
(The New Room: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Parasites never worry
about the host
Sucking out the lifeblood
—spitting on the corpse
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Thoughts once spoken
the bottle open
Genie tenured
—reentry closed
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Do you believe consciousness
a free state
Choice empowering the moment
strong
Neurons firing at your
discretion
Time unencumbered
—reality won
(The New Room: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Laughter hides more dread than tears
joy conceals a lasting fear
Fate to haunt each moment wished
—love beguiled with every tryst
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Some rocks you don’t turn over
some tales you never tell
Some lights you never throw the switch
—some broth you never chill
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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You’ll get where you’re going
—if you don’t go too fast
(Kit Carson: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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After midnight
the pendulum stalls
Chimes to deaden
as darkness calls
A clanking chain
the haunt begins
Till daylight threatens
—the shadows dim
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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He was vulnerable
only in the present
The past and future self-deposed
their fantasies atoned
Moments claim unto themselves
a singular refluence
Strength unnumbered past the count
—battle lines rezoned
(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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She’s familiar…
ain’t that the blues
(The Main Point: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Unholy heretic
your relics despoil
Augustine in tears
—embracing the shame
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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God without religion
truth without command
Salvation beyond what’s been decreed
—faith in His remand
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Swords belong
to those who wield them
Peace a dream
to those still sleeping
Wisdom lost
to visions promise
Blood the signature
—on heaven’s gate
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The shorter the sentence
the greater the impact
Its focus unchallenged
—its meaning refined
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Unwriting each poem
word by word
My thoughts again
—pristine
(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Dancing on the fringes
waltzing through the fire
Tango once the step of choice
driven by desire
Life a dark flamenco
words to not intrude
Motion trumping conscious thought
—foxtrot interlude
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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In the sandbox of my memory
reasons come and go
Castles worn in corners scorned
left without a moat
Granulated laughter
idle unreleased
Waiting for a last return
covered over deep
The jungle gym sits dormant
a mass of rusted links
One... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 1 year ago
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“The price of excellence
eternal vigilance”
A sheep dog watches
—the wolves at bay
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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At war for the truth
words imprison the mind
The will as a beacon
—its light undefined
(Dreamdsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Some of us were meant to age
of those I am not one
To grace a rocker on the porch
death by zero-sum
When youth is gone my will retreats
the candle at its wick
As dreams abate, the moment late
—flowers all but picked
(Dreamsleep August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 1 year ago
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Blood upon the keyboards
harmonicas in flight
Chasing notes across the score
horns that greet the night
Eighty eight’s to hemorrhage
reeds that bend and break
Music dying then reborn
—trumpeting our fate
(Dreamsleep: August,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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You first forgive
to then forget
Judgment lost
in past regret
To change the mantra
soul’s unfilled
And cage the snake
—from now until
(Freemont Street Las Vegas: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 year ago
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Have I finally truly said it all
running out of words
Thoughts and feelings too remote
my pen a blunted sword
The doors revolve and seasons change
as Winter calls my name
Whose grammar laced with period ends
and fingers stricken lame
A... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Adopting the world
for what it is
The illusion orphaned
—death to begin
(Las Vegas: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Ye cursed with too much knowledge,
all fate’s within your grasp
The destiny of all beguiled
entrenched behind your mask
To Thee of grace outstanding,
the rose and bud the same
Beginnings end as endings start
assumptions die unclaimed
Oh... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Ease after torment
delight for a time
Pain as a stranger
more fondly in mind
Absence entrancing
when courting a knave
Sweetest the silence
—where screams did pervade
(Las Vegas: July, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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As figures don't lie
but liars can figure
Right is still right
—and wrong is still wrong
(Ronald McDonald House: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 1 year ago
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It’s definitely maybe possible
that she hated to love me so much
Her affection found everything missing
—and distressed her elation nonplussed
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I sold my memory
for a present reframed
The past in revision
—the future in shame
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 1 year ago
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If you ever get to look into the light
—don’t ever look away
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Wannabees always seem to know
who the really tough guys are
Their carriage indefinable
though marked by every scar
The pheromones of conquest
carried by the chosen few
Who rumble through the tallest grass
—swallowing what they chew
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 1 year ago
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Where does insight come from,
where do answers lie
A mockingbird to mimic truth
in streaks across the sky
The echoes of tomorrow
retreat into the past
As crumbs from where it all began
form a new repast
The light belongs to no one
all live... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Adventure,
pursuit of awe
—celebration of the unknown
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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To never change a mind that’s closed
or stroke the lion’s mane
With fate embedded, etched in stone
you’re left with what remains
In tunnels dark and burrowed deep
you hide from nature’s wrath
Whose last denial, truth reviled
—reseeds the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Making love to my memory
each tryst redefined
Perfection recaptured
reenvisioned sublime
Forever unwavering
all pain reconceived
The future rekindled
—my heart’s reverie
(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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Love entitled
hate defaults
—buying back the time
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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If we can’t agree on fifty-one percent
of what affects us both
we’re doomed
Like the baby and the bathwater
our future lost
in critical disdain
All politics of division
a self-imposed, self-righteous
Armageddon
The brotherhood of humanity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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The artist
must fondle the spark
while avoiding the flame
Never surrendering
to the heat
as light’s wonder calls his name
A flashing
of transcendence
escaping the warden of imprisoned time
Where the gold is buried deep
and hidden
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Another truth, another lie
—another day that ends in why
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Cliff edge narrows, steps in place
danger looming strong
Height above me terror laced
searching right from wrong
Summit beckons, flag to place
and leave my name among
Flocks of pilgrims reaching grace
—to finally belong
(The New Room:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I spend my days
in celibacy unchosen
living the desperation
we share
Anguished in the knowledge
that needing you unbroken
transcends the sentence
of this chair
I hear your words, I feel your touch
imprisoned by our love
and wish... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Destiny looms despite my luck
its hunger cries and waits
As Vincent ran but couldn’t hide
—a prisoner of fate
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Time regresses
images blur,
memories detained
Tokens injected
into the madness
—forever to remain
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I went to sleep at fourteen
and woke up at forty
A prisoner of reluctance
—casualty of time
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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What are liberals without conservatives
truth without spin
vision without sight
peace without war
strength without weakness
…three without four
What are predators without prey
the moon without earth
storms without rain
trees without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 1 year ago
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You never know when
you’re making history
Each footnote marking
—a soul on fire
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It was just another concert
in just another town
Each face a mirror looking back
my words they sang out loud
Another lonely tour date
another strange hotel
The music plays but not for me
—too late to ring the bell
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Be proud you’re a Poet
be careful who you tell
Your words once absconded
—from heaven to hell
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Tears embedded
three ring delight
Star-crossed harlequins
pigmented fright
Echoes of laughter
masking false smiles
Greasepainted fantasy
—clowns in denial
(The New Room: July, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The anguish of death
is before and not after
Its portal one sided
—abandoning time
(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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From deep in the current it comes out of the river…
the Mississippi
the Mersey
Blue Danube
and Nile
The music living in the spirit of its flow…
the Blues
the Classics
the Tribal
and Jazz
Its waters a baptism for the wandering soul…
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Clouds hovered
the sky wept
grief as thunder rolled
Ripping the sky
lightning warned
—prophecy foretold
(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Life is creation
not a discovery
Distant horizons
the palette we choose
Painting and singing
loving and dreaming
Memory a servant
—time but a ruse
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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“Life hurts more than any death”
say the martyrs—to the damned
(Dreamsleep: July,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Cigarette smoke and cheap perfume
linger in a dance of remembrance
An unmarried aunt who clerked in a store
her rummage sale pearls yellow with age
wrapped around my memories and my fascinations
I was eleven years old when she died
and I heard... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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You can’t burn out
if not on fire
You can’t be hurt
without desire
You can’t be found
if never lost
You’ll never melt
without a frost
Your memory void
without a thought
You’re never freed
if never caught
You’ll never plant
without a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Those hidden lies
breed louder cries,
deception setting in
What’s birthed in darkness
kills in light,
exposing deeper sins
The poison fostered
regent’s tale,
its message civic spun
For us to swallow
not to chew,
inscripted zero-sum... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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They don’t kill politicians anymore
though some might say they should
Those vermin breeding malcontents
all worms in rotten wood
To feast on dreams of hope and change
and sell what pain has bought
They rape our souls in daylight scorned
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Orphaned by the distant wind
as darkness bathes the dawn
My wings have flown beyond my sight
to catch the cygnet swan
A brother to the foreign soil
lost father to the man
Hearing wisps of memories past
old promises remand
Alone upon a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Twelve men in the beginning
reporting unto God
Ten Commandments to proclaim…
devotional synod
Sacred by their nature born
each man immortal bound
Divinity in every word
salvations thorny crown
Choices come and choices go
judgment waits... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Till life retires me I won’t retire
all cries to uncles stalled
And won’t slow down or buy the farm
till Abraham has called
My will as though a five-year-olds
wild and dancing free
Those trees of life I’ve yet to climb
still calling out to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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The Ocean has no conscience,
no judgment, joy, or hate
She dances with you to her beat
in stirring waves of fate
With reverence you may enter
all blessings on the day
But just one slip and she reminds
what ancient mariners say…
“Red... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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You’ll never be sure
until you might die
Power imploding
—rebirthed in goodbye
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Released from
the inferno
Tongue of Satan
to betray
Saving words
from his fury
Muting the serpent
—today
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Left or right
the noise drones on
Distractions prized,
the message gone
What’s right is right
unless it’s left
The truth beguiled
—our soul’s bereft
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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A giant of a man
to whom history bows
As schoolboy’s sing
his legend proud
Our rivers symbols
where freedom flows
Through nighttime crossings
in driving snow
That freezing winter
at Valley Forge
The enemy slept
our hope restored
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Laboring in obscurity
my dog forgets my name
The hours pass, the moments fade
with every day the same
My faith a light that dwindles
belief the final straw
In darkness splayed, my hope betrays
—no luck beyond the draw
(The New Room:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Poets of convenience
reality to sway
A stain that lasts forever
excuses not parlayed
“Thou Shalt Not Kill” long spoken
ancient law upon the land
Religious, secular, or more’ bound
the truth has one command
A billion screaming babies
by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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To hell with your endorsement,
how false opinion reigns
My words to seek a higher realm
where spirit is reclaimed
As critics in a barrel,
the bottom layer is yours
To hum and drum reflected yarn
—self-serving au du jour
(The New Room:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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It’s not about
your need to hear
but what I need to say
The words unbartered
spoken clean
released to have their way
They choose their own
intended path
in beelines of advance
To scent the air
with every breath
—beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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That day on the ledge
he started to shake
Each memory a tremor
of every mistake
The choices made suspect
as nightmares returned
The price of redemption
his destiny spurned
Alone and forgotten
his eyes straight ahead
Afraid to look down... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Is anyone who's dead as great
as anyone still living
Is legacy stronger than force of will
within those still alive
Can what’s been done command the state
of promise still forthcoming
Is speaking loud beyond the grave
an edict best unheard
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Poetic depiction
prosaic description
Vowels come in colors
the rest black and white
They call to us orphaned
they call to us nameless
Our pens but a lifeline
that save with each write
To romance the serpent
to anger the saint
Each word... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 year ago
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Silence is charmed
disaster avoided
New breath to infuse
fresh words on the run
Tomorrow disarmed
the instant unleashing
Each moment a present
—time gifted becomes
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Self-analysis…
a balancing act
on the edge of disaster
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Professional Poet
—consummate oxymoron
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Leasing eternity…
sorrowful joy
Rent paid in moments
death’s choirboy
Light deeded tenure
sight to regain
Conceptual escrow
—vision’s domain
(The New Room: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Brothers by birth
brothers in arms
Blood running deepest
unity warns
Brothers in life
brothers in death
Destiny’s union
—sharing one breath
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Biting my tongue
the words choke inside me
Moments digested
—unable to rise
(Deamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Without death
life loses all beauty
Without death
life loses its way
Without death
life’s value diminished
Without death
life reasons to pray
Without death
life’s years lose their value
Without death
life’s seething refrain
Without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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California Dreamin…
Momma Told Me Not To Come
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Will Anybody Really Know What Time Has Spun
Hotel California…
Its Chain Gang wearing thin
Searching for an American Woman
Blowin In The Wind
Bill Bojangles... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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I didn’t forget…
I don’t want to remember
What’s left on the table
where time had command
I didn’t forget…
I don’t want to engender
The past from the future
—the moment at hand
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Hidden deep within the trees
a whispering tomorrow
Buried in their shadows
voices fall and take new breath
The midnight wind blows silent
carrying hope into the future
Words caught up and venture forth
to seed unspoken times
New spaces... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Millions of words
are brought to a boil
But only the few
—can rise with the truth
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Singing a morning,
painting a song
Sculpting a memory,
writing a wrong
Blessing the moment,
kissing the sky
Laughing at sorrow
—living to die
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Talk about the future
and spoil the present
Fox in the henhouse
rats in the barn
Moment’s unspoiled
never in reference
Today, not tomorrow
prescience the charm
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Canyons of loss
emotional wastelands
Spires of hope
grasping for sky
Riverbeds bake
mountains are damming
Feelings once deluged
—barren and dry
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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My girlfriend has a girlfriend
as pigeons flee the roost
Pronouns crying God knows what
knots are coming loose
I was my girlfriend’s boyfriend
when lines unblurred defined
My love abeyant, Limbo’s child
—left here misaligned
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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Can you speak to the masses
will your words cross the line
From youngest to oldest
will listeners opine
How many octaves
can sing out your tune
Is it seasonal only
or July until June
Is time to speak kindly
of what you espouse
Or pile... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Answer with Poetry…
tempted by Prose
Passions arousing,
feelings exposed
Silence your dialog,
parry in verse
Now more than ever
—quenching your thirst
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Money for today
but not for tomorrow
Bees in the bonnet
cows in the barn
Poverty lessens
the weight of ambition
Our wishes and dreams
back burner to warm
Love for today
but not for tomorrow
Feelings with shelf lives
spoiled by date
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Writing the final chapter…
the bells in the tower ring for me
Once for each phrase unwritten
twice for each grievance atoned
—as—
“Schoolchildren rise
pulling back the covers on the flowering meadow
Singing my words
blessing the fields... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Hearing it again
for the thousandth rhyme,
still within the present
More inherent, more alive,
each reading
more resurgent
Hearing it again
the words still new,
reborn as they’re recited
Bleeding the moment
away from time
—no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Anarchy upon us
in less than ten years…
Nothing can stop it
neither hoping nor tears
The Founding Father’s
warning to ring…
“Revolution calling”
Jeffersonian brings
The mop or the handle
our floor will be cleaned
The face of new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The time for words near over
a curse upon the land
The devil plays his organ loud
in chords of dark command
The age of understanding
lay withered on the vine
What man had once embraced of man
new curses now opine
The gales of change blow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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There are truths
that follow deep into the grave…
The ones you disagreed with
—and the ones you ignored
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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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,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Drowning in whisky,
drunkard of time
Toasting the losers
—dying unrhymed
(McGarvey’s Saloon-Annapolis: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Beyond despair
new light is found
where wasted moments
live again
Befriending capsules
lost to time
the air forgiving
free of sin
Beyond all hope
there lies a wish
where cherubs promise
saving grace
And hopes and wishes
are reborn
as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The years forever lost to time
but each moment is perpetual
Dreams packed and stored in the instant
of the wills inception
Centuries of regret erased
in the flash of a second baptism
Stillness calling us inward
—eternally reborn
(The New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Love is the freest
most precious of things
To give without cost
and coveted sings
Love to be spoken
and heard unreserved
To harness the wind
—and fly like a bird
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Amazing
how smells
attach to a memory
More vivid
than eyesight
hearing or touch
They wait
deep inside us
to capture the moment
When all
other senses
—have started to rust
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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My Prose becomes better,
my Poetry gets worse
The pictures stay unpainted,
new words to the curse
Each line chosen mainly
for how it relates
A phrase to launch 1000 ships
—chapters overstate
(The New Room: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I remember the smell of beer
going down the back steps
The keg under the dartboard
the men in long sleeves
Being carried by my grandfather
and each uncle one by one
Old Spice and English Lavender
as hugs and kisses were exchanged
The garage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Deception of reflection,
each mirror so enthralls
Calling in our timeless hope,
frozen in its pall
Its backing silver plated,
to seal the ego’s dream
Lending what cannot be bought
—deadly in its gleam
(The New Room: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Grand Canyon darkness—city nights,
towering votives in wingless flight
Elevator to the desperate peak,
ninety-nine floors above the waiting street
Torment and doubt ride to the top,
buttons numeric finally stop
Ten steps to the railing,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Reports…
cold facts on paper
Truth
unto itself
The World
to judge in concert
One man
much deeper felt
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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A minute to make a moment
the instant to endear
A vow to make a marriage
more committed year to year
A ribbon to make a bow
once the tie is fastened right
A hope turned into wishes
wrapping tidings ever tight
A man begets a son
with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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There’s a voice that hides
with message plain
“IT STILL IS NOT ENOUGH”
No matter how the
phrases turn
“THEY LACK THE FINER STUFF”
It sits in judgment
undeterred
to flame and scold unbound
To speak when I’m
inopportune
—and turn me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Twas deep within my golden years
when youth came rushing back
Tired of being left behind
seducing what I lack
Clocks run down as midnight harkens
options running thin
Amorous feelings lost to time
whose walls are closing in
But then an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Indelible the writing…
each theme enslaves the words
The weight placed squarely on their backs
to bear the message heard
The meaning what’s important
four ruling two plus two
Verbs forgotten, nouns erased
—their insight still imbued
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Unlike the first Revolution…
this time we have to take America
back from within
Like drug and alcohol addiction
we need detox
and rehabilitation
The traitors and despoilers left
to wither and die
Too many have sacrificed
for the freedoms... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The end of all is vanity,
damnation so accused
The mirror speaking falsely
—of promise purple hued
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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‘Keeper Of The Kingdom,’
entrusted with the key
Words unlocking blocks of time,
setting moments free
Caretaker thus chosen,
fate to walk the fields
Watching insights stalk and grow
—destiny to yield
(Dreamsleep: June,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Waking every day
finding part of me behind
The loom threadbare and empty
no yarn there left to find
Coming apart in pieces
stitches lose their hem
Expectations falling fast
inching toward the end
Daylight into darkness
bespoken twill in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Gone like September
from the wind
Gone like the Robin
from its wing
Gone like a child
from its laughter
Gone like the memory
of Spring
Gone like the Priest
behind his vestments
Gone like the hours
from the day
Gone like the waves
atop... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The narrow hall of mourning
pathway to my grief
Darkened by each memory lost
—there in stark relief
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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She is gone…
swiftly, silently,
like the fading light
Settling into
my memory
like a thousand yesterdays
Taking what I
would never give,
leaving only heartache
Crossing love’s
forbidden line
—never to return
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Conscience makes
the liars weep
The feeble strong
the dreamers sleep
It calls beyond
the thickest door
Forever’s shadow
—fate du jour
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Life,
but thread and thimble
—struggling with the hem
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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I wonder what
you’re doing tonight
Whose poking and prodding
my blue-eyed delight
Are you lonely and scared
of what nature has bidden
Are you angry and tired
of feeling downtrodden
Are you chasing the ghosts
of dreams thought forgotten
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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In a bullpen of violence
—throw the first pitch
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Boredom,
the greatest vintner of pain
Aged in confusion
served with disdain
Moments gone fallow
dreams unfulfilled
Fatal perfusion
—doldrums distilled
(The New Room: May, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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At nineteen
I wanted to live in Colorado
Till that first weekend I spent
in Cheyenne
At twenty-five
I wanted to live in Montana
Leaving Yellowstone
as Glacier took my hand
At thirty
I wanted to live in Alaska
Within Denali
where the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 1 year ago
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Waiting for life to come to me,
the clock ticked down to one
With barely but a second left,
my tendency to run
With nothing left but one last tick,
all motion seemed to stop
Perspective changed, then rearranged,
a lifetime on the spot
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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A proprietary hold on God,
religion does proclaim
Defining what we know inside
our souls will they reclaim
The Cross or Torah, Buddhist lore
each ritual decries
What can’t be owned or scripted pure
through centuries of lies
Divinity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Rhyme
to mask the message
Rhythm
to drive it home
Trapping words
in cadence strong
Cutting
to the bone
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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I looked at you a thousand times
before I saw you once
You never did look back at me
my vision sorely trumped
Till that one day I saw you clear
in substance and in form
But still I longed for one more look
where I still got it wrong
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Tuning letters like strings
the words are reformed
The rhyme and the meter
the rhythm reborn
Each vowel and each consonant
together in line
No commas or periods
to block or confine
The meaning inherent
and left unexplained
restated... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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I deleted another poem tonight
and the Muse raged into fury
“You never asked for my permission” she said,
as her voice thundered deeply inside
“You’ll pay for this in sleepless hours
and nights when dreams are truant…”
Her promises kept, my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Staring defiant
into the blind eye of fate
the winds of circumstance
early not late
Staring back angry
its other eye blinked
as clouds blew misfortune
too close to the brink
I reached for my inkwell
I dipped in my pen
my final last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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How do you play a melody
deep inside the words
to sing each letter off the page
and free them like a bird
How do you write the lyrics
to a mute and silent song
that lives inside the spaces
where true music’s never gone
How do you play a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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When death sent out its calling card
the heavens came in view
Psalms to reach the Angel’s ears
one voice had broken through
Grace within her every word
each feeling soul infused
Patsy singing from above
—to bless the chosen few
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Rest assured in the knowledge you are
—without having to know why
(Dreansleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Loneliness visits
when stranded alone
Confirming the emptiness
—lost to bemoan
The darker the moment
the thicker it spreads
To lie and to cover
—my spirit in dread
It blocks every motion
I make to get out
Its shroud to enshadow
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Ten siblings
though an only child
Divorced fraternal
bastardis wild
Ten reminders
of what I’m not
Isolated
dropped not caught
Ten siblings
that share my name
Whose backs have turned
with eyes that blame
Regret incessant
to live... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I knew it long before the end
my affairs to order fast
The days once promised now recalled
my future is my past
Each day times ten the countdown on
as memory wanders back
Tomorrow once was like the stars
that time would not attack
Into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Reaching for the universe
fate extends a hand
Shortcut to Andromeda
route at its command
The speed of light exceeded
all flashes turn inside
To burn and bend eternal
where life no longer dies
Each star laid out before me
whose... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Boiling away the edges
letting the core expand
Limitations drifting free
clarity at hand
Horizon coming at me
sky and earth as one
Sunsets in my memory
answers on the run
A token for the master
a pittance bye and bye
Value placed in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Heaviest is the heart
—that wears the frown
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Leaky Poets
dripping Prose
Words secreted
left unchose
Wanton memories
twisted lies
Moment’s bartered
naked I’s
Love on steroids
feelings burn
Swelling heartache
pages turn
New tomorrow
old reprise
Armageddon
death’s surprise
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A shadow hides behind your smile
in the Riviera sun
Parisian moments long ago
our love had just begun
A child born then lost to time
whose laughter still we hear
As life took back its greatest gift
—his memory to endear
(Mayenne France:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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The depth of your inkwell
the breadth of your pain
where life springs eternal
again and again
To suffer the moment
in timeless refrain
releasing the freedom
removing the stain
Each diamond unpressured
betrays like the night
whose... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The encumbrance of peace
is war
Silence remortgaged
—as payments begin
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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A madman’s humanity
of which we decry
When he has those feelings
the same, you and I
How can he commit
such actions of death
Then cry when a comrade
lets out his last breath
A madman with feelings
the concept abhors
That he loves his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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From the top of Penn Center
he chose his first victim
Twenty stories up
as the train rolls below
A solitary pigeon
breaks free of the pack
Its eyes focused downward
for scraps that might show
His wings ever silent
with talons extended
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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No more white horses
or pretty ladies
No more bright mornings
or silver skies
No more engagement
with hopes and wishes
No more will promises
cover lies
Once more the danger
is thrust upon me
Once more the mirror
reflects the shame
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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So close to Heaven,
so far from God
The gate still locked
—the devil nods
A soul once bartered,
forever sold
Its mine shaft empty
—mirage of gold
All reasons barren,
the empty fields
The seasons wanton
—bereft to yield
So close to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Better the will to know
—than to know the truth
(Re-reading Don Quixote: May, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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A new beginning
begins the end
A different octave
whose voice portends
The circle squares
as angles form
escape your memory
salvation born
A new beginning
first and last
Once you enter
the past is past
All colors exit
as black... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Where would we be
without the bomb
Was Einstein a savior
or devil aplomb
Our power the fire
all enemies dread
Till stealing its physics
unmaking our bed
The world on the edge
of a looming abyss
Missiles entombing
a terrorist wish
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Raging flashes
time on fire
seconds flaming
moments pyre
Burning scepters
light betrays
torches fury
embers pray
Blind inception
blistered tongues
motion melting
boiled young
Bars of silver
chains of gold
locks of platinum
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Stars light
the beckoning dawn
Shepherds sleep
the wolves have gone
Shadows weave
the morning wind
Eyes reopen
—deep within
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Dying the death
of eternity’s struggle
(while)
Living the life
of the moments rebirth
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Sometimes when we speak the truth
we tell the biggest lie
Intention stealing from the facts
meaning ill contrived
The pole is North though pointing South
when asked which way to go
when in the Northern Hemisphere
a liars truth misnome
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Democracy’s demons,
they follow and stalk
for every freedom
they strike like a hawk
The cost of liberty
its downside abides
to follow intrepid
with vengeance as guide
All men here are equal
to right and then wrong
pursuing their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Give up your torment,
take back your verse
tomorrow upon you
for better or worse
Take up your wishes,
give in to dreams
sleep in denial,
old memories scream
Free up the moment,
strike out the past
damning the future,
its promise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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In the background
as I write
I always hear a song
Ringing clear
and ringing true
my wishes to belong
The words composed
in beats of time
with room for me to breathe
Awaiting
as the meaning sings
for voices to retrieve
In the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Morning, bright morning,
your promise has come
Morning, bright morning,
new birth of the sun
Into your arms
I bathe in reflection
Into your warmth
I strip off my fear
Into your heart
I surrender the darkness
Into your strength
I lay... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Robots reason
people think
in counterfactual oxymorons
The equal sign
ironic still
in anti-literal contradiction
A=B
B=C
but D won’t link without reflection
Zero-Sum
with nothing totaled
nondescript—the grand ligation
(Rosemont... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Sometimes trying hard to win,
it’s more important not to lose
Semantics jumbled, meanings gray,
the angle of your view
The victor truant, a rose a rose,
when called by something else
The winner left still undeclared
—the loser on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Seduced
by what I hadn’t done
Engaged
to what I’d never wed
Married
with vows I wouldn’t take
Divorced
from what I couldn’t leave
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Democracy
and true freedom
—it’s a dirty business
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Behind the mask,
only truth gets told
Its covering sacred
—eyes behold
(Kabuki Theater: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Rebel’s highway,
toll free line
Drifting median,
ill defined
Sirens distant,
flashing lights
Mocking laughter
—death’s delight
(Memories Of September 30th, 1955)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Born to the same words as you,
the feelings were my own
Language shared, intention spared,
a vision fully grown
Our words converse, beyond my verse,
your prose unto my rhyme
To search that darkest hidden place,
each footstep out of time
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Twilight beckons
a wavering moon
Chasing the sunset
from darkening skies
Clouded reminder
renewal has come
Birthing new shadows
in fresh summer rain
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 1 year ago
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The present is in your future,
the present in your past
The present a sacred mystery,
its moment to unmask
The present is in your memory,
the present in your dreams
The present neither begins nor ends
—eternity set free
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Dipping his toe
in the river’s denial,
uncertain of its depth
Floating his memories
on ripples of fate,
his deepest secrets kept
Refusing to sink
excuses cut free,
his reasons left to buoy
Erasing his doubts
the island ahead
—all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I dress up every Sunday,
but only in my mind
My coat and tie in tattered shreds,
the past and future bind
To celebrate in peasant rags,
as memory dances free
Imagining in formal garb
—what only I can see
(Dreamsleep: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Some days my mind is hardened,
on others like a sponge
Today my thoughts are heartened,
with feelings on the run
Tonight as light transitions,
and darkness fills the void
My mind and heart will lay as one,
true lovers—dreams of joy
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Wedded to a grownup dream,
betrothed to whom I sleep
My lover laced in shades of gray,
her shadow most discreet
Vows of heartache lost in time,
one chance to pledge again
to tend her garden—heart unbound,
and till her love unstemmed
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I said no to the man
and made my own bed
I cut my own trail
with eyes straight ahead
In debt to myself
but thankful to all
My words freely spoken,
their verdict my call
I beat my own rhythm
on multiple drums
I structured the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Our mistakes are paid
in generations of denial
Old footsteps defaulting,
new judgments on file
The future in debt
to invoices past
tomorrow debentured
—arrears mounting fast
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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No one lived more inside the moment,
No one left others more bent to his will,
No one remembered more for the things that he said,
No one more misunderstood while being so loved
—than Muhammad Ali
(Louisville Kentucky: July,... – by Kurtb Philip Behm | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The greater the love
—the shorter the trip
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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While writing verse from now till then,
its toll I humbly paid
Across a bridge where time had stopped
—the truth to pass each way
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Passing each other
on the cusp of goodbye
A prayer of forgiveness,
a desperate last sigh
Feeling the emptiness,
hearts gone to stone
Lost in the memory
—of love we had known
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Wisdom is of greater weight
than valor, pride, or name
It harbors in my deepest thoughts
to rule my souls’ domain
Choices made my kingdom saved
though others yet to see
My heart and mind ensconced as one
—the future mine to free
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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Life on the fringes
ignoring your pain
words were my fortress
again and again
Riding the fence line
fixing the wire
judgment expelling
intruders and liars
Distance and loneliness
harken and call
wisdom and certainty
fate to recall
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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A bottle of you was not enough,
I needed the whole case
With every drop and fragrance let,
uncorking my embrace
To deeply breathe your sweet perfume
and drown in nectars dew
I try to sip but lose myself
—inside your vineyard true
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Draining all there was to say,
he hemorrhaged one more poem
Last vial of his history,
whose burden now atoned
With final drops to say adieu,
the past and future dead
His last tomorrow here today
—and time no longer bled
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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The politics of religion,
its statues on fire
All martyred saints burning
in canonized pyre
As cardinals of vengeance
seek new hearts to be stoned
Inquisitors ramble,
the Creator on loan
The religion of politics,
papal decrees
Guilt... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Torn from the moment,
each page sorely ragged
whose ink has long faded
but memory bound
The story is telling,
its magic eternal
inside it awaits us
—a treasure unfound
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Far from where I’m supposed to be,
destined here to roam
Lost in waters still unmarked,
drifting and alone
On my way to nowhere fast,
distance calls my name
The wind a suitor, time undone
—future shores to claim
(The New Room: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Lusting after everything,
my words in search of what that brings
I ride through time upon the wind
—to chase the virgin queen
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I put a saddle on the wind
and rode it through the storm
The bridle placed, the buckle cinched,
the reins, my soul reborn
Inside each stirrup passion spurs,
the present close at hand
Behind whose mane I charge within
—in search of who I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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You can go anywhere as someone else,
the masks and jesters play
invisible to sound and touch
the Lords and Creatures pray
To rent the future—sell the past,
the landlord still unnamed
invulnerable to what they sell
the real prize still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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With no respect for time,
words revisit
Invading my consciousness,
attacking my fear
The moment conscripted
beyond all denial
An ageless understanding
—of what’s to become
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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To be a true champion
—conquer yourself
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Everybody’s bad day…
a badge without a star
the one who stood when others fled,
each day to raise the bar
The one they all could come to,
when freedom was in chains
the light that rampaged in the night
—to hunt what darkness claimed
(The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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The sins of religion,
religion of sin
holding God hostage,
a prisoner within
An Almighty weapon,
inflicting great pain
heaven in bondage,
redemption in chains
The politics of religion,
its dogma a curse
with guilt as the wellspring,
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Prayer without indemnity,
prejudice, or blame,
weaponizing Diety…
a dogma-based refrain
Through Him our Divinity
rejoining heart and mind,
to truly know Who reigns supreme
last sacrament defined
Religion like the training wheels
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Gentle as a razor,
her words cutting deep
Robbing tomorrow
of yesterday’s sleep
Her voice rising sharply
to greet the new pain
A bleeding Madonna
—in strawberry rain
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Is democracy sinking
into feral autocracy
The billionaire elites
with all the control
Politicians but puppets
where rich pull the strings
The rest of us lost
in deception and whim
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Wishing in colors
Painting the wind
Singing a fragrance
Sculpting within
Tasting a memory
Touching a dream
Hearing the moment
Feelings redeemed
(Ronald McDonald House: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 2 years ago
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The part you transform
is that part you possess
The rest is pure folly
—petals scattered to the wind
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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More connected
by dollars than faith
the poor attend the
Universal Church of Poverty
Christian or Jew
Hindu or Muslim
the altar when barren
—leaves God undeclared
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Write,
like you don’t need the money
Sing,
like you’ll never be heard
Live,
like the moment is ending
Love,
like a baby’s first word
(Dreamsleep: April 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Do you write the words
or do they write you
Are the feelings tattered
or something new
Do you speak in tongues
or in muted silence
Are the moments sacred
or void of credence
Do the questions answer
themselves in time
Do the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Do you write the words
or do they write you
Are the feelings tattered
or something new
Do you speak in tongues
or in muted silence
Are the moments sacred
or void of credence
Do the questions answer
themselves in time
Do the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Life when it’s tragic
a forced similarity
Spreading like water
—flooding the plain
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Until your forgiveness
marries your passion
—everything else is lost
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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At 11:05 the torrent came,
its current tainted,
its waters shamed
At 11:06 direction changed,
intention drowning
—redemption stained
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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The aging of time,
each year to endear
from cradle to grave
the future unclear
The aging of time,
whose toddler matures
to crawl and then walk
—as moments endure
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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For every second
the chronometer gains,
the future loses two
The light retreating
time in halves
—the moment old once new
(Dreamsleep: April,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Ego’s
not armies
destroy an empire
Inside
to rampage
—pillage and burn
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Caught between
fear and despondency
it came as two trains
passing in the night
with him on the center rail
too frozen to choose
too barren to cry
too orphaned to commit
hearing the screams
from the dying polarity
tearing him from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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A Poet who writes his name in ink
and screams his name in blood
Tomorrow will hear what his wounds make clear
—to die in glory of
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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No time for the memories,
no time to refrain
No time for the questions,
as answers proclaim
No time for the yearnings,
regret hovers close
No time for new learning
—all time but a ghost
(Dreamsleep: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Rivers of compromise,
canyons of denial
flooding uncertainty
—mile by mile
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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The world has forever
outgrown itself,
its pants no longer fit
The cuffs too short,
the waist too tight,
its inseam worn and ripped
The fabric that
it used to grow,
lay barren in the field
The magic that
it used to show,
a sleight... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Today was tomorrow
—all of yesterday
(Craters Of The Moon Idaho: September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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The lights went out,
the music played,
as Angels spread their wings
My name recalled,
my heart enthralled
—as joyous cherubs sing
(1st Book Of Prayers: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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When the spirit listens
—the heart forgives
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Celebration of what used to be,
what might have been,
what never was
—the past
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Memory kills time,
as time kills life…
Faster than a paid assassin,
colder than a dream that’s stolen
—surer than the tax man knows
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Avarice…
the family of man
chasing the last baton
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Conviction…
forcing our will
on the inertia of circumstance
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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The more I think I really know,
the less I understand
The farther out to sea I drift,
the more I miss the land
The stormier the days repeat,
my soul to chase the sun
The rules I once thought hard and fast,
denounced and on the run
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Tonight through the darkness,
I wander and crawl
The faces seem ghoulish,
my past to recall
Unsure of direction,
I listen for sounds
To possibly guide me,
as fire abounds
I look to my left,
as hooves thunder past
I look to my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Climbing the mountain,
you walk on its rim
scratching the surface
never let in
Once at the summit
new footing takes hold
rock you can stand on
—legend foretold
Climbing the mountain,
never look down
focus above you
reach for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Without a reader
the poem is dead,
stillborn and lifeless
—buried unread
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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When feelings stop,
words take over
Emotion harried,
pen unleashed
Heart in limbo,
mind resurging
Muse in waiting
—time released
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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Our past is never
where its left,
the tide always returns
Those things unsaid
not put to bed,
like butter still unchurned
Returning once
returning twice,
its power built on fear
To undermine
those things adrift
—till anchored... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Born under a bad sign,
verses time recalled
harder luck and trouble,
moments trapped and stalled
Born under a bad sign,
rock of ages sold
answers stay unquestioned,
bells no longer toll
Born under a bad sign,
darkness settles in
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Wings in abeyance
motion untracked
Monarch in shadow
—darkness is back
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Poetic intention
exceeding my words
Meanings now idle
truth left unstirred
Marching unspoken
Marching unheard
Marching without me
—to march undeterred
(The New Room: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Genetics,
our cruelest mistress
the herald’s phantom
In fated shadow
a birthmark staining
—our darkest pall
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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To fight a war
you cannot win…
what are you to do?
As missiles fly
and billions die
—the blame belongs to who?
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I think like a Buddhist,
but pray like a nun
I see like the mountain,
but reach like the sun
I stand like Gibraltar,
but rage like the sea
And love like a child
—reborn unto Thee
(1st Book Of Prayers: May,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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To share in Creation
—is to become Divine
(Ist Book Of Prayers: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I make words come alive
not pictures or sounds
a singer or painter
stays lost in the clouds
My phrases and couplets
in colors ordain
what the Angels will sing
—in praise of His name
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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A wagon wheel across the stones
—ancient sounds
The death of night, the birth of dawn
—ancient sounds
The blood of my enemy drips from my sword
—ancient sounds
A voice from beyond, heard from within
—ancient sounds
(Dreamsleep:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Transcending the light of reason,
can words do more than wait
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Call me a Poet,
but I’m just a writer
these words that I breathe
respoken much later
Call me a Poet,
my couplets in rhyme
each stanza to shorten
with meaning sublime
Call me a Poet,
my retinue sounder
to live by the moment
my squares... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Time in degrees,
degrees of time
the horse or the cart,
position sublime
Hours sans minutes,
seconds besieged
mirage of attachment
—horizon to free
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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It was never a question
but just a reminder
a sacrificed memory
of what used to be
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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“I don’t splain myself,”
Bill Hickok said
before his Colts went off
A dead man lying
at his feet
—his legend time embossed
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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The road to power
is mined with uncertainty
each step a commitment
—to live or to die
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Piecing it together
for a second time
the result was not the same
The years had altered
the way each piece fit
a strange familiar game
Instinct overwriting
what memory lost
the picture starts to clear
My past and future
now conjoined... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 2 years ago
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Ichor running through her veins
All blood is pushed aside
Her eyelids shut, her heart on ice
My fate she would decide
Wilted romance, rotting vines
Garden left in thorns
A lonely rose from last years bloom
Bent over in her scorn
New... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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He had more talent
than execution
His well overflowing
no buckets to contain
Deep from the visuvial
a fountain’s raging torrent
Drowning his intention
—flooding mountain to plain
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Fate the end game
time is fleeting
Moments pass
hate unleashing
Choices lost
reason stalls
Darkness calling
—hell enthralled
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Atheist or Pagan
which gets to dream
reasoning stilted
spirits unseen
Rational narcissist
tribal taboos
if given the choice
it’s easy to choose
Atheist or Pagan
contrast to compare
the first in self-worship
—the second aware
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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People are people
—and a fool is but a fool
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Skeletons rule the attic,
rooks have left the board
emptiness I can’t explain,
darkness untoward
Lapses in my memory,
lyrics left unsung
chasing all those things I’m not,
orphan on the run
Monday turns to Thursday,
Tuesday, Wednesday... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Seconds hunger
days unweaned
compression fracture
broken dreams
Minutes uncounted
hours unnamed
Humptiest Dumpty
in pieces again
Yahweh once spoken
reason besieged
tokens in exile
pagans to grieve
One for the money
two when it’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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They wait till I sleep
and hide within
recalling old memories
and past chagrins
Those tracks untrodden
to walk again
each choice unchosen
—my dreams befriend
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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I am not
me
We are not
us
They are not
them
And here is not
there
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Death indicts you
seasons past
prophets marking
spells recast
Life remortgaged
debt remains
time indentured
—hope reclaimed
(Dreamsleep: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Buried in the sand of ill regret,
a rifle washes free
Remembrance of a time when darkness coiled,
a snake of Russian greed
Its chambers empty, sights removed,
it could not, would not, fire
Perdition’s tide reclaiming fast
—its shame into the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 2 years ago
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Death twisted history,
guilts conferee
the liar unmasked
revenge by decree
His legions unfurling,
their flag through the smoke
the volunteers hailing,
preserving all hope
With dark days upon them,
no fear to be found
the women, the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Deep in the fountain
of life’s betrayal
My knife drank freely,
a last denial
With screams unanswered,
he tried to run
The first of many
—from Odessa’s son
(Warsaw: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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If the first casualty of war
is truth
The next casualty of war
is peace
The third casualty of war
is life
Until the last casualty of war…
hope
(Warsaw: March, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Locked behind the doors of my heart,
good wishes sleep unsaid
Whose key I’ve lost and yet to find
…this lonely empty bed
With dreams undreamt and vacant nights,
the hours linger on
All hopes and tidings unfulfilled
—and feelings all but gone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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Don’t make the time,
take the time
—life inside the difference
(Warsaw: March,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Intention outstripped
his power of reason
Leaving him naked
—a meadow deflowered
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Art,
the poison with which
the universe stings…
the artist dead
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Keep the fire burning,
worshipping the ash
Changing paper into smoke
—time and mood recast
(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Hope is not a strategy,
wisdom not an end
Moment to moment we live the truth
—borrowing to lend
(Dreamsleep: January,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Art,
being tied to form
is inferior to life
In the actuality
of its being
—life is
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Experiencing
You
Experiencing
Me
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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My Son…
a living poem
my deepest insight
—and greatest love
(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Learn
What you want to
Teach
Teach
What you want to
Learn
(Dreamsleep: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Memory of light,
vision of God
Centered return
—orbit of love
(The First Book Of Prayers: November,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Listen to the silence,
hear each frozen word
wrap your mind around itself
distant from the herd
Feel the bracing numbness,
lift what can’t be touched
free one starling in the night
—windblown through the musk
(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)... – by Kurt Behm | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Idaho is
as America was
her voice in the canyons
and mountains above
Idaho is
where today meets the sun
baptized in her beauty
—deep rivers to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 2 years ago
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Fire burns hottest
that burns below
Centuries rage
heartache’s grow
The coldest cold
blows just above
A gripping blizzard
—wrath... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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In the act of creation,
we feel most alive
Releasing the lifeforce
—our purpose... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Better to spend an eternity
in Hell
Than a brief fleeting moment
—in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 3 years ago
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To believe or deny,
enlightenment dares
Our lack of acceptance,
a three-legged chair
We feel it and breathe it,
and live it de jure
As minds are left gasping
at something so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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None of us get to stay forever,
no matter how we try
The fuse burns short with memory’s fire
—into the bye and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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The history of Western Literature
is one recurring sympathy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Not knowing the outcome,
I’d hide in the field
And wait for nature
to turn out the yield
Perception unharvested,
the thick to the thin
The fantasies rotting
—all truth caving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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It’s hard to say goodbye
when you know the time is dwindling
In the moments you have left,
what was given, taken back
It’s hard to say goodbye
when the words are lost and foreign
Those looks you get with time beset
—in everlasting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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What genius can thus inspire,
the mind will never know
It takes more than a thought conceived,
to go where visions go
Angkor Wat or Taj Mahal,
we only stand in awe
And wish to go from whence they came
—the artists Shangri... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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What is the square root of time,
what is a moment devolved from itself
What is the relative quotient of dreams,
tomorrow unspoken—lost... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Married to the moment,
divorced from everything else
my vows repeated over and over
—this present forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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The spirit can never be suppressed
its silent essence roars
No government or despot’s reign
can change its ethos pure
Bottled up the pressure builds,
like Cuba underscored
The rhythm faint but always there
—erupting force... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Talent versus genius,
innate the spirit cries
Surpassed by something undefined
—old limits left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 3 years ago
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Fading in the distance,
years trapped inside the past
The future just beyond our reach,
its vacuum deep and vast
Each moment to remind us,
when looking North and South
The horse’s mouth will speak the truth
—when present here and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Tranquil and quiet…
a walk in the park
Until life’s Trojan Horse
rolls in from the dark
Cancer invading,
you must parry back
Each moment recaptured
—a present still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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To believe or deny,
enlightenment dares
Our lack of acceptance,
a three-legged chair
We feel it and breathe it,
and live it for sure
As minds are left gasping
at something so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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We have only our perceptions,
but how honest can they be
Where one man sees the color red,
the colorblind can’t see
When trapped in three dimensions,
we must push against the walls
Until we’re free of all constraints
—and clarity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 3 years ago
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Is there anything language
can’t possibly express
Words falling short,
all speech in distress
Are there concepts so deep,
they cannot be described
To experience beyond
any speaker or scribe
A higher enchantment,
a deeper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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I asked again for everything…
she gave nothing in return
A jilted strand of loneliness
—unwoven and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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I met a man along the bank,
come back from Galilee
He took my hand and spoke my name,
which he was not privy
His head was crowned with sunlit fire,
his eyes like mine so blue
And as we looked into the pond,
one face stared back—not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Christians flock into their churches,
travelers hit the road
Searching for what’s beyond their view
in spirit overload
To leave behind the past imprisoned,
stilted and controlled
The blacktop chanting “come what may”
—a eucharistic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Repeating on and on without changing,
the boredom settled in
Lost in endless repetition,
ten miles South of what might have been
A broken record skipping, skipping,
the groundhog’s prediction... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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The view is always better
from the highest road,
the joy of looking down
Vision bestows
as gravity flows
—beyond the here and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Sometimes love just isn’t enough,
as destiny calls within
Orphaning passion, emotions untether,
lost to Cupid’s whim
Never requited, alone and denied,
the search begins anew
Feelings repackaged and searching for more
—to do what love can’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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The price of love
is loss
Its bill
both old and new
A cost
that must be paid
With feelings
torn and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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You climb up a mountain
for the beautiful view
Its challenge seductive,
a call to renew
The higher it takes you
the farther you see
With freedom the distance
—that lies in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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I can no longer afford
what my folly has purchased
Return not an option
—my bank account... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Up is not a direction,
but an intention
Down is not an intention,
but a reflection
Across is neither
intention nor reflection
Towards—a new connection
better... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Death failed to show up for work one day,
the clock remained unpunched
Hospital’s waiting, graveyards on call,
all coroner’s out to lunch
Death took a holiday without checking in,
the pecking order... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Punching in the numbers
on the celestial dial tone
Eternity became toll free
—its area code my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Once was a time
I was young enough,
to know and feel the truth
But the years laid claim
to my memory,
and the seeds to every fruit
Today is but folly,
tomorrow a fool,
the past like fine wine ages... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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The music
called the dancers
to the floor
The poet
waltzing freely
—with his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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“A vision into
your future
“A mirror
of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Why would it matter,
why would you care
Voices becalming,
breathless unpaired
Freeing the Dharma,
released in the air
Transcending today
—immortality... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Faith often hides
an idolatry within
Statutory mandate
—harbinger of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Creativity…
undemocratic
Tyrants of insight,
breaking new ground
Vision on fire,
effigy’s burning
Painting’s unframed
—all muses set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Humanity is destined
for being at war
Attacking tomorrow,
its fate still unsure
New conflict resharpens
the dullest of blades
Where written in blood
—new history is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Live your days with purpose,
and death walks by your side
To constantly remind,
what time will not abide
Your choice on how to handle,
ignore or then befriend
That last step left untaken
—where life begins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Humble
before the sea
Steady
within the gale
Intrepid
among the waves
Thankful
—as tides... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Changing the future—changing the past,
a north south reprimand
Each word rewritten—time bespoke,
the present close at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Many nights there were no new dreams,
so I borrowed from the old
Resurrecting the scaffolding
of what lay... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The largest rock I stand upon
is anonymity
Lodged within the silence
of myself
Calling from those distant lands
in names left blank and mute
Insuring my obscurity
—unknown but deeper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Morons and liars,
all facts to mislead
Their wool to disguise
—the truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Welcome loneliness my old friend,
to mark the hours emptiness sends
In the middle of the cold and dark,
the vanishing call of a last meadowlark
leaving me stranded,
deep in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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We make our beds and lie in them
—whether we sleep or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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Is there truth without belief,
facts left on their own
Disconnected from themselves,
answers poorly shown
Can dogma live in vacuums,
when empty of itself
Will formulaic reasoned minds
—conscript what goes... – by KIurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Death is no harder
than living
—when there’s nowhere left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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The fire’s gone out
in the last wooden hut
Fresh snow has been falling,
cold hunger abuts
The Red Coats emboldened
in far Germantown
The wind carries stillness,
with death all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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How is servant
to what
In all I say
—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Over the horizon
a harp is playing
Its call recurring,
its tone Divine
Beyond the swell,
a calm is waiting
Its breeze untethered
—to flow... – by kurt philip behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Music is to written words
as icing is to cake
Enhancing what you thought you read,
to joyously partake
A song can climb between the layers
to make each serving fly
Sent from Maestro’s high above
—sweet memories bye and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 3 years ago
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Laboring in obscurity,
years behind the mask
Wandering through the shadows,
questions poorly asked
Looking for one reason,
to leave the past behind
Echo’s howling endlessly
—prophecy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Victim of his own success…
the treadmill calls,
the hourglass broken
—casualty of what time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 3 years ago
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In fear of your abandon,
afraid of letting go
Alone and feeling stranded,
bereft—no kindness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 3 years ago
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Its history was written
in tragedy
The period to the last sentence
—was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Standing redundant
in an echoing wind,
renewing your vanity
with deference to all
At home on the fringes
where truth is an orphan,
you line up your enemies
canons shot at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Knowledge is not a paradigm,
but a bridge to something else
Its path to stay unmeasured,
when crossing into self
Devoid of polar opposites,
where beauty exits truth
To steal away, a soul relayed
—its burden stripped of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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How do we profess
what we can’t understand
The very nature of this
takes on certain demands
If it’s truly beyond
our ability to know
Something deeper is calling,
where thought cannot go
These walls that surround us,
this cave that we’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Some would say,
the danger portends
Some would say,
it all is pretend
Some would say,
the past wears a shroud
Some would say,
the quiet is loud
Some would say,
all love is for fools
Some would say,
to break every... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Raising thoughts and emotion,
the mainsail was set
Heading into the wind
of tomorrow unmet
All stays are in place,
with tiller held fast
Reaching for glory
—the doldrums have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Politics governs our
temporal lives
Religion conscripting
eternity’s prize
Together they’ve killed
more than famine and war
A plague that still haunts us
—to shun and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The bridge to belief
spans a river of doubt
Whose rapids are raging,
whose questions cry out
Each step that I’ve taken,
each tread that I cross
Brings me much closer
—to what I once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Hey Academic,
throw me some facts
Explain to me clearly
each thought you attack
Dear Intellectual,
restate and rephrase
Your version of truth,
empty words in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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The pages of my life
turn
like falling leaves
as autumn yields to winter
gathering in piles
of remembrance
blowing and scattering
to the four winds
—never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Religion and science…
never to wed
Like oil and water,
alone in their beds
While science defends,
ancient dogma portends
Two voices discordant,
to break if they bend
For centuries long
they have fought tooth and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Lines of immortality,
words on the page
Inscribing a vision,
all thoughts to remain
Death with her envy,
corporeal greed
Robbed of my legacy
—alive with each... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Detached from my consciousness,
the monster attacked
Feasting first on my memory,
the front then the back
Now living inside me,
all day turns to night
Connection—rejection,
devouring the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Sometimes money isn’t enough,
the wheat rejects the chaff
Wealth attained by winnowing gain,
the scarecrow only laughs
Sometimes money isn’t enough,
the numbers rise and fall
Interest accrues¬ as attrition renews
—the richest count... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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The winds of disaster
blow solemn and cold,
sweeping away my heart
From out of the North,
reclaiming my soul
—in torment to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Ladybugs
outline the memory of my childhood,
marking the pathway of my approach
Orange and black
like Halloween candy corn,
tempting diversion—they lure to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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You have to be immortal
to placate the gods
Time reaffirming
all memory of
Creation, destruction,
eternity looms
For those who believe
—appeasement... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Reaching into the maelstrom,
my hands were consumed
My spirit to follow
—my will to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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It didn’t matter what the titles were,
but that I read them
It didn’t matter what the author said,
but that I listened
It didn’t matter that his verse trailed off,
the pages yellow and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Republican or Democrat,
the wool has been pulled
Over the eyes
of a nation of fools
The truth is just fine
if we get it spoon fed
In our favorite flavor
self-served in our beds
While off in the distance
an Angel stands... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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His image eternal,
the chisel portrays
Beauty in its purest form
—but one word to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Shadows on a cave wall,
eyes that look for truth
Figments of what sight denies
—dancing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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Consensus…
the sum of like judgment
Judgment,
the tool of conjecture
Conjecture,
opined observation
Happening quite often
—with eyes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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I took health for granted,
my youth like a rose
To bloom in the present,
till thorns would depose
Attacking my body,
invading my mind
The sleep I’d grown used to,
much harder to find
Not a cold or a fever
for so many a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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The essence of fashion
is ephemera
Emotion and change
dancing cheek to cheek
The top of the mountain,
a revolving door
Those fifteen minutes…
some to lose—some to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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The Shadow hovers…
as I wake
from my sleep
Respreading its
shroud
from a future once bleak
Its darkness portends
what fear
seeks to end
All memory entombed,
as wishes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Life is the culmination
—of many small... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Is consciousness different than having a soul,
reflection unhallowed—eternity trolled
Does the magic within us begin and then end,
finite conscription—one lifetime to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Hours screaming,
futures pleading,
eternity portends
Voices crying,
souls denying
—as darkness comes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Why would I question,
why would I care
Why would I venture,
why would I dare
Why would I set out
for places unknown
If not to find something
—my life has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Centennial masterpiece,
numbers subtract
The prize in the wandering,
years drifting back
Memory indentured,
the sour and sweet
Pointing me inward
—a timeless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I offered two nickels,
she demanded a dime
It wasn’t enough,
her anger declined
“Can’t you make change,”
she then shouted aloud
And while counting my failures,
her voice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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Capsules of time…
no beginning or end
The view from without,
the view from within
Defining the space,
transporting the hours
Moment by moment
—again and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Sued three times…
your wrath indicts
Prostate, throat,
and kidney cites
Each time you threatened:
“This is the end”
I wasn’t ready,
mistried again
I kept my counsel
and shut you out
The jury hung
to scream and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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Are we doomed to be unhappy,
or does it involve a choice
Do our feelings link externally,
giving outside forces voice
Do we choose the pain and misery,
as they cross our beaten path
Can they exist if our wills resist
—muted and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Either I’m right
and you’re wrong
Or you’re right
and I’m wrong
Or we’re both wrong
—but we both can’t be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Doubt is a troublesome occupation
—certainty merely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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The Veil of Perception,
what lies beyond
Our senses and memory,
all time put upon
Lying within
or lying without
Inherent by nature,
shadowed by doubt
Primary function,
will scholars proclaim
But second to that
—our reasonings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Happy is he
who is content with the least
Whose hunger is sated
in famine he feasts
Happy is he
who begins at the end
And ends at the beginning
—his fortune to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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My last attempt
to circle the square
anger takes the throne
Isolated
no longer to share
servitude alone
Wandering unsure
things left unsaid
words to disappear
Into the dark
deserted forlorn
heightening my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Given facts
and reasoned truth…
Can't marry each other
without changing their suit
Some things our intellect
tries to explain
Can you turn off a light
that turns back on again
The reasoning sands
and factual... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Can you talk about good
without acknowledging evil
Could they ever
exist on their own
Can you go somewhere
without leaving someplace else
The answer
fairly shown
Simplistic by nature,
linguistic in form
Contrast
rules the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Is something unphysical
in charge of this world
That lines every moment,
unseen and unfurled
Scientists say NO,
breathing fire as they shout
What is it then
that scatters atoms about
Darwin had his theory,
well... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Most of our lives are lived
in an in-between world…
yesterday and tomorrow the bookends
to what has happened
and what is yet to come
ordering the mayhem in an artificial attempt
at unity and control
escape becomes an option for the very few
who no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 3 years ago
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Beyond every question…
God is the answer
filling in the gaps of our imperfection
offering hope in the face of despair
light to shine through the darkness
and promise
when abandonment is all we feel
lifting the burden that covers our greatness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Traipsing off to the cave
with my feelings and thoughts
A Hermit I’ll be,
my last battle now fought
Alone with my memories,
together indwelt
Eternity reckoned
—transcending... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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There’s nothing objective about spirit,
in that lies its strength and its truth
Unable to measure, only to feel,
its critics profane and uncouth
Science declares it the enemy,
its formulas explaining... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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The commonest denominator,
stepping toward the throne
His minions with their blindfolds on,
about to be disowned
The commonest denominator,
laughing at their pain
Another lie, stick in the eye
—a life of greed and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Both old and new thou must review,
changing pink to red
Those poorly formed, to stay forlorn,
hiding in their beds
Begin then end, begin again,
on chance the meaning fed
Whose banquet serves another time
—a feast eternal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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Not in command of what happens next,
only in how we react
The world gets to pitch and we get to catch,
in hope that our strikes are intact
No matter how hard we struggle
and fight for a sense of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Animals think,
and animals react
Animals sleep,
and animals attack
Animals eat,
and animals mate
Animals fly,
and animals wait
Animals feel,
and animals cry
Animals sicken,
and animals die
Animals come,
and animals... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 3 years ago
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Can our spirits pray
without God at the center
Can worship pay homage
to self
Can divinity reign
in each person ordained
Revering what’s hidden... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Diverting his eyes from that last final hour,
denying death its due
His conscience and awareness tight in his grip,
ownership unrenewed
Both arms around life, he’s forever rejected,
blinded as time starts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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The laws we need most
stay unwritten
As tyranny runs wild
without sanctions in place
Minus shared common values
can we ever regroup
From this polarization
—and dog eat dog... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Is truth that important,
or ignorance bliss
Your place on the Ferris Wheel,
roundly dismissed
What first must go up,
by law to come down
Gravity’s joke,
if not Heaven bound
The yes from the no,
the right from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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The funding of wisdom,
bankrolling death
Thoughts to withdraw
from a ledger unspent
Refinancing life,
true folly indeed
With memory cashed in
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Happy endings,
the folly of youth
The aged
alone to portend
Distance a comfort,
expiration afar
Reality
mostly pretend
Death as a concept,
corpse underground
As different as night
is to day
Two ends of the spectrum,
inextricably... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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You may not cross the darkness,
the morning light unfound
The promise of tomorrow
—today is shining... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 3 years ago
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I was perfectly happy,
a singular chime
I was perfectly happy,
alone in my mind
I was perfectly happy,
my world underscored
I was perfectly happy,
my feelings secure
I was perfectly happy,
adrift in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Demanding possession…
nine tenths of the law
Last bone to fight over
—its marrow still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Be it good or then bad…
defined after the fact
Acceptance—rejection,
a dog or a cat
The goals of Centurions,
or those of a Priest
Different agendas,
a moveable feast
Be it virtue or vice,
their adherents will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 3 years ago
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The newly armed Prophet,
his heart beating strong
An old disarmed Sage,
living futile and long
If words could bring victory,
the benign would then reign
But vows must be forged
with steel edges of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Behind closed eyes,
the future still to mourn
Grieving in a blinded state
—orphans left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Indentured as servants,
and not as our masters
Words are conscripted
—their meanings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Kiss me once more lovingly,
than you have kissed before
Tell me that our love is shared,
and one plus one is four
Kiss me once more lovingly,
with time our hearts denied
As death abates, new dreams await
—forever’s wish to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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I’m back from war without my soul,
having pawned it on the field
Among the dead and buried dreams,
whose futile prayers concealed
I wonder where my spirit hides,
as I sleep these endless hours
With day as night and night as day,
in loneliness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Caught inside a memory,
with flashbacks of desire
Your scent returns as lightning
—my heart a copper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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If you’re not ready to kill the lion
—never stalk its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Knowing only
what your path has shown
—so little have you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Entropy evaporating
into itself
Birthing an ending
—singular... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Reaching through the Biosphere,
I touched the hand of God
Who turned me around and pushed me back,
inside my inner pod
Letting me go with these final words,
transcending into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Backround information,
footnotes of the weak
Substantiating all excuse,
data incomplete
Reasoned explanation,
wishful thinking’s tool
For dilettante’s to build a stage
—to dance and play the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Delivering what we said we wanted,
wrapped in dirt and mud
The politician slashed and burned,
and each time drawing blood
He tapped into our memory,
with fear and recompense
Reminding what the past was like,
with promises... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I was twenty,
you were nineteen,
that day along the mall
When I heard a guitar
from deep inside,
that round auditorium hall
Up on stage with legends,
Son House, Muddy,
Johnny Winter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Lobbying through Hell,
the politician remanded
To the Devil he stated:
“Your program’s too thin
“You need to refigure
and turn up the heat
“His word’s getting through,
and the Angels all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I sleep with Saint Anselm,
but wake with Aquinas
My dreams to envision
what the morning will say
Creativity’s twins,
imagined then stated
Epiphany’s birth
—morphing night into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Should I share my truth with you,
or take it to the grave
And bury what my life has been…
the fearful and the brave
Should I share a final word,
before my name is called
To pour your cup into that stream
—that runs beyond the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Do we worship a concept
we cannot define
Do we dig for a treasure
that we’ll never find
Is the belief that it’s there,
enough to forge on
In perpetual failure,
no words to our song
Do we feel we’re the closest
when the bottom falls... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Prophesy,
that sphere beyond reason
Belief as its bridgework
—faith as its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Time an illusion,
to make sense of reality
Reality an illusion,
to order and place
Order an illusion,
to all that’s a given
What’s given Divine
—indefinable... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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The suddenness of desertion,
the emptiness of time
Abandoning each moment,
as clocks strike their chime
And wherego the hours,
once used and cast off
Are there auctions and markets
for each second that’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Tapping eternity,
time rendered still
Back looking forward
—never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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A Poet’s ink…
more sacred
than a Martyr’s blood
Each word
divinely measured
—all time in glory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Phrases string together,
letters front to back
Birds of the same feather,
in each other’s tracks
Marching toward transcendence,
words reformed and strong
Flocking into unison
—flying into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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While bending the rules,
and strattling the line
I pushed every limit,
calling it mine
Tearing down fences,
defiantly proud
The direst warnings,
rebutted out loud
One last price to pay,
its ticket to stamp
Shadows concealing
my spiritual... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Once free of the body,
into the soul
Majestic reversal,
the minstrels have told
A crown made of virtue,
death in the past
Whose regal foretelling
—a message to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Modern thought…
a footnote to Plato
Enshrined in our memory
—recalled and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Short in stature,
long in fight,
the zealot stood his ground
The odds unfavored,
no end in sight,
victory still unfound
The daylight haunting,
the body count,
the field a sea of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 3 years ago
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All of my life,
living for today
All of tomorrow,
living for tomorrow
None of my life,
living for yesterday
Lived as today
—as today was tomorrow
(Reading ‘The Portable Einstein,’ September,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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I’ve crawled through the logic,
but where’s the trap door
The one to escape through,
where there’s something more
I’ve labored with reason,
my notes here to show
Its path ever narrow,
restricting the flow
Epistemological
gods of my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Auditioning for myself
the lights went down
the sound amped up
my head turned round
Auditioning for myself
the handbill flew
into the seats
the chosen few
Auditioning for myself
last line unread
the words reborn
inside my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Prescribed philosophy…
medicine of the soul
Brainchild of the gods
—thoughts becoming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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That unshared secret…
a crawlspace of denial
where shadows keep your heart at bay,
lonely all the while
To hide in darkened corners,
as falsehood lends its smile
your mind left cramped—all virtue tramped,
banished and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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I ran over
the edge of uncertainty
To convince you
of what I didn’t know
Falling into the abyss
of deception
Where the pretenders
and charlatans... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Physician heal thy body…
virtue heal thy soul
Wounds profane—blood reclaimed,
whose sutured truth is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Yes or no,
right or wrong,
their truth so far apart
Opinion
versus stated fact,
polarized and stark
To give
or sway conjecture,
in light of what is known
Weakness
in consensus lost
— black and white has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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A painting will never love you back,
like a woman or a child
An opera may cause your heart to sing,
then leave you twice beguiled
Platonic zeal may fill the hours,
a pleasant... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Is knowledge just the memory
of what has gone before
Our current thoughts a window dress,
in search of something more
Are ideas in our DNA,
and cellular as such
Feelings lost within those thoughts,
wading through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Without exception, throughout all time,
governments devolve
Aristocracy, the Philosopher King,
benign in his resolve
Timocracy, the city state,
landed and secure
The Oligarch, his army placed,
to rule in peace and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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‘You’ll never step in the same river twice,’
the future now the past
Motion the only constancy,
beyond all time to last
You will never see the mountain,
by staring in its face
Perspective shorn and vision torn,
its image out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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What was,
became you
What will be,
becomes you
What could be,
belies you
What is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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I said yes,
you disagreed…
no longer to be friends
P.C. culture,
zero-sum,
misleading to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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What versus why,
each millennium cries
Man on the run,
all truth in disguise
Modernity reels
from an ancient ideal
Until time the thief... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 3 years ago
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The knife edge of verse…
a verbal incision,
whose sharpness cuts both ways
Its blood groove runs heavy
with truth dripping free
—to mark the words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 3 years ago
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Subject and Object,
who builds the bridge
From either perspective,
to laud or forgive
First person invective,
third person retort
The toll for each crossing
—forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Intention of action…
inaction pursues
Deflecting commitment,
with roadblocks infused
Intention of action…
step one and step three
Step two is the question
—of what comes to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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You dip your toe into poetry’s waters,
but never seem to get wet
Pretense showing, your measure unknowing,
the surface as good as it gets
Into the depths where fear leaves a shadow,
you stare with eyes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 3 years ago
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The sum of all possibility,
true nature of our soul
To act upon or take flight from,
virtues to extol
What may or may not happen,
to inspire or pretend
The choice is ours, the will empowers
—to flee or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 3 years ago
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At what price, love,
the Angel’s sing
At what price, love,
the joy it brings
At what price, love,
our spirit’s rhyme
At what price, love
—the word... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 3 years ago
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Memories of the future,
dancing in my head
Recalling what will come to pass,
joyous and unread
Reflections yet to happen,
vivid they befall
Voices that still wait to sing
—calling me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 3 years ago
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Some men are rich with a promise,
to others—millions are never enough
Fortune esteems what your vision can dream,
contentment elusive as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Stealing my dignity in the name of love,
you took back all control
The past and future trading in place,
all memory untold
Stealing my dignity in the name of love,
child—father to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Finding fault
with a vagrant poem,
its message left unclear
Falling short,
while aiming long,
to harken every ear
What’s left unsaid,
an unmade bed,
the sheets pulled down and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Dodging a bullet,
the PET Scan loomed large…
results both good and bad
“Nothing today
to worry about,”
but tomorrow left unclad
The moment secure,
the future unsure…
prognosis under... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Information…
answers
wrapped in questions,
warped in dimension
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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We die in the present,
but live in the past
Though the moment may claim us
—our memory to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Can our culture live on,
can its message be contained
Will an eagle looking down
see the joy or the pain
Will our heritage run deep,
like the river that flows
To an all-consuming delta,
and the life force who... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 3 years ago
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I get along with
my father now,
better than when he was alive
The walls have dismantled,
the barriers down,
a clear vision to inside
The excuses we made,
a pride that forbade,
here buried in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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The older I get
the more I know,
everything starts as a prayer
The older I get
the more I’m indebted
to a voice that I can share
The older I get
the surer I am
that life begins and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Walking on His
good side,
each step was placed with care
My direction set,
intention met,
new words to light the air
Looking back
I said goodbye,
all strings there left untied
Hands firmly placed
in His embrace
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Poetry…
my breath,
my life
Feelings
inhaled,
thoughts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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So much lost…
so little gained
Prairies in judgment,
our destiny framed
So little gained
for what we lost
Spirits now orphaned
—tomorrow the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Our Father, life giving light,
Redeemer of the plains
Carry our offerings into your heart,
remember, we serve in your name
Spirit Redeemer, the mountains and hills,
distant and barren in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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We cannot eat lies
or feast on empty promises
No more than the bison,
starving in the desert sand
We cannot clothe our children
as we run from the Wasichus
Our teepees torn and freezing
amidst the winter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 3 years ago
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Revisiting places,
a fresh pair of eyes
All time reimagined
—the how and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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A watch is forever subservient
to time
As each day bows down
to the sun
Remeasuring infinity
from end to end
Orphaned between
—and left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 3 years ago
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If conflict is human,
is violence a game
The law of the jungle
by some other name
A mortal endeavor,
to choose when we fight
With nature in judgment
—the wrong from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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Imperfection keeps me fertile,
like the storm upon the plain
Measuring the distance,
of what’s lost and sometimes gained
With my thoughts I mark the hours,
left uncounted looking back
The choices made and prices paid
—endorsing what I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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If reality is meant to change,
Buddhists may be right
The stops and starts of wasted dreams,
to bury in the night
With truth in self-denial,
our awareness springs and grows
The burdens of all conscious thought,
released—once letting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Cheating death…
the myth we tell
—when life seems all the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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My door is made of solid bronze
but doesn’t have a lock
Patina’d with the stain of blood
from all the battles fought
It swings upon a rusted hinge
and creaks when open wide
To welcome back the future-past
the present safe... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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I know more things
than I can tell
The water deep
within my well
I wish for more
than hope can stand
Obeying Thee
—my heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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On a barstool
somewhere
in a lost America
with a stranger
who calls me friend
All options
dwindling
my fate in his hands
—and nearly at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Logic destroys the natural state,
as order rules the day
To tag and label, weigh and chart,
reality at bay
A poet in the truest sense,
I fall outside the lines
Entropic freedom calling me
—to all that I might... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 3 years ago
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When death came ‘a calling,’
again thus denied
The future remortgaged
—payment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 3 years ago
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The white wing of the wind
blew down from tomorrow
Carrying a message of hope
—from beyond the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 3 years ago
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Caught within the membranes
of a lost tomorrow,
time stood still
No sound, no sight, no
fresh vibration,
as eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 3 years ago
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Coming out of the shadows,
reality struck hard
Changing me forever
—leading me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 3 years ago
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Don’t hate me if I struck a nerve,
a tear now yours to mend
The pain acute, denial slim
—too late to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 3 years ago
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Waiting for yesterday,
I stumbled into tomorrow
—and found my spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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A creative adult,
a child who survived
New toys in the attic
—where time comes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 3 years ago
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Only talking to each other,
academics expound
And sing to the choir
—no truth to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Foreigner
to death
Alien
to mortality
Gateway
to transcendence
Angel
from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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A bigger fish,
a smaller pond
A greater truth
alludes
The water shallow,
banks now void
Of fishermen... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Do you strive to be poetic,
while forgetting to be a poet
Your words when forced an epitaph
to what you never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Lost within the folds
of my regret
Trapped between today
and tomorrow
Taking
what I could never give
Losing
what I had yet to... – by Kufrt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I don’t want to be the one who shies away
and loves you less
I don’t want to be the one asleep
while you’re awake
I don’t want to be the keeper of secrets
you cannot share
I don’t want to be the one you miss
—until I’m... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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The wingless eagle
went to the party of the owls
with his own wisdom
Intimidating the impostors
of the night
with his past glory
Exposing the shadows
of their dark indulgence
—with a killers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Divorce not an option,
vows to remain
The altar enmired,
betrothal reclaimed
Children all lettered,
their offspring to spin
My nuptials enduring
—faithful... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Are you rapacious with your poetry,
avaricious in your verse
Covetous of those words you read,
jealous—maybe worse
Do your thoughts deceive with what you write,
does bad intention rule the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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At odds with myself,
those things you see
Eyes looking out
—feelings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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The furniture of my youth,
bed posts of desire
Armoire of a future wish
—hope chest of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Hiding in the middle class,
I made my way through life
Looking like I had it made,
no struggle and no strife
Others couldn’t see it,
as it metastasized inside
A terminal metamorphosis
—hidden from your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 3 years ago
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Standard bearer,
above the fray
Others follow,
trackless fields
Trailing echo’s,
dead and gone
Then tomorrow
—tomorrow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Clothed in fraud,
his disguise supreme
Frightening listeners,
confusion schemed
His world inside,
a caldera waits
Armageddon trembling
—the hour... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 3 years ago
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Maintaining his distance,
Dylan felt safe
A musical drifter
not born for one place
His words once released,
to live on their own
The road calling windward
—far from his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Bridging the gap…
hate falling away
Into the chasm,
fate tightens the stays
Forging two armies,
to now fight as one
Entreating their union
—Saint Michael has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Looking down,
I’ve been so lucky
Looking up,
still more to know
Fortune smiles,
the road still open
Steeper yet
—but blessed to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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You once gave to me something,
you now want to take back
But its cord is umbilical,
my soul thus attached
The title to the future
in invisible ink
Bleeding free your reluctance
—inextricably... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Behind on my rent…
the door slamming behind
A beggar of memories,
doomed to remind
Last boxcar of hope
on a railway of dreams
From here to tomorrow
—trapped in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Betrothed within,
making love to ourselves
Pledging new vows,
to seal every tryst
Promises buried,
a marriage unseen
Wedding bells ring
—ever silent and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Chasing after the flame,
in spite of the heat
To bathe in the light
—everything else is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Decisions that last forever…
choices made every day
To commit with our hearts,
our heads in the wind
—the difference for Poets to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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The first casualty of war…
truth
The last casualty of war…
death
Truth fighting death,
beginning to end
Questions unanswered
—gravestones... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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On the quietest of nights
I can now hear its roar
This current hides calmly
what fate has in store
Its crashing is consummate,
my drowning awaits
Last bend now approaching
—the hour grows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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“Violence broke out again last night
in Gotham…
“No arrests have been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Asking for support and not your agreement,
I looked into your eyes
Seeing rejection, a stare blank and cold,
all connection was untied
Words became hollow, our rose only thorns,
a new distance did we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Has the future made a profit
by selling out your dreams
Marking up expectations,
closing out self esteem
Interest bearing hopes uncashed,
wishes in arrears
Creditors loom, the past foreclosed
—tomorrow paid in... – by Kurt Philip Behm, | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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If something isn’t true,
is it necessarily false
By the polarized abstraction,
are we blinded to recourse
In the either or equation
and the depths of zero sum
Is all meaning trapped forever
—inside this web we’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Reaching down or
reaching up
Arms extended
—hearts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Revisiting oceans I’ve sailed before,
my eyes now finally see
Their currents deeper but softer felt,
all doldrums blowing free
As friends I greet them no longer strange,
once passing in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Hitchhiking along a highway
that runs inside my mind
Revisiting the roads I’d crossed
while skirting all the lines
My thumb held high and searching
for what eyes no longer see
Along this path that takes me home
—returning unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Being poor…
having no money
Conjoined,
yet not the same
Faith in the wind,
promises born
Wings free
—to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Attack, attack…
leaving no room for fear
Charging ahead,
driving the past behind
Fate in a coma,
never really dead
Lying in wait
—for that final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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You can only live
in the time you’re given
The past and the future,
a false consorting
Looking inside and blinding
yourself
—to tomorrow and yesterday
The magic contained within
each fleeting moment
—until it’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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Are you bigger in your absence
than your presence could command
Is your memory that much stronger
than your being when at hand
Does the legend of your fancy
stretch the truth of what you’d... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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The right to remember,
the right to recall
The right to uncover,
the right to forestall
The right to nostalgia,
the right to look back
The right to remember
—the right to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Fear, the ghost of indecision
where darkness stalks each day
Confusion our ignoble master,
bewildered we fall prey
Terror caught in nightly doldrums,
the walls start closing in
As choices wait our will to answer
—or die this fate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The thrill is gone, but its memory remains
in flashes that come in the night
The names have all changed, but faces stare back
forsaken, denied by the light
The thrill is gone, but its price still to pay
whose absence weighs heavy and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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The bigotry of isolation,
prejudice of despair
The future in your rear window
—abandoned beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 3 years ago
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With distance in his voice,
he traveled on the wind
Guitar case for a saddle,
to ride each beckoning whim
A folk tale left untethered,
his melody to claim
Each song an affirmation
—his legend to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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Paying the price for a life ill lived,
my spirit torn and scarred
Those things undone, weigh heavy now,
old choices prey and mar
I thought the past behind me sure,
alas, naivete
Each memory loose to track and hunt
—tomorrow’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Moments of clarity stop the clock,
but time rolls on and on
Unrecorded, to stay embedded
in each wish unfulfilled
Tranquilizing the fleeting doubt
that truancy sets free
Returning with the future claimed
—to liberate the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Markets are strong
as bridges crumble
Dividends fly
while highways collapse
Earnings per share
define false adoration
Gift wrapping burns
—on the last empty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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Sitting neither left nor right
but on the different side of things
Polarity drifts off
like the ending note in a forgotten song
The past and future saying
one final and lasting goodbye
As time becomes a wandering orphan
—and the moment set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Those who betray their dreams
are forever old
Living between denial
—and what might have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Will you be the hero
within your own story
Will you marry the present,
dating the future and past
Will your legacy document
your truest intention
Or falsely imply
words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Science…
explaining away the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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With nothing to offer
but my own confusion,
I wandered through the night
Holding you close
while letting you go,
a darker prophecy claimed the light
The end came too soon,
the beginning was dead,
all connection torn and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Redefining the past
for tomorrow
Memory’s promise
—reimagined... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Deafening thunder,
cries from down under
Voices of silence
—lost in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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Name dropping success…
a first name basis with failure
Hope into the wind,
heartache on the approaching... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 3 years ago
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The underside of dawn,
a promise ill remembered
Blue Hour turned to black
—as night devours... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Are the truly enlightened
able to endorse their success
Driven closer to the flame
—where heat blinds to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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The future calls our name just once,
hello awaits goodbye
The past a veil to what’s been learned
—the truth wrapped in a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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The past held victim
to the future
Each memory a shackle
in tomorrow’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 3 years ago
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The moments of these days…
the wheat from the chaff
Each choice confirmation
—the first from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 3 years ago
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The greatest times
are the one’s that surprise us
The greatest people
are the one’s who... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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What are we afraid of
if not ourselves
What are those shadows
that hover within
What do we know
beyond the joy and the pain
Where resonant voices
—start over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Taking the reader
where alone he can’t go
Onramp to tomorrow
—new roads to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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She only leaves me when it’s raining,
to wash away the pain
Clouds an ablution to her memories dark,
drowning a past refrain
She returns as the skies are clearing,
to dry inside my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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I can’t cry anymore,
or mention your name
I can’t sleep through the night
with fury and shame
I can’t give anymore,
stakes gone from my claim
I can’t cry anymore
—tears salting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 3 years ago
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The Art of Creating,
the Art of Living... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Disguising his attack,
concealing his intent,
deceit comes calling
as a friend
Smiling to your face,
fangs in your back,
the wolf approaching
as a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Poetry,
not read with the eyes
or listened to with the ears
—when spirited through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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They just want to feel something…
the audience again new
They just want to escape time,
for a moment then, or two
They just want to know you care,
after what the past has cost
They just want you reaching out
—touching something that they’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 3 years ago
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And no summer came…
the calendar frozen, cold winds still in play
And no summer came…
the birds and the butterflies staying away
And no summer came…
expressions of love buried under the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Searching,
I look for words to free the song
The music,
already playing inside my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Monument Valley,
you whisper going through
HOPING IT WON’T HEAR
HOPING IT WON’T HEAR
Whatever you say
—never to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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If only my wishes
had come to me earlier
Much less than I settled for
—still more than I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 3 years ago
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What’s in a title,
what’s in a name
What does it matter,
praise—or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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Blue Collar—White Collar,
choking the same
Their difference endemic,
as time casts its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Before success,
the work had more meaning
Before success,
with nothing to fear
Before success,
all floor and no ceiling
Before success
—the mirror was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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How close can you get to the horizon,
how far can infinity feel
How near can you get to the distance,
that pulls, but then never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Writing
pains my hand
—as it eases my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 3 years ago
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The rock,
stands against the wind
in centuries old calm
Counting the years until
our baptism,
sinking deeper still
Stoic to tell
lest we forget, engraved
on a hill of blinding sun
Of barefoot
painted dancers,
and children—future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 3 years ago
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Monuments of distraction,
portals from hell
The gates, the temptation,
where the misguided dwell
Three dimensions the material,
where emptiness hides
The lions all roaring
from cages inside
The pathways worn smooth,
the comfort is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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A Poet first,
long before the first word
Musings inherent
—crying to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Give me back my kidnapped youth,
distiller of the night
Return the sun from whence it’s gone,
expose this darkened fright
Give me back the future-past,
all memory on the run
Return those days once sold unborn
—to where my joy has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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The prostrate lizard,
hated savior,
crawls the crooked road to the city
Figures, sinking with the light,
bending your prayers
—watching the sun
Light retreats
as shadows leave,
emptying space for a new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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The top of the mountain
—how do you spell... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Everyone’s life is tragic,
but who calls out the score
The Jester or the Hangman,
the Undertaker sure
Everyone’s nights are haunted,
when sleeping with the Muse
Each dream a wanton barter
—your memories to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Jazz without melody,
an arm with no hand
A heart without blood
—a sea with no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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An army of lions…
led by a lamb
An army of sheep…
led by a lion
The fangs out in front
first bite is the deepest
A wound more than fatal
—destruction... – by kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Whispers before me,
echoes behind
Voices portending,
words to remind
Sleepless imprisoned,
nights linger on
Shadows approaching
—memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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When you’re out of options
—it’s no time to make a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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I’ll rue the day,
I can’t write angry
I’ll rue the day,
not alone with myself
I’ll rue the day,
the questions all answered
I’ll rue the day,
thoughts no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Through the bedroom window
in my Grandmother’s house,
shone three lights—far off and red
Vertically stacked,
representing the distance,
to a young boy fast in bed
A distance that I
was born to travel,
my hopes as then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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Fear is a thief stealing into the future,
the past its lot to pawn
A larcenous demon that hides in the night,
from the gallant, intrepid—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Every second, an infinity
happens
... in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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The sentence was death, terminally sure,
to pack my bags, adieu
As reds have never looked so red,
and greens, the greenest hue
The wine the sweetest on my tongue,
as birds sing sweeter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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The light gets richer
approaching the end
Warmth trumping distance
—goodbye an old... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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A question unanswered,
a wish unfulfilled
A moment left fleeting,
to wander until
A maiden unmarried,
a tryst never made
A lover in armor,
a husband forbade
A day left to dwindle,
the twilight to roam
A promise indentured,
enslaved and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 3 years ago
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Is this life we live,
the life we know,
really death
from another plane
Is the hurt we suffer,
and the struggle we bear,
the result
of another realm
Are the visions we see,
and the insights unnamed,
but a window
into that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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A dark cloud swept o’er me today,
and visited but couldn’t stay
It tried to blow my voice away,
but stronger winds then had their say
Poisoning rains lay overhead,
whose black veil lifts in mornings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 3 years ago
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Married to a doctrine
—divorced from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Writers
treading water
—the sound of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Whisking away tomorrow in a velvety breath
—to write once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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The country was turbulent on TV,
but not in Iowa
The ‘Times Were A Changing’ for most to see,
but not in Iowa
There was more to sound than snippets or bites,
back then in Iowa
Each voice was heard when spoken and free,
back then in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Three in one,
prophetic comes
One for all,
each heart enthralled
Confusion proffered,
diffusion reigns
Salvation offered
—all reason... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Turning down every invitation…
the invitations stopped
Ensuring the freedom I always craved,
alone inside my thoughts
Misunderstood and misrepresented,
my feelings misconstrued
And needing to live within myself
—no enmity toward... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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We live,
have lived,
and always will
—live in troubled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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What’s written in the past,
the shadows capture
Those words saved for tomorrow,
fantasy
But what I write today,
to live forever
Alive unto itself
—time’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Walking with giants,
each step getting bigger
The miles—the millennia,
the search... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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The stairway to God
is music
Each step a string
on the Angel’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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In days of fancy,
you cared for me
In days of challenge,
I cared for you
In twilight moments,
our love renewed
In night’s betrothal
—our wishes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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When you become a victim,
the hunter turns to prey
And the wolves now beckoned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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As an artist,
you go where art takes you
As a writer
—you become the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The Gypsy jumped from car to car,
never getting off the train
In Davenport through morning fog,
the old town looked the same
The prairies waited in the dark,
the Rockies far beyond
In Denver’s wind he heard the words
to an oft-forgotten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Running in circles,
spinning in place
Everywhere at once
—nowhere at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I abhor…
bigotry,
dishonesty,
hate and
disloyalty,
bias
and jealousy,
misogyny
and tyranny
But more than anything
I hate weakness in all its forms,
cowardice being the most destructive,
which allows all of the things I abhor…
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Ships pass in the dark,
so near yet so far
A hair’s breadth away
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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For those who will listen,
and those who can hear
For those it will matter
—your words to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 4 years ago
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You have to be naked
inside a Poem
Exposed in its limelight,
a baby new born
Starving the doubt
by feeding the fear
Everything revealed
—your back to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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For those who will listen,
and those who can hear
For those it will matter
—your words to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a power that only certain women have,
a force beyond words to describe
Where your breath is frozen, and your eyes are locked,
with every move freeing her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 4 years ago
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Youth,
the perception
—of what time throws... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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You won’t get better
with age
Or turn more experience
into a higher art
By heading back down,
never reaching the apex
To where you first started
—your eyes turned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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One last day to suffer,
as silence endures
One new day engendered,
to motion toward
A musical seamstress,
to stitch me back whole
A lyrical consort,
inscribed to behold
Each word as my seed,
to lay fertile the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 4 years ago
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America’s greatness…
we don’t have to agree
In freedom of dissension,
a strong harmony
Each voice draws a bowstring
whose arrow flies high
Carrying a message
—that liberty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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Elegant grunge…
the Rolling... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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“Once you’ve financed your passion
—it’s time to quit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 4 years ago
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Time…
our most precious consumable
Buying each footstep
—lace on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Unliving your memory
—unbreaking my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Painting with words,
poetry my canvas
Hanging through the ages
—signed with my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 5 Views added 4 years ago
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Don’t pick it up
if you can’t put it down
A little bit pregnant
—the world turned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Folding words into
a feeling
The permanence was
addictive
The creases
redefining
And the transcendence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Living right,
death of no concern
Dying right
—life begins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 4 years ago
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‘Wana Hin Gle’ the Lakota call me,
‘Wana Hin Gle’ my given name
‘He Who Happens Now,’ the drum beat has found me,
reaching into this moment beyond glory and fame
As ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my spirit has wandered,
as ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my ancestors call
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 4 years ago
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Never writing to make the words pretty,
but the thoughts pure
Each breath a moment of time’s demise
—tomorrow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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When man came out
of nature's womb
—God was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Artists reach beyond themselves,
to be more than who they are
The journey never at an end,
nor ever near—but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Who’re you really” the Sage asked again,
that look upon his face
“It depends on who I’m looking at,”
I said, his eyes now glazed
“I’m never just one thing as you’ve heard often
in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t remember where I was,
when the Earth became my lover
Surrendering herself to me,
enticing all endeavor
Canyon Walls and Glacial Cliffs,
whose depths and heights I wander
Memory folding in upon itself,
my heart immersed in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The eggs had been colored,
and scattered about
The baskets were hidden,
the children to shout…
“Was he here mom, was he here?”
they yell from upstairs
“Come down and find out,”
she says—nary a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Return to the sky,
our moon, Bakunawa
Masked Haliya has been called,
the tree circled again
Balyana is dancing,
the heaven’s in darkness
By the goddess of moonlight
—you’re condemned to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Social Distancing not so strange,
I’ve been doing it for years
The world a feelings length away,
old lovers left in tears
I shared what I shared early,
with my short pants not yet off
Trusting in my family first,
I learned—but Oh the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Fighting against you, attacking with words,
hatred my weapon inscribed
Fountains of blood each chapter exudes,
keeping you distant—forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 4 years ago
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Why try to write like somebody else,
by others passion driven
A watered down copy, trespassing free,
to alien words you’re smitten
A copycat artist who mimics the sounds,
your voice a toast... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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I would look through the window at feeble old men
and secretly smirk
and secretly pity
Now the window looks back and its message is clear
that old man is you
and the picture’s not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Divorced from my shadow,
estranged from the words
My heart to philander
—new innocence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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The lungs don’t work
—when the heart is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a clarity that comes with age,
confusion on the run
The light much brighter deep inside,
no writing on the come
My youth endeavors, drifting lines,
those hedges where I’d hide
Have all been trimmed or taken down,
left nothing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Some words forever born inclined,
others bred in shadows
Verse conceived and left unread
—to wander lost and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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The writing,
compensates itself
in the writer
Every word
an inheritance,
each phrase... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Remembering the present,
forgetting the past
Turning into the other
—the moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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I wandered among the springtime trees,
and in the stillness they reached out
To touch each feeling within my heart,
giving cover to my doubt
My life sequestered as I walk alone,
past memories deeply... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 4 years ago
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Raping the sky of its luster,
a new darkness began to imbue
Draining the ocean—taking its salt,
a pillar for Edith renewed
Shearing the top off the mountain,
its crater to hemorrhage and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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The Genie-us crawled silently out of the old clock,
and climbed up the bookshelves at night
The Genie-us then read from the pages forbidden,
feeling shame with a lusty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 4 years ago
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The Genie-us crawled silently out of the old clock,
and climbed up the bookshelves at night
The Genie-us then tore out the forbidden pages,
feeling shame with his lusty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 4 years ago
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Did you baptize the moment,
did you remake the night
Did you give truth a name,
did your secrets escape
Did you forever divide,
leaving zero to burn
Did you dance through the flames
—to the edge of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Ambient poetry,
truth on the vine
Words of the moment
—vintage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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How real can you be…
how prescient can you become
How long can the moment last
—to choose or to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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In adolescence he created
the myth
That untamed
—devoured... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Thoughts inflame as feelings stir,
words simmering yet to boil
Unspoken sparks drift through the night,
a pyre still to fan
As heat restores the human soul,
all prodigals return
With hope to melt the frozen dawn,
and free the Poet's... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Climbing each rung of the rotting ladder,
my wishes snapped one by one
The beanstalk looming high above,
its vines blocked out the sun
Grounding my desires and aspirations,
like a bird with broken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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The world your editor,
each season your pen
Heartache your publisher,
verse to amend
Days left to punctuate,
nights misconstrued
Memory the binding
—time as the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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As my body stoops with age,
youth lulls upon the page
Where words forever young,
cry willful to be sung
As daylight quickly passes,
I greet night a friend at last
With memories deeply grained
—reborn in verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Only a Poet
can stab time in the heart,
to bleed free and eternal
—only a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you happy spreading misery,
distrust what you embrace
More joyful when the skies are dark,
than bright on sunny days
Is truth a tool you wield and fling,
a weapon in your hand
Love what looms and threatens most,
to never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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He went in for a six-pack,
and came out with a smile
His heart reawakened,
the old lady—a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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How lucky you are…
to be a Poet
The window to tomorrow
left open
All tracks into the past
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Tears from a straw,
heartache from a tumbler
Ice from a memory
—fire from my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Squandering what you
never had
And what you’ll never ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying alone on foreign ground,
death gripped his blessed hand
Raging hard across the pond,
Manhattan, his last stand
An oak to fall on alien soil,
all seeds to heaven thrown
His words cast free into the dark,
that ‘Good Night’ now his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The Poet’s real enemy
is time
Alone to struggle
—moments to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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The world sneezed,
the demon danced
—the music stopped in time
The world coughed,
the demon choked
—millions now entwined
The world hid,
the demon searched
—new victims running low
The world rose,
the demon dead
—nowhere left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Rat-a-tat, Rat-a tat-tat,
the mice crawl through the walls
You hear them best when lights are low,
the cat still yet to call
Rat-a-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat,
straight up and overhead
The world they know—the world you know,
conjoined but never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 4 years ago
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Refusing to ever
say hello
The coward says... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Putting up the white flag,
laying down my gun
Turning my back on fantasy,
projects left undone
Unlike other enemies,
she’s neither front nor back
But lives where only she can go,
where color turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 4 years ago
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Ovarian, Breast, Pancreatic, or Lung…
there’s a look that is shared the same
And staring straight into the eyes of time,
all promises gone and reclaimed
Each moment borrowed and leased from your fear,
the walls crashing one by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Is someone profiting on your wishes and dreams,
renaming your parade
Like a thief in the night they steal every wish,
their own life at best a charade
Is someone else cashing the check you just wrote,
to pay for their larcenous... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 4 years ago
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Weaver of dreams,
caretaker of the word
Orator of the heart
—steward of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Always is a long, long time,
today is longer still
The beginning of what can never end,
consciousness distills
Tomorrow is the shortest time,
when looked at from today
And yesterday no time at all,
whose notion drifts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 4 years ago
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The artist dies again and again,
but his art does not
Bringing new life to the ages,
turning his back on time
The artist cannot last,
but his genius can
Living inside the spirit
—of what death... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Off in the distance,
he was whispering my name
What started as a rumor,
audible and plain
My parking meter empty,
the hour glass had run
What life only borrowed,
reclaimed—the devil’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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It was the 3rd day of the battle,
and thousands lay dying or dead
Lining the edge of the smoke and chaos,
the roses and daisies were spread
The screams in the night were ungodly,
sounds of cannon fire ruling the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you hiding inside your writing,
making it impossible to see what you mean
Camouflaged words based on muddled intent,
to confound, confuse, or mislead
Is it cryptic or gibberish in nature,
your attempt to impress with your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying is a wild night
and a new road”
Then
Darkness is passion untamed
—on a highway to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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What every man would like to say,
and every woman like to hear
What every moment would then embrace
—released to so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Past moments segmented euphoric,
notebook in the back of my jeans”
It used to be a pocketed feeling,
today it’s the air that I breathe
They used to visit when I would invite them,
now they’re my shadow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The incarnation of silence,
sound without tone
Words embody in the night
—crying to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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If you live long enough…
those things you missed
will again return
No longer wrapped
in layers of disguise
But flying on spirit wings
the Archangels have endowed
Bequeathed
to the morning’s sunrise
—your exiting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 4 years ago
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The imagery of experience,
the magic of verse
Each word bought and paid for
—to bless or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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You can’t argue or reason
your way
into transcendence
Sinking deeper
with each formula drawn
—and truism... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The drum beat of eternity
—keeper of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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When the spirit listens
—the heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I chased my selves
down the hallway tonight,
and called them both by name
They stopped and wavered
before looking away,
turning their backs again
Subliminal
gravity captured the space,
attraction thrice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The night a killer with retinas that burn,
all verses running mad
Fists of silence coming out of the dark,
opening up to grab
Fingers choking the last vocal chord,
strangulation by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Standing alone
on the altar’s first step,
apprenticeship dethroned
Indentured anew,
my eyes turn inward,
disarmed, but not disowned
A quarter to forever
in the distance ahead,
blank meadows still to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 4 years ago
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Give it back to the night,
give it back to the day
Give it back to the moment,
where time goes to pray
Give it back to the future,
give it back to the past
Give it up to the present
—forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Words of malice, curses flamed,
hiding in the past
No license needed to hunt through time
—the present armed en... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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In the end…
all we have left
is the music
And music,
will be
more than... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry and Political Correctness
—the ultimate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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With eyes that see and ears that hear,
but hearts that look away
Each child unkept—all life bereft,
to rue these mournful... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The Country Club of walking death,
calls out across the ferns
The 1st hole starts with pain unmatched,
its traps to flame and burn
The 9th hole calls you back to life,
just to send you down... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 4 years ago
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Joni said…
“If I tell you what the song is about,
it won’t be about you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Debiting the bank of time
—your dream my breath... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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God made me a man…
the devil a poet
To argue with the Almighty
of his methods and plan
God made me a mortal,
but divinely inspired
Two feet on the ground
—flaming the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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A river is but a witness,
to what lay along its banks
Carrying forth transcendent dreams,
flowing stillness, giving thanks
A river travels onward,
while buried in its wake
The current freeing motion’s form
—offering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you remember the present,
or only the past
And what of the future,
clairvoyant at last
Are the walls artificial
and the boundaries lame
Is time only mental
—perception to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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You can’t go back
—to where you’ve never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Today, I fed a horse still wild,
and asked him with my rhyme
To blaze the silver meteor’s trail,
to where the words collide
I filled him with one final verse,
to sharpen my refrain
And mounted for that one last ride
—to go back home... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Clear the decks
and set the helm
A storm approaches,
hatches closed
Drop the main
and raise the jib
The anchor’s gone
—our fate to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Passing through its own reflection,
eternity is beauty
—and beauty is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you the latest one I’ve left alone,
heart Shanghaied—no goodbye
Are you wondering why as questions loom,
the answers high and dry
Were you sure you’d be the only one,
to wade misfortune’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s just a set number
of poems to write
And writing the last,
I’m done
To die but alone,
with my words as the pall
Breathless verses
—left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The past is but a distant flame,
with reasons there disowned
Where fire burns in effigy,
to singe that falsely known
The ages but a candle dim,
its wick burned to the quick
As torches rage from deep within
—all time a kindling... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Beyond comparison,
they rise when we fall
Uniquely divergent,
to impale and enthrall
No reference or genre,
descriptions confound
Bowie and Jagger
—alone in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Hanging like a scapular,
your memory haunts my dreams
You clothe my thoughts in joyous warmth,
my lonely voice to scream…
“I live inside your shadowed love,
afraid new suns will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I put a saddle on the wind,
and rode it through the storm
The bridle placed, the buckled cinch,
the reins, my horse reborn
Inside each stirrup passion spurs,
the present now in hand
Behind whose mane I charge within
—in search of who I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Clothing the world
in hate and destruction
Shame is the loom
that weaves... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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The bike broke down,
my money gone,
Beale Street calling
—Memphis in my dreams
The diner’s empty,
last quarter found,
the jukebox playing
—Memphis in my dreams
The waitress smiles,
she’s off at six,
her place a walk
—Memphis in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 4 years ago
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The Sage cried out these final words
as he rose from where he sat…
“There’s nothing beyond everything
—and everything beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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All you can be is all you can be,”
damning with faint praise
A lover, not a girl to wed
—left hand falsely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Blood is thicker than water,
what we had thicker than blood”
All wounds long healed by memory’s salve,
divined from up above
Our bonding copper wire,
wrapped round a thousand... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you wilt in someone
else’s shadow
Do you fawn in someone
else’s praise
Do you rise in someone
else’s dawn
Do you fly with someone
else’s wings
Can you break the chains
that hold you
Can you smash the mirror
of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Reading poetry to enhance your own,
beguiling
at the least
An intention maybe well inclined,
but it’s bread
without the yeast
Only fire and ice can make the Bard,
to burn and melt... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Is a poem ever really done,
can the last word not begin
The Angels voting lines impearled
each phrase into a hymn
Is a poem ever given back,
to whom the words behold
Each letter turned into a string,
—a harp of heaven’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing outside the body,
in the control room of the mind
The blueprints of our D.N.A.,
left for me to find
The root cause of the madness,
‘where thoughts and feelings meet’
No blood yet spilled, no demons killed,
free will lay sound... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 4 years ago
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Moments in the present,
hours in the past,
wishes in the future
—none of them to last
Seduction by the penny,
heartbreak by the pound,
rivers flowing memory
—waterfalls... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 4 years ago
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Who you are
and
What you are
and
Where your are
and
When you are
is
Why you are
and
All you are
and
All you are
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 4 years ago
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To love, to hate,
fruition waits
Which mood describes,
which mood defies
Those things you feel,
those things you say
Before tomorrow
—beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Will you die,
pretending to be someone you’re not
Will you live,
defending that someone you are
Will you remember
the last thing you tried to forget
Will you return
—to begin a new ending... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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My words are a saxophone,
my phrases a drum
My stanzas a keyboard,
my rhyming a gun
The Muse is my bullet,
the readers a shield
The darkness my target
—its bullseye... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The Wicked Flee When None Pursueth,”
proverbs tells us so
The righteous stay in judgment’s light,
to harvest what’s been sown
Those prodigal delinquent souls,
that life has cast... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Letter to letter once estranged,
they mate in open air
Copulants of a thought unloved,
vowels conceived in pairs
An alphabetic orgy,
the first word falls in place
Darkness changing into light
—all silence to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Does memory store from front to back,
or more like side to side
Do childhood dreams seem closer now,
than yesterdays goodbye
Does memory scorn all month and year,
a dimension of its own
Remembering best what matters most
—defying time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Is the fire escape of love
still open
does it go both up and down
will it rescue you from the flames
of possession
promising only exit
never refuge from the heat
Is the iron railing molten
as you step out on the landing
is the air too hot to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 4 years ago
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I know what you are,
but only you know who that is
I know what you said,
but only you know what that means
I know how it looks,
but only you know how it feels
I know when you’re missing
—but only you know when you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 4 years ago
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Running from everywhere,
nowhere to go
Your mask in place
—forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 143 Views added 4 years ago
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The enemy of my enemy
—masquerading as my... – by kurt philip behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Wiping the tears from eternity’s past,
placing the future on ice
New memories lie frozen, suspended in time
—to melt with each morning’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t believe in Jesus,
I don’t believe in Buddha,
I don’t believe in Allah,
I don’t believe in Zeus
I don’t believe in Fairy Tales,
I don’t believe in Santa,
I don’t believe in Unicorns,
I don’t believe Dr.... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 4 years ago
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The wheel of life,
the wheel of death,
Involution breaks their hold
To turn our
consciousness inward
—and directly know the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Those who never take advice,
insist on preaching high
To offer wine that never aged
—from empty barrels... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Too craven to take his own advice,
he stumbled over time
A distant echo of what he proclaimed
—an alien... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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I refuse to talk with bigots,
does that apply to you
And freely open up my mind,
to greet the world anew
Discriminatory and hateful barbs,
divide and tear apart
What poetry tries its best to mend,
inside an honest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 4 years ago
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You filled my eyes to overflowing,
and quenched my thirsting heart
You poured your vision into my soul,
beatific to impart
All banks you flooded as dreams wade in,
and currents gently surge
My spirit safe within your flow,
re-baptized to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Tears well shed rewash our dreams
—of nightmares filled with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Scientific theory,
modernity’s ego trip
Its pay grade maxed, its mirror cracked
—empirical... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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The Universe,
imagination
God…
existence Thine
Each Soul,
His essence passing through
Individuality... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 6 Views added 4 years ago
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Keeping it to yourself,
while giving it away
Only poetry is split,
and structured this way
Keeping it to yourself,
then passing the torch
A deft oxymoron,
as light is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Where you stand tomorrow,
based on where you sit today
Your principles determined
by what you get
The ground below you moving,
feet shuffling back and forth
Saying this and saying that
—remembering to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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I see someone I love,
in everyone I meet
The wellspring eternal
—its blessings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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I write prose so I can write poetry,
and poetry so I can write prose
Never prose that calls itself poetry
—or poetry that’s lost within... – by Kurt philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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The next time I see you
—you better be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I hate Periods and like most Commas,
a Full Stop turns me off
Quotation Marks I can endure,
but Semi-colons not
I love a good Exclamation Point,
all Question Marks so so
But my favorite is the Em Dash
—replacing most of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Still looking for that lost back road…
a lifetime spent to find
The one that’s waiting just for me,
to travel it sublime
It leads to my beginning,
every twist and every bend
To take me back inside myself
—all travel there to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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No off position
on the genius switch
No light
to then burn out
No cracks to form
on Leonardo’s bronze
No Frazier Ali
rout
The expectations
stretch beyond
What humanity
can span
The eye of the needle,
the camel... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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Only a Tiger will approach a Tiger,
Lions never do
To give him pause and make him think,
“What will this Tiger do”
All other beasts he rests cocksure,
a meal they will become
But faced with one of his own kind
—to stay or then to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Drunk in Barstow,
waiting for a waitress,
who gets off at 2:00 a.m.
The crap game cleaned me,
two bums on the pool table,
snoring like a train
Drunk in Barstow,
third time this month,
I just never seem to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 4 years ago
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Persuading you with
my verses
Never convincing you
with my yarn
Your heartstrings twist
in braided strands
To mend my spirit,
darned
All shouts have turned
to whispers
New melodies
resound
A phrase to dance
inside your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Some came home…
but never came back
Some came back…
but never came home
Caught between
forever
And what forever
—had... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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To be,
Or not to be
A Poet…
Who’s to say,
Who’s to know
—who’s to really... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Drunk in Barstow,
waiting for a waitress,
who’s working till 2:00 a.m.
The crap game cleaned me,
two bums on the pool table,
snoring louder than a train
Drunk in Barstow,
for the seventh time this month,
I just never seem to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 4 years ago
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The wound bleeds free
—that kills the angry... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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If I could start back over fresh,
a songwriter I’d be
The words inside the music,
in joyful harmony
If I could greet the dawn again,
I’d pick up the guitar
And strum my way into the night
—toward that distant... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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God created distance,
so the wounded could go home
The searchers and the dreamers,
the ones born bound to roam
He then laid down the open plain,
below a towering sky
And set his voice into the wind
—for pilgrims such as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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If not in memory’s service,
do we still write the words
To leave the past unledgered
—and by token... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Silver lining,
pouch of gold
Last remittance,
past unsold
Blessing tendered,
pearl gateway plain
Fallen Angel
—redemption... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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A truck driver passes through
a hole in the sky
His rig self inclusive,
his load staying dry
Eighteen wheels of redemption,
the manifest signed
Delivery as promised
—his docking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Once I tell you what it means,
the cell walls isolate
Other meanings locked inside
—no hope of an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Does your writing have a time stamp,
or an expiration date
Does it spoil in the open air,
does it falter at the gate
Will children still remember,
when they have grandchildren of their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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You left me before I found you,
never saying why
Your shadow my only memory
—on the threshold of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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You never want to look your art
directly in the eye
For fear of having it look away
—you orphaned bye and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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I’ve yet to meet two artists
who really like each other
The cobra and the mongoose,
locked in a mortal embrace
They say the same prayers,
as they swear the same allegiance
While hating what the other does
—and who the other... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Leaving nothing to his children but cowardly shame,
his back turned toward the light
His memory the captor of a traitorous scheme,
capitulating through the fight
His legacy broken, his endowment recalled,
his reputation scorched and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 4 years ago
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I carry deep inside myself,
a man once big and strong
Who stood alone against the wind,
that blew both right and wrong
I carry in my heart and mind,
those things that age inures
Reminding of what once was mine
—as memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing outside the audience,
applause means something more
Writing the words inherent,
oblivious to the score
Writing outside the audience,
and critical acclaim
Writing for time eternal
—Mariah calls your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Now, more than ever,
my thoughts regale,
the years as yeast,
new spirits rise
Now, more than ever,
my woods on fire,
old feelings simmer,
my breath to stoke
Now, more than ever,
I walk alone,
my words returning,
time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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When I was young,
my edges raw,
my feelings open,
my thoughts my own
Now that I’m old,
those edges scarred,
those feelings transient
—those thoughts my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Forgetting to remember,
destiny sold
is eternity shamed
Forgetting to remember,
letters well placed
still call out your name
Forgetting to remember,
providence anointed
is innocence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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Sentenced to the future,
for those sins unpunished now
Caught inside a fatal moment
—breaking sacred... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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The idea of God,
eternal, complete
The knowledge of God
—elusive at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Suicide,
the death of the self
Consciousness martyred
—bathwater... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 4 years ago
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Richer than a platinum mountain,
more wealthy than a Sheik
The words I’m gifted lie bejeweled,
a fortune by their weight
No King or Titan, Earl endowed,
could match my treasured chest
Each word an ingot, phrase a bar
—my verse the Lord’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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You speak to my spirit with logic,
I answer your mind from my soul
With words in two disparate languages,
our discourse to never be whole
Your left hemisphere sealed in a vacuum,
when my right hemisphere comes to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 4 years ago
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Buying into the future,
without mortgaging the past
Each day a new indemnity
—a present made to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 4 years ago
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A tumbleweed Poet,
Mariah’s delight
The wind for a mistress,
the future in flight
A rambling Sage
with a heart full of why
Forgetting the past
—this moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Destiny sold
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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To children,
time is lost
The moment
set free
The instant
sublime
Joy
—the only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Epistemic Humility,
the world adjusts its crown
Reality filtered through the lens
of who looks, when, and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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I do and don’t believe in God,
at exactly the same time
A paradox like the Trinity,
an unwritten verse that rhymes
I feel him inside me with every step,
while knowing he’s not there
I carry his joy within my heart,
though reason not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 4 years ago
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Not what’s written…
but what’s seen
and felt
—then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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On the back side of deliverance,
our paths fated to cross
Your road going toward the light,
my direction all but lost
You stopped and turned toward me,
looking deeply in my eyes
Pity mixed with latent fear
—my fate so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Designated driver,
your road to end at last
The choice was yours, mistake inured,
your future now your past
Designated driver,
those high beams in your eyes
A haunting name, the lasting blame
—that night your dreams... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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My ego lost virginity,
upon the critics throne
Pregnant with doubt ectopic,
its embryo disowned
With labored forced delivery,
and fetus left unsired
A chastised unwed mother
—giving birth to words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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True poets are poets
before picking up a pen
True poets are poets
before opening their mouths
True poets are poets
before their words are enshrined
True poets are poets... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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To doubt what you doubt,
but know what you know
The difference inherent,
its fire aglow
To wish what you wish for,
but feel what you feel
Knowing and feeling
—those things that are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 4 years ago
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Leaving behind excuses,
the reasons close at hand
No longer distracted by the ism’s of truth,
or what protocol demands
Living outside the fences,
no longer looking in
The horizon waiting as my dreams set sail
—safe harbor there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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One brisk Saturday morn,
I left the house with glee
To find myself within the woods,
in perfect... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Staying up for three days
inside of one night,
the walls come crashing in
Compression imploding,
my mind exploding,
all memory suffering
Each hour like three,
as day becomes night,
the reaper at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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An empty voice with naught to say,
a barrel hollow born
To spout and spew, pontificate,
a hairless sheep forlorn
With lines recopied, often stole,
released, his name to bear
A charlatan of spoken verse
—embezzled words to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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All passion enslaved to Aphrodite,
her chains beyond silver or gold
Where time will forever surrender,
to love—never purchased or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Damned when we do, damned when we don’t,
the end works out the same
As love demands its pound of flesh
—the lion never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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I dare you
not to read the words,
I double-dare you true
To live outside
a sentenced life
—your spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Until you really love someone,
you don’t know what you’ll do
The old rules self-abated,
priorities renewed
Until you really love someone,
you won’t see past yourself
Your life upturned, your role reversed
—your soul to someone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Patches on the quilt of life,
letters sew not rend
Memory darning time to time,
future warmth depends
Words left tattered, words that bind,
ragged breath portends
To stitch it once and have it last
—tomorrow on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 4 years ago
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Like an exiting wind,
voices leave from within
As the feelings impart,
verbal memories embark
A last spoken refrain,
to escape unrestrained
As the sky opens wide
—Heaven's breath to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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You’re desperately lost,
writing your way into the madness
Each word a false beacon,
your hopes to decry
You’re desperately lost,
searching the caves of your memory
Delusion the caretaker,
your verses to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 4 years ago
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North Jersey woman,
South Jersey heat
Your past in abeyance
—dark memories to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Wishes from the mountaintop,
dreamers from beyond
Shadows in the wind
—trapped in memory’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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On a silver platter
of broken dreams
Your nature changes,
as death comes near
The buffet wanton,
a dessert of fright
Served incarnate
—café of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Waiting for time to catch its breath,
I wrote the words unheard
My verses most unwelcome
—the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Charging to the front,
my words stay behind,
an anchor in the drifting sand
To live past today,
to prod and remind
—what time unrequited... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Terminal poetry…
death by the word
Selling a heartbeat
for every breath
Giving up life
for each new phrase
Buried
—inside what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Thy self a grand impostor,
what other people see
A bark that hides what fate ingrains,
a cover that deceives
It’s others held opinion,
that pulp you hide behind
Till lightning splits your trunk in two
—the roots left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Arguing with the Muse,
spirit abused
Arguing with the Muse,
always refused
Arguing with the Muse,
soul to confuse
Arguing with the Muse
—destined to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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No matter what you say
No matter what you do
It only matters that you care
And one plus one leaves two
Proof beyond the pudding
Truth beyond the facts
Whose promise rises with the dawn
As love keeps coming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t write for you,
I write for me
To dream each dream,
in darkness freed
All gifts unwrapped,
my table set
My voice as spoken,
no regrets
I don’t speak for you,
I speak for me
The trails I’ve bloodied,
scars... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Nothing to believe in,
nothing to hold dear
No one to say what you can’t say,
the waters all but clear
Nothing to believe in,
and that includes yourself
You live in fear the truth will rise
—an iceberg your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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I’ve made a veritable art form
out of ignoring others
Taken it to the highest level,
its crown made out of thorns
Turning my back and looking away,
denying their importance
A world where they do not exist
—no insult could hurt... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Painting with words,
sculpting with sound
Letters to dance
—spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Masquerading in a church full of dreams,
all parishioners in their pews
The preacher straightens his mask and starts,
a sermon old renewed
Hellfire and brimstone come roaring out,
words to torch and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Admission of weakness,
beginning transcendence
The cry of an Angel
—a welcoming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing my own ticket…
a coupon from the past
The numbers all decoded,
my gate approaching fast
Walking down the gangway,
my seat by fortune cast
The pilot sitting next to me
—the flight plan mine at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Victim of format,
prisoner of rhyme
Inmate of vision
—exile... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Closeted belief…
atheist’s disguise
Slings and arrows,
boomerang’s surprise
Empty of graces,
desperate to fill
Shot through the heart
—their spirits to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 4 years ago
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If you could lock up three words
to keep forever,
that were yours and yours alone
What three would you choose
that were not ‘I Love You,’
your heart to save and own
Three magical words
to live within,
now yours forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
living inside the dream
Like comfortable shoes,
a dog that won’t leave you,
treasures to esteem
Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
the rest to scratch and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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A gathering of Angels,
a welcoming hymn
Escape and deliverance
—call from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m going to watch you die…
but before I do
I will foretell your story
The story of the White Bird
The Great Mystery
and the Silver Seed
The White Bird carries
in its talons
the Silver Seed of all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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Hammering the dark silence,
Thor bludgeons the night
Releasing with thunder
—a storm gods... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Clapton’s first three chords,
his last three chords,
my words have done the same
Verses once muddled,
distant and skewed,
now thunder down like rain
The syllables left
are short and pointed,
their edges razor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Science…
mankind’s great attempt
—to become... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Full time poet,
part time novelist
Full time storyteller,
part time bard
The difference greater
than words will imply
Hemispheric divergence
—the why and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Parenting is now a
full contact sport
No lines demarcated,
no rules to enforce
The children still babies,
the adults still kids
Diapering the future
—attached at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Until you truly answer the question,
“Why do I write poetry”
You’ll never really wed the verse,
—your copyright... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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He asked her why she acted so,
her answer was “Why not”
He asked her why her mood was vile,
she said “That’s all I've got”
He asked her then about their love,
gone missing and in doubt
She answered back while looking down,
a whisper not a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Head unbowed,
heart impaled
Memory old,
Celtic tales
Allegiance sworn,
fealty burned
Voices call
—freedom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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If only genius could be contagious,
like chicken pox or flu
If only brilliance could be transferred,
like a bank draft overdue
If only insight could be replayed,
like a Mozart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Nothing more defended
than the status quo
To protect and covet,
never let go
Attacked by outsiders,
heels to dig in
Rocking the boat
—water... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Dead to himself,
he stepped on the ice
Cracks beginning
to form
Transcendence rejected,
skating a path
In search of time
forlorn
Crossing each memory,
forgiveness in sight
Each step,
a weighted cost
Redemption melting,
all hope in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Leading from today
into the past
Present state of mind
destroyed
The future an orphan,
waiting disowned
Hell’s pathway
—to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Counting spaces between the notes,
the music came alive
The melody deepened, the band on fire,
all bees had left the hive
Breathing in one fast refrain,
my lungs too full to stop
An Angel melts his pearl baton,
the Sirens blazing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 4 years ago
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He who cries the loudest,
suffers the most guilt
The eyes of destiny staring back
—the past with tears... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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When I got to Heaven,
God was gone
His desk cleaned out,
the Angels pawned
Not one scant sign,
he was ever there
Eviction notice,
pinned to his chair
My ride had left,
my ticket torn
No place to stay,
my hopes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 4 years ago
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In the company of Poets,
I make my bed
In the company of Poets,
I rest my head
In the company of Poets,
my dreams congeal
In the company of Poets,
my heart revealed
In the company of Poets,
my thoughts are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Auditioning for life,
a one-act play
Rehearsing my part,
to leave or to stay
The audience waiting,
the stage has been set
Opening night,
my birth or my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m young enough
and old enough
And smart enough
and dumb enough
And rich enough
and poor enough
To laugh enough
and cry enough
But fast enough
and slow enough
To guess enough
and know enough
To take enough
and give... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Have I lived long enough,
have I said what I came to say
Is my spirit now to rest,
has the toll-way back been paid
Have I lived long enough,
being willful, righting wrongs
A last heartache twice forgiven
—one more smile before I’m... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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Bad prose masquerading as poetry,
darkness posing as light
Words stacked on top of words uttered in vain
—narcissists... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Religion has too many givens,
the takeaways few, far between
Questioning ravaged, intelligence savaged
—the mind left to wander and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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My prose becoming painful,
poetry yet a joy
Explaining has deterred me,
rhyme a favorite toy
Sentences locked and muted,
as couplets run and play
New paragraphs unwritten
—as verse my heart does... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Embracing the myth,
I hide deep within
More Devil than Savior,
aboriginal sin
Excuses my sacraments,
grace bartered for lies
Judgment internal
—redemption... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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It hurt so much it robbed her soul,
and drove her cross the line
The men she knew, the men she loved,
the pain thought once sublime
The last man in, the last man out,
now done with men for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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I offered you everything;
you took it all
Leaving me nothing
—no last curtain... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Don’t you love her as she’s leaving,
her memory still in place
The times she lied, the times you cried,
vacant and displaced
Don’t you love her as she’s leaving,
the pain her mission bell
Tolling far into the distance
beyond heaven—beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Pieces of immortality,
tinctures of rhyme
Living inside the moment
—wholly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Wasting time,
life’s greatest pleasure
Wasting time,
life’s greatest pain
Wasting time,
beyond all measure
Wasting time
—bittersweet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Sometimes,
you have to leave to come back
Sometimes,
the line needs to go slack
Sometimes,
the loss is more to be gained
Sometimes,
the past—twice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Magic passes through you,
though never yours to own
Taking you beyond yourself
—gifted spell... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Fruitions seed is larger still,
get out your watering can
Fifty past one hundred years,
to shade what light began
Wisdom’s tree the hardest wood,
millennium to rise
Truth ingrained, its bark unstained
—transcendence once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Embracing indecision,
abandonment confronts you
My branches sharp and pointed,
my roots all buried deep
I pity your reluctance,
as the forest casts you lonely
A single tree in meadows vast
—alone against the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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If you say a man’s name,
he’s forever alive
Come hell or highwater,
the reasons abide
Losing someone’s greatness,
losing part of our own
Entombed in remembrance
—shared forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Everyone else has gotten off,
how long am I to stay?
The train unstationed, tender gone,
its engine writhed in pain
Did I miss my stop on the journey down?
“an express” the porter screamed
All light afire, ticket burnt
—satanic nightmare... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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The air I breathe,
the blood that flows
The light that shines,
the voice that knows
The question asked,
the answer stoned
Tomorrow sold
—today on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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The devil in the details
—hell the final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry has no gender,
it seeks a higher line
Never selling out so cheaply
—as the masses would... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Cowardice often hides behind
intelligence
“Until the strong winds of conviction
—blow it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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If wishes were dreams
—eternity could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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The present in the future,
the future in the past
Each moment with a choice to make
—starting first or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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With time,
the beginning gets close to the end
With time,
I no longer need to pretend
With time,
the feelings stand on their own
With time,
the reasons are best left alone
With time,
the music alone mine to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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My voice is explicit…
“You will never know me”
But each word is my Judas
—exposed and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Verbal contracts…
commerce of indemnity
Trading intention
—marketplace... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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All pretenders drowning slow,
lungs to fill with every breath
Casted off amongst the waves,
nothing spoken to redress
Treading water, spewing lies,
legs to flail in wasted states
Choking from each word unsaid
—trailing death within my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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An arrow from the darkness…
rejection finds its mark
The sharpened edge of jealousy,
its point straight through the heart
The bow retracts in shamefulness,
its string left slack and loose
One shot was made, a cursed fate
—the devil laughs... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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My pen is like a blues riff,
not always on the note
I bend within the moment,
new feelings reach for hope
A eulogy remastered,
the fire that he fed
The Mojo dancing with the Muse,
Marine Band his to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Between his tent and his horse
—a man divines his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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In its grip,
each bone to chafe and grind
All joints,
regifted vestibules of pain
Motion stalls,
as swelling wraps each limb
Sleep the angry victim
—time’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 196 Views added 4 years ago
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In Spring I searched through rosy playgrounds fair,
and kept the meadows secret within my heart
To wed the summer’s final wish to fall surprise
—buried in the leaves of what tomorrow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Finally hearing your own voice…
don’t ever, ever, ever
—edit it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Knowing the answer,
excuses imbue
The right thing for others,
never following through
A feigned double standard,
the past in pursuit
Reckoning scheduled
—payment en... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Those living in Harlem
want to move to Midtown
The people in Midtown,
to the Upper West Side
The Upper West Side,
to the Long Island Shore
The Long Island Shore,
to Aspen or Vail
Aspen or Vail,
to the Champs... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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It wells up inside me,
but words will not come
I reach for them desperate,
the mood zero sum
My insides are shaking,
all peace is recalled
The rumblings foreboding,
complacency falls
My mind is locked down,
my speech has gone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Collaborative Poetry…
give me a break
Words borrowed or lent,
the Muse to abate
What’s not in your memory,
what’s not in your soul
Can never be bartered, rented
—or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetic intention,
hiding in Prose
Misplaced and misspoken,
as every Bard knows
A narrative run on,
words littered about
Neither beauty nor truth
—masked in self... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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We are what we do;
we are what we say
As day becomes night,
and night becomes day
We are twice begotten;
we are twice betrayed
Forgiveness in hiding
—redemption... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Flying off the written page,
words leave their script behind
An inked stained palette of regret,
dark figures to remind
Voices soaring up and up,
released in open air
Imprisoned verses spoken free
—eternity to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Forty years shopworn yet still taut,
the past a seamstress rare
Her words reknitted, stitched and purled
—to dress a future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 262 Views added 4 years ago
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The curse of public opinion,
feigned history of the truth
Generations of self interest,
freedom—time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m a Poet
—I need no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The rusting of years,
the flavor of time
Calling you back
—patina... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Rumors,
the carpet of deception
The threshold of hearsay... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing…
not the beginning of verse,
but the end
Grabbing life by the throat,
the birth of a thought
—whose story begins
Captive together,
they walk word by word
toward the jury
Scars and accolades,
joy and strife
—in sentenced... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Expressions of grief,
the eyes of a child
An ending in sight
—all nature... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Life’s an anthology…
death written once
The chapter elusive
—last page on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The purity of surprise
—new moments set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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This morning,
my body stopped in
to say goodbye
Thanking me
for the joy
Forgiving me
for the pain
Fading into
memory
—one last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 4 years ago
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No mountain more imposing
than an idea
No gun more deadly
than intent
No cruelty more powerful
than love
No lie more convincing
—than the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Killer of hope,
seasons of denial
Perdition in the wind
—damnation on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Tis a witch out of season,
on the seventh day
And you hear reasons chanting,
while running away
from you
from you
In her brew stirs an answer,
where memories lay
And the last fancy dancer
burns, looking to play
with you
with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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A PhD in emotion and feel,
licentiate of what lives within
Professor of imagery, doctor of will,
a Saint with a penchant for sin
Explorer of evil with devils to hunt,
the fire burns liquid and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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With memory escaping,
you stare down the hall
From that place where you hang,
last nail in the wall
You once were a sovereign,
you used to be real
What death left in tribute
—your portrait... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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We’re born,
as we start dying
We change,
while remaining the same
We search,
neglecting to find
We return
—while leaving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Locking up a feeling,
its key now mine to own
Flashing back a memory,
its reborn image shown
Wooing that one lover,
whose vow unbroken lasts
Time the evil mistress
—these timeless things... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s easy to hide behind words,
with the truth left abandoned and stark
It’s easy to hide behind words,
with your feelings sharp pointed and dark
It’s easy to hide behind words,
when the emperor buys you new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Once you had arms
that held me so tight
Once you had legs
that stood up for right
Once you had eyes
that could see in the dark
Once your strong hands
plotted courses to chart
Once we would walk
and the birds would... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying alone on foreign ground,
death grips his blessed hand
Never choosing time or place,
uncharted
—the Angels plan
An oak to fall on alien soil,
all seeds to heaven thrown
His words cast free to light the dark,
that ‘Good Night’
—now his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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I swallowed hard the feelings scorned,
to finish off my plate
But filled I was in sated form
a glutton postulate
I bit off more than I could chew,
with meat still on the bone
My stomach full of fiery barbs
—leftovers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Religion in practice…
arms length from God
Close enough to see,
never to touch
Single lens focus,
vision for sale
Dogma as deity
—conscription at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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To hide yourself in public,
and turn your back on fame
Choosing thence to be alone
—the fire without the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Eternally poetic,
terminally bound
Musing uncourted
—death for a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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In Newtonian Mechanics,
the future is the past
What lags behind, what sits ahead,
the Jester only laughs
A one for one relation,
its truth in bas-relief
The numbers hail, the numbers fail
—empirical... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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A gold mine under a closed saloon,
empty bottle on the bar
While we wait and while we hope,
old memories travel far
Its sidewalks float with the summer rain,
nuggets rising through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Particles in the void,
memories in the stream
Lovers in the mist
—time caught... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Science lays the trap,
enlightenment the bait
Tempting with its lies
—eternity a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 4 years ago
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An unbridled affection for writing,
an unfettered attempt at the truth
An unbending rebut of excuses
—a Sage lost in the promise of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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I pointed my nose into the wind,
my eyes along the skyline
Waiting for a signal,
the past to throw a bone
I placed my ear unto the ground,
listening for redemption
Tasting all the empty years,
bereft of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Reconnecting with the melody,
my life fell into place
Those pieces that were missing,
back home—a saving grace
That spot inside most empty,
the one I tried to hide
Music filled above the rim,
with joy—my heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Married to correctness,
divorced from the ideal
The truth becomes enigma,
veracity to steal
Facts bury in self interest,
the cheaters run and hide
All trysts a fated exercise
—philandering with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Death to ethical morality…
—the secularization of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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With words to seal my coffin shut,
I said my last goodbye
To journey down and re-reflect,
on what I said, and why
It’s quiet in my earthen grave,
no light to mark the time
My flesh to rot with bones exposed
—finality... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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I bent my will into the wind,
a final last rebuttal
And felt it rage against my soul,
in anger that was total
I pressed again, and then again,
and waited for an answer
It blew back hard, and harder still,
its force a rabid... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 151 Views added 4 years ago
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A final remembrance,
stuck in the ground
an unspoken milepost,
lost to be found
Standing defiant,
with time as the judge
a marker abandoned
—memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s all about being remembered,
a legacy deeper than blood
What death tries to steal, your words to reveal,
reborn
—on the wings of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 4 years ago
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Old souls know about money,
and run from it more than the rest
They’ve witnessed the toll it exacts,
they’ve witnessed the joy it rejects
An old soul lives on a shoestring,
tied to something that money can’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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A Poets gathering…
party of one
The darkness invited
—words zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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When you’ve been to the top of the mountain
—you can relive the view from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 4 years ago
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Silence…
the channel to my stream
Thoughts…
the stream to my creek
Words…
the creek to my river
Music…
the river to my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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You’ll never get to paradise,
by riding on a mule
You’ll never lose the Jester,
by acting like a fool
You’ll never shed the darkness,
by hiding from the light
You’ll never see beyond today
—entrapped in mirrored... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Before dying alone,
our choices define us
To love and be loved
—to care and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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He defeated his family…
this battle was won
The war still in doubt,
a General shunned
The casualties lingered,
fatalities mount
Old reasons to fester,
in spite of the count
His Grandmother’s death,
the last coup de... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 4 years ago
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I wish that I had cared enough,
to mention once or twice
That what I wanted now has changed,
old virtues turned to vice
The past left misbegotten,
and future long disclaimed
The present what I’m running from
—its hourglass in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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If consciousness is emergent,
where is it emerging from
The dualists say… the naturalists say…
but answers just won’t come
As the blue hour seeds the dawn,
before the new arriving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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The journey kindled,
hopes ablaze,
a future now unseen
Moments of ecstacy,
moments of grief,
lost ashes inbetween
Cowling on fire,
time a slow burn,
the stationmaster... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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The only way to escape the jungle
—is in self... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s hard to ask the right questions,
their answers easier made
The hammer cocked, the truth in sight
—through crosshairs query... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Much of the time we’re faking it,
the airs we put on most false
Impressions made and set in jade,
green onions the main course
Our friends change out with stature,
as silver turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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My right brain writes the Poetry,
my left brain writes the Prose
Separate but together
—each voice the other... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry in judgment,
condemner of expression
Poetry in judgment
—killer of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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He should have loved his children
more than himself
He should have shared his dreams
with somebody else
He should have left a trail
that a blind man could find
He should have been more than just
—one of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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The older I get,
the younger I become
Each word a rebirth
—my dreams to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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I tried and tried to tell you,
but I was lost in mixed emotion
I tried to not offend your spirit,
as I wandered looking for a home
I tried to make you understand,
the hard edges would soon come... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Cars line the highways
with their broken life inhabitants,
coffined tributes to a last wish that got away,
android druids in mock procession
—racing toward the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Is a promise left unspoken,
the breath that holds the key
Unlocking what the twilight brings
—till dawn can set us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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The best of Poets don’t explain,
their truth the readers judge
The best of Poets to remain,
what time will hate
—or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Without rhyme,
the words fade into the mist
Without rhyme,
the verse so begotten
Without rhyme,
all passages blow with the wind
Without rhyme
—so quickly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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They say to forgive and forget…
in spite of the damage they’ve done
A blessing sublime, someone better than I,
could do both—I though neither... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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The world is an oven
we live in
With each scorching,
its temperature grows
Unable to stop,
hands fall off the clock
Left roasting
—goose cooking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Is science the killer
of intuition
Can feelings so easily
be dispelled
The numbers unchained,
math murder proclaimed
Our souls and our spirits
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 4 years ago
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Academic Immune Deficiency,
the intellect under attack
Those powered to know, ivory towers enthroned,
dialectic—its meaning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Humanities coin two sided,
on the front eternal life
On the back annihilation
—on its edge we balance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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How many Poems must I write,
to set my spirit free
How many sunsets must I watch,
to win my souls reprieve
How many women must I love,
to make Delilah cry
How many visions must I chase
—to catch the last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing not for current ears,
writing for a thousand years
Writing not for time undone,
writing for the zero-sum
Writing not for love or hate,
writing not to legislate
Writing neither first nor last,
writing for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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The tyranny of inspiration
—a whip cracking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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The jet fuel of perception
is fear
The reasoning behind logic
is doubt
The heartbeat of affection
is love
Their connection inherent
—marriage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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(short version)
Science wants to father
—what nature mothers best
(long version)
Atoms in the void,
voices in the wind
Long to be connected,
where do we begin
Science wants to father,
what nature mothers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 4 years ago
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Not in comparison
to anyone else
(and)
Not as a reference
to anything else
(neither)
Judging nor judged,
the music began
(being)
Uniquely created
—the essence of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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She brought flowers to the garden,
water to the pond
Fresh stripes to line the zebra’s back,
and melody to song
A background to the rising sun,
brush strokes to the paint
New breath to hold the baby’s laugh
—and love to cure the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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If all ancient philosophy
is a footnote to Plato
Then all modern thought
—is a tribute to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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You have two choices
in war…
Turn into a psychopath,
or suffer PTSD
Becoming the former,
may insure your survival
Suffering the latter
—and your world self... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Is being open to fate,
a choice
Accepting tomorrow,
in lieu of today
A foretelling that still
can be acted upon
A remembrance
—the choosing at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Language builds a place to stand,
inside our own cognition
Each word confirms what thought instills,
in psychic recognition
Are you the true informant,
about what’s inside your head
1st person self awareness frees
—a nature higher... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Consciousness can’t exist until you ponder…
‘what comes next’
Thinking outside the moment
—frees the verb inside the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Is consciousness a sponge,
that ever expands
Is consciousness a vacuum,
where potential commands
Is consciousness a gateway,
to something beyond
Our mind and our spirit
—a fusion... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Degrees of freedom…
a chance for control
The will to measure
—what choices... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you talk of your experience,
or is language a gift recalled
Without a tribute, silence reigns
—you mute to Heaven’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m wed to my Poetry,
betrothed to the fire
Each word an incendiary,
burned to inspire
My voice the rekindling,
fueling the scream
The ashes my trousseau
—a smoldering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Is language the key to consciousness,
unlocking what we see and feel
Do words and thoughts when so defined
—make something other... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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I’ve finally arrived at the point in the race,
where I reach for the baton
All up till now the moment served
—new life embarked... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Often, I have to challenge the words,
after they’re written
Often, I struggle to understand,
what the Muse is trying to say
Often, I have to cede the ground,
that buttresses my thinking
Often, the voices calling out
—are strangers to my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Like a moth to the flame we journey,
forever wondering why
Never knowing what but only where
—our destiny on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Can imagination be taught,
or intuition defined
Can wishes be repackaged
as hope
Can children rekindle
a dream never fired
Can the past and future
reverse
Can what is and what isn’t,
forever be
Can a savior fall victim
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Do our actions create
the reality we see
Do our eyes and our will
fashion what we believe
Is the dimension we look at,
the one we take in
Do our choices control
—what our senses... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Sketching with words,
the ink starts to run
My page self-invaded
—its image... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Are consciousness and memory linked,
if so to what degree
Do thoughts control what knowledge seeks,
does reflection hold the key
Remembering back through sense of self,
trying to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Is consciousness emergent,
or de facto zero sum
Is what we know about ourselves,
a walk or more a run
A lion knows to chase a deer,
but not the reason why
The truth inherent in abstraction,
lost upon the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 4 years ago
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To pierce through the surface,
none sharper than words
A vowel like a razor,
to shave undeterred
Each letter a saber,
that strikes to the heart
All phrases an arrow,
your will to impart
Once spoken, each edge
is eternally... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 121 Views added 4 years ago
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I did not create the Poetry…
the Poetry created me
Each word I wrote from heaven sent
—on wings to set me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Don’t give away the best part of yourself
to structure
Don’t organize yourself into
spiritual oblivion
Keep the magic of the instant
close at hand
And the gateway to eternity
—will remain open and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Boring…
that thing most fatal to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Without shared values,
what can we do
Without shared values,
who can we be
The proof’s in the pudding,
the cream has gone sour
Our greatness now curdled
—our future most... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The left hemisphere believes in God,
the right hemisphere does not
That physical split within the brain,
what we are and what we’re not
Temptation and judgment at war with themselves,
all battles inner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Consciousness…
foundation of the universe
Awareness set in motion
—building block of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The arrow of time,
fired over and over
Piercing our consciousness,
impaling our fear
Our bow staying drawn,
till the quiver is empty
Last feather to soar
—on eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Living between the spaces,
of what never came to pass
The light rays self-divided,
the present from the past
Living within the moment,
no time to lose or gain
The choices made inversely
—in yes plus no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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When I think back on all the times that were
—and weren’t
My mind rewrites the answers to the questions
—never asked
To set the time that’s left on fire
—in joyful hope
To rhyme the final ending line
—with one last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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All discovery…
but one grand paradox
All reflection
—caught deeply there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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A history buried,
uncovered gold
Each memory mined
—and then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Stranded on the island
of your professed beliefs
Anchored in the promise
of a new tomorrow
Each wave a stark reminder
of the choices that you made
Your faith inside a bottle
—the tide... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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If Panpsychism were true
—what could ever be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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The mind and body dualist,
his prison for a throne
Confusion reigns where consciousness walks,
where can it find a home
The soul the prize that matters,
the spirit up for grabs
Proximity defining its own lie,
positioning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 4 years ago
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With every new belief,
you have to let something go
Each thought self-entitled
—to reap what it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Understanding too much,
feeling too little
Our being unbalanced
—and spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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We make the beds we lie in
—to sleep or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Tripping over my shadow,
guilt darkened the night
The devil bespoken,
fear burning bright
Stepping into the darkness,
one chance to look back
Light shouting farewell
—as panic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Self-preservation…
our most basic law
Suicide proving
—that free will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Traveling the world in my mind,
ghosts linger behind
Traveling the world in my mind,
each flashback a sign
Traveling the world in my mind,
space harder to find
Traveling the world in my mind
—memories... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The visionary Poet,
blind to the word
Framing the consciousness
of a thousand lost days
Riding the emotion
of a memory set free
Escaping the entrapment
of description’s pretense
Vanishing in the mist
—like a rewoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The currency of time
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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In the information age,
we know too much about each other
Too much good and too much bad,
that sets our minds to wander
No longer touching what we once loved,
no longer finding what we once held in our arms
No longer listening to the sweet voice of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 4 years ago
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Stripped of his future,
outrunning his past
The doors locked within him
—first to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Married to only what’s on the page,
each word I wedded
The cheers and accolades silenced,
my vow applauded
Spoken or read each line was reborn,
within the covers
That blanket the fore and after of time
—betrothed to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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If lost in yourself,
there’s no need to be found
As the self-disenfranchised,
circle around
They question and lecture,
and spew out their grief
To lure you within,
their false broken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 4 years ago
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Like wine,
Poets age with every year
Tattered labels stained,
vintners unclear
Bordeaux, Merlot, or Cabernet,
words mellow in the dark
Where time ferments a riper day
—its richness to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Nothing, is of great value
—when it replaces something... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 4 years ago
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When the ages rock,
all divergence reverts to type
And time bows to the inner voice
—of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The persistence of memory
—the dilution of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 4 years ago
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Objective, Subjective,
which side of the coin
Will the story end up on,
its truth to purloin
“Dimensional borders”
the physicists scream
As life’s hidden fantasia
—plays out in a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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The present once noted,
is really the past
A thirtieth of a second,
perception if fast
Most people are slower,
the flash that accepts
What our psyche affirms
—now gone and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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No power
can break a man’s grip
on his own throat
Or offer redemption
with belief... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Mountains make poor receptacles
for dreams
Oceans are better at that
The elevation reminding of all
that’s forbidden
Primordial—the higher you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Most days writing filler,
the Muse to appease
The words poorly chosen,
no ace up my sleeve
Each phrase a fulfillment,
old promises made
With feelings in Limbo
—my pen to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Theoretically,
we die from the moment conceived
Functionally,
we die when beset with disease
That space in between…
the land of our dreams
Where spirit’s transform
—our souls to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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My life is a Poem,
not one chosen line
And travels within me,
each mountain I climb
It dwells symbiotic,
between body and soul
To hearten each moment
—keeping me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Religion levels the playing field,
money replaced by hope
For those destitute with hills to climb
salvation—heaven’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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How many sunrises will I see,
how many poems will I write
How many Spring’s to then deceive
—until Autumn surrenders to Winter’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Death is not a failing
—only its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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All history must we study,
but not enslave ourselves
As we forge on in tribute
—intrepid to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you lost inside nostalgia,
blinded by its call
Self convinced the past is king,
old romance to enthrall
The facts proclaim much different,
in science and the arts
Awareness of what we’ve become,
the most illusive... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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A man can walk farther
than a horse can run
Fate not in the speed
—but in the distance zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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In the land of my once fallow youth,
old phrases bury deep
Where seeds of time regrow the rhyme
—their crop my soul to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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The power of induction,
truth insecure
Foundations and principles,
whispered demure
We take that next leap
from uncertainties throne
To leverage our doubts
—from what’s presently... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The color of trouble
—the smell of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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We searched through the desert
for a welcoming sign
But the truth was a grave marker
—our fate so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Can talking about things,
ever make them real
To describe and define,
what we then try to feel
A mirage of old theories,
their masks on display
Do ideas have substance
—beyond what we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Outside the backdrop of the given world,
the emptiness fled
And deep in the recesses of what’s never to be,
contradiction fed
Far beyond meaning and stated intent,
all reasons turned to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Old memory written,
new words to a song
Forgotten, remembered
—sung once and then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Intellectual hygiene…
the Poet declines
That dull antiseptic,
that deadens your mind
Once washed and then scrubbed,
the truth a charade
Academic consensus
—the Muse in her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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An agreed upon history…
fables abound
To share in the memories,
what’s lost and then found
Our story rechristened,
linked moments in time
New legacy written
—in couplets of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Hiding behind his writing,
he went from day to day
Whispering memories from yesterday’s past,
the truth in disarray
Buried in moments now borrowed,
the clock running shorter than... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Seeing truth…
in the blindness of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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A stitching of parables,
a weaving of psalms
Whether ancient or modern,
the truth plaited long
The story we tell,
with one pattern beset
A patchwork of tailors
—whose needles... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Hear what your eyes cannot see,
smell what your hands cannot touch
Taste what each moment unfolds
—love in the simplest of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Money’s most important purchase... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Punch me in the mouth…
don’t stab me in the back
The truth in play most clearly
—when honestly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The borders of space
—where limits go to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s not about Poetics,
but the meaning it involves
The meter, rhyme, and format,
just tools to then resolve
Great thoughts need little structure,
their light too bright to dim
By any academic mode
—that chokes the voice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Caught up in the great “I don’t know,”
my mind refused to learn
Moving into the “Maybe so,”
my thoughts began to turn
Morphing through each “To and fro,”
the options marked my days
Spreading what was “Mine to sow”
—epiphany... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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If space is not eternal,
what happens when space ends
Can we define what emptiness is,
its borders to portend
Is there a hidden permutation,
for what dimension has in store
With the end of all beginning
—infused with something... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Is mathematics a pre-school for searchers,
quantum physics grades two through four
Is what we now hold as absolute truth,
just a stairway to something much more
Are the numbers and letters so basic,
like the oils in Leonardo’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Every battle has its heroes,
most will go unnamed
True glory in their willingness,
to shun all praise and fame
With minds and spirits unified,
their hearts steadfast and pure
All destiny within the fight
—they ask for nothing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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The spirit travels
where facts can’t go
Past the borders
of what’s to know
Equated speech,
its truth unrhymed
Dogmatic, to amend
in time
But freedom calls,
its voice impends
One last beginning
—that seeks no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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I love the isolation,
God help me but I do
Being alone inside my words,
neither old nor new
The rumbling of the moment,
the sound of distant drums
My eyes to close upon myself
—time now zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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The bloody footsteps of man,
EXTINCTION
A different kind of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Consciousness is split in two,
the left side has a voice
The right side listens mute aware,
the left side has a choice
Two conscious beings inside one brain,
split left and right... – by Kurt P Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Faith is stronger than its outcome,
an end unto itself
Where souls enmire in hope afire
—to light the dream... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Disco burnout,
fever rampant erosion
Empty glances,
mirrored hollow drums
Bleeding, starving,
passive alertness
Madeup, putdown
—treadmill... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Will your writing change when death comes to call,
knowing it’s time for goodbye
Will each word become richer, each memory dear,
in the limited by and by
As finality beckons, will conviction resolve,
each day meaning more than the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 4 years ago
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Does life resemble a deck of cards,
shuffled back and forth
On brighter days with Ace’s high,
dark days the Joker’s curse
And what about that Wild Card,
that one you can’t be sure
If it will serve to win the day
—or fold your hand once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you see yourself inside your dream,
or chasing close behind
Is your love unquestioned, given free,
or bartered, contract signed
Are your lyrics empty without applause,
audience on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Each mind is a filter…
the wheat from the chaff
Each vision dissected,
to cry or to laugh
Each chance in the moment,
to live or to hide
Each reason a marker,
to vow or belie
Each leaf that has fallen,
the price that we’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 123 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you have enough stories,
have you told enough tales
Is your life overflowing,
with a need to regale
Have the roses you’ve smelled,
lined your heart or your mind
Is the path that you’ve chosen,
ahead or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 4 years ago
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Many faiths,
one hope
Many questions,
one plea
Many voices,
one vow
Many wishes
—one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Enlightenment…
where humanity and intelligence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 4 years ago
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A jungle of circumstance…
preying on the silence
Each verse a whip to crack the dark
—and tame the angry... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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Fans screamed,
the future cried
Freezing the moment,
truth underlies
Freedom on fire,
music bespoke
Silence irreverent
—voices of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Ability to free,
impossible to seize
The moment but on loan
past-future to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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I write for the
aberrate visitor,
that stumbles upon my words
A buried shaft
for them to mine,
a voice that can be heard
Each poem baptized
as a child,
redemptions holy source
To comfort those
in pain and loss,
escape from their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 4 years ago
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The miles I’ve walked,
the verses I’ve rhymed
The demons I’ve fought,
the mountains I’ve climbed
Each word as a sword,
its meaning a shield
To ward off the darkness
—and never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Contradiction…
a mortal trap
Looking forward,
while looking back
Direction frozen,
a timeless clock
To chime above
—life’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Self awareness,
freedom’s chain
Mirrored judgment,
harbored pain
Descarte’s premise,
inside out
To know oneself
—eternal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Rushing into the arms of time…
embracing eternity
Making love to the moment
—its destiny... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s 2:00 a.m. in the darkness,
and I’m lost in who I am
The night little comfort against a dawn,
that waits for me again
It’s 2:00 a.m. in reflection,
the past chasing a future dream
All memory conjoined, controverted,
the morning—sight... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Victory is a song unwritten,
whose words beget the score
With truth in play, all time relayed,
past battles, future wars
Yesterday winless, tomorrow tied,
the moment zero sum
The hour prescient, each second dear
—glory still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 4 years ago
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Be in awe of yourself,
ever struck with delight
Gift wrapping your thoughts,
in the goodness of life
Treasure the memories,
letting go of the pain
Releasing the wonder
—as Heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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My eyes unleash upon the world before me,
where Heaven wrests all darkness from its reign
These sights my fortune gladly spent on freedom,
to rise and fall as sun and moon both... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 4 years ago
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Virtue when expressive,
deafens bad intention
Its voice to live beyond,
excuses and retort
A minstrel plays a song unsung,
as sages rise to dance
All words rephrased in lyric tones
—the devil mute and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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A gentle fawn weeps
where God has taken a step
The forest his cathedral
—pathway to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Answering with phrases loaned…
a paradox recalled
The choices, nouns and pronouns,
all verbs to rise or fall
Old questions freed, all doubt besieged,
defined and then dethroned
The power in each chosen word,
to borrow—not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Is your greatness unendorsed
by godly symbols old and new
Is your strength contained and held within,
as broth begets the stew
Is your message clear with no defense,
either martial or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The heartache gone,
but still remembered
Its pain
—the shadow of my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Can knowledge surpass
a belief you hold true
Diametrically prescient
when thrust unto you
Is faith but the jailer
of transcendence restrained
With truth serving time
—in a captive... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you justify your own beliefs,
to force upon your will
Or skip instead the whole charade,
with truth left to distill
Do you wander aimless in the night,
in search of what you’ve lost
As darkened hallways call you back
—regret the only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Woefully, the footlights dim,
the magic fades—the chorus grim
A curtain falls as memory fades,
the ending near—one last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Running from themselves,
the shadows broke away
Light newly orphaned
with no endorsement
Tracks of remembrance,
forgotten and bare
Space filled with emptiness
—connection... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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The Autumn Wind
leaves summer in denial
Winter’s invitation sent,
but yet unstamped
Memories through the trees,
fall distant, left untitled
That fate will name
—when springtime calls... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 4 years ago
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Respect for time,
Disdain for time,
The double edge
—the narrow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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A fresh diagnosis,
waiting to die
Time now unmortgaged,
foreclosure in sight
The documents present,
endorsement unsigned
Appraisal—reprisal,
the path freshly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Genius…
beyond definition
—truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Dreaming in the shadows,
by the light of the moon
My feelings chasing words
—that can speak for us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Mercurial freedom
Beyond sexuality
Love trumping weakness
—truth beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a certain type of age
that can’t get old
Death caught within the road signs
of its bartered weakness
Where voices cry a fevered wish
to all who listen
And legends write their epitaphs
—on hearts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I like hitchhiking
because it’s clean…
Its ending not restrained
by false beginnings
The future more indentured
than the past
With freedom wrapped inside
this very moment
Each car another chance
—to say... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Ironic…
what we forgive in our heroes
Their faults,
tragic badges of fame
Our glasses,
colored rose without brambles
Their legend
—sealed in myth beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The wildness of nobility,
the fire before the storm
The question with many answers
—the substance within the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Religion is a license
—whose fee is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Apollo en garde,
my prose to re-verse
Where Swans freely sing
—the Raven in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Does loneliness strike when entering a new space,
that we choose, or is chosen for us
Is the isolation a door to where we must go,
a new portal, our spirits in flux
Is being alone the price that we pay,
breaking through, old walls to come... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 4 years ago
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Without hope,
condemned to desire
Without dreams
—all courtship is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 4 years ago
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Intellectual emotion,
emotional logic
Distinct, or one and the same
The mind seeks control,
the spirit rebels
In conflict—prescience... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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What once held me captive,
now sets me free
My wanderlust blowing away
The clouds and horizon,
that buttressed my world
Meld, as the night into day
Those words never chosen,
survive on their own
Verses dry, all wings taking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 4 years ago
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You’re too smart,
to be so stupid
Too warm,
to be so cold
Too bright,
to be close minded
Too young
—to be so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The blonde playing hopscotch
had a tattoo
In a collision of eras,
her ponytail flew
As innocence skipped,
the ink started to run
A bastardized image
—of time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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To start at the front,
before the beginning
Just to finish arear
—in back of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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True palettes of nature,
our souls are reframed by difficult things
The hues growing darker
—forever to color the struggle... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Will there come a time,
not very far off
When all that you have
is what you believe
Will there come a time,
now closer than far
When what you believe
—is all that there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Silence
—often the loudest voice of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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If you live your life truly,
death walks close behind
There to whisper…
“Time is not on your side”
Your choice pending darkness,
to ignore or befriend
And embrace
—or forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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I’ve lived just enough
to die instilled
My history paid
—all debts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Pointing his thumb,
two feet close behind
Direction untethered,
new mountains to climb
Hitching tomorrow,
to yesterdays past
To ride in the present
—each moment to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 4 years ago
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The hidden Angels
of my unconscious mind
Their vision on fire
—all wings flying... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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The ultimate indulgence…
blind acceptance
All standards rescinded
—all judgment... – by Kurt Phlip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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You see a wall,
where I see a door
You are imprisoned,
I am implored
You spend your fortune
on relics that burn
I, but a beggar
—last verse heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a voice inside that’s killing me,
slowly day by day
Each line I write, each word I speak
—is paid with time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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If absurdity
is the only reality
Time is the new servant
—to what lies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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I buried my memory
in yesterday’s sand
To live in the past
—beyond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Alone,
without being lonely
In love,
with the air and the sky
In tune,
with those voices now calling
Released
—and forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Walking blind through the corridors
of his imagination
All vision was fleeting
—the truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Senses untamed,
spaces to reign
Bodies that die,
spirits to fly
Length or by width,
time is a myth
Dimension aground,
essence refound
Eyes looking forward,
eyes looking back
Eyes looking inward,
soul... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Labels…
crutch for the unenlightened
Support system
for the crippled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Would you rather die
than be embarrassed
Rather destitute
than shamed
Would you rather set your heart on fire,
than barter out your name
Does your reputation matter,
will your legacy endear
Does what others think,
release the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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I rode a painful trail,
because not doing so curtailed
Biting hard on Areion’s bit,
all else in life assailed
With blinders on I forged ahead,
whose route my will complied
Its ledges steep, all fear below
—my destiny... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The exhaustion of passion…
the beginning of wisdom”
A souls inner vision
—the true meaning of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Have you murdered the future
by destroying the past
The present to judge
—sentenced at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Is there a higher art
than Martial Art
To live or to die
—all wounds bleeding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Wrestling with time,
an illusion supreme
Its trinity empiric,
three masks to deceive
Past, future, and present,
our dreams undefined
Outside of their stricture,
new presence unrhymed
Rejecting convention,
short sighted and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 4 years ago
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What good is a poem,
if not to incent or inspire
Just flowering verbiage,
growing out of the mire
What comes from our verse,
if not truth yet released
Each word to enlighten
—in beacons of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Five thousand sermons,
one point of view
The message sole branded
—the damned in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Explosion / Implosion,
caught in the din
Forces once pushing,
now pull from within
The physicist cries,
as the mockingbird calls
To see past tomorrow,
today in freefall
A binary motion
of polar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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His words in transit,
world travel unleashed,
the world his page to run
Alone in his chair,
both here and then there
—the distance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a haven beyond
all praise and blame,
where true writing can repose
All time on the run,
consensus lay shunned
—the truth neither friend nor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Waiting for the world
to come round to him,
his words got stored away
Waiting for time
to admit its mistake,
the needle in the hay
Lying in wait
for a moment reborn,
distilled in silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing to a standard,
embattled in time,
his words both sparse and dire
All targets in sight,
his focus most dear,
new readers to inspire
His argument made,
with phrases reborn,
the verdict theirs to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Pushing his will against the status quo,
all time began to move
Scouring through each ominous lie,
veracity behooved
Giving with nothing left to give,
his soul turned inside... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Fighting his very nature,
conflict raging inside him again
Feelings demand what thoughts can’t command
—neither enemy nor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Be somebody’s hero,
give more than you get
Reach for something bigger,
cast a wider net
Be somebody’s hero,
your name to live beyond
The casket and the headstone
—your memory left in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Democrats run on problems
they contrive
Republicans run on problems
they deny
One as bad as the other,
together much worse
As the status quo suffers
—awaiting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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In her clouds of mystery,
souls recalled
Where voices cry out
—from Shangri... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Sometimes…
our greatest pleasure
is the absence of pain
As often…
the best thing that can happen
—is nothing at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you see that it’s true,
but not prove what you know
A problem physicists
and philosophers share
Hints all around,
results to confound
As the questions unanswered... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Popular music,
and popular verse
Their power intrinsic,
listeners search
Beyond even Mozart
and Longfellow’s rhyme
A gift to the masses
—in presents of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Letting his past
determine his future
Old voices in charge
—all memory in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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A sword slices through empty space,
the air bleeding as sutures trace
To pierce not once but pierce again,
your breath scarlet, its stain portends
A breeze sharpens—all time erupts,
seasons hemorrhage and flow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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A poem,
a riddle
An answer
to find
A Sage,
a gamester
All truth
undefined
What’s hidden,
most treasured
Its fortune
to mine
Tomorrow
awaiting
Sequestered
—in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Truth before beauty,”
the Sage said with a scowl
“Aesthetics a vacuum,
devoid of its howl
“The beauty of truth
is that truth stands alone
“Eternity’s mirror
—veracity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Intention is to fact,
as water is to ice
Its truth in transformation
—the naughty and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Regurgitant youth,
digestive age
All life a buffet,
serving up on the page
Chew before swallowing,
savor each piece
That first you ingested
—forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Is honor sum total,
or dolled out by degree
Can it live through confusion,
and your failings to be
Are those moments of weakness,
made up when you strive
To become more than just living,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 4 years ago
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When should you get ready
to die…
When you’re old,
and the signs are in letters so big?
When should you get ready
to die…
When you’re young,
with it’s messages trapped in the wind?
When should you get ready
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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The mouthpiece of ignorance
is gossip
The wellspring of gossip
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 4 years ago
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Losing all faith
in miracles
His wishes went to
live astray
Where hope becomes a
distant cry
Lost memories
—in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Bogged down in the details,
truth is undone
Swimming through the corn flakes,
milk overruns
Looking at the forest,
seeing just trees
Life micromanaged
—big picture... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 4 years ago
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Each Poem wrought,
another day of
freedom bought
Each verse proclaimed,
one more abandoned
night renamed
Each line unleashed,
new light is shown,
old shadows hide
Each word I speak,
my soul elektric
—truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 4 years ago
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A stitch past nine on borrowed time,
memories come rushing back
The Wolf is feasting in Grandma’s bed,
Red Riding Hood a snack
A Cow gets ready to jump again,
but the moon drops from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The leaves are falling,
birds in song
Memory lingers,
tomorrow gone
A promise spoken,
solemn vow
The present honored,
faith avowed
Years enlighten,
age sets in
Youth remembered,
deep within
Gates now beckon,
pearl’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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The gray dawn baptized,
lost child of the night
Salvation ransomed
—new morning’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 4 years ago
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Man’s inhumanity to man,
knows no country, religion, or race
Man’s inhumanity to man,
the only shame time cannot erase
Man’s inhumanity to man,
as constant as the spring driven rain
Man’s inhumanity to man
—rising over and over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 4 years ago
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To no one in particular,
but everyone out loud
What you portend as Poetry,
should never make you proud
The words are so revealing,
of what’s not inside your head
Your heart lies soundly sleeping,
there forever in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 4 years ago
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Every scepter, every throne,
reverts again anew
The god’s, their will divided,
in Iliads of truth
All wars of good intention,
paved avenues to hell
Honor shamed by Zeus renamed
—that horse where judgment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 4 years ago
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Who can measure the
speed of fear
Who can filter the strain
of lies
Who can weigh a lost ounce
of love
Who can package
—a last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Community college intellect,
Ivy League soul
Questions lie subservient
—feelings in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Hiding their poison,
colleges feign
Promising sunshine,
delivering rain
Knowledge infected,
politics vile
Lambs to the slaughter
—Athena... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 4 years ago
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Better to slip through
than run over
Better to finesse
than to force
Better to persuade
than to dictate
Discretion
—all meaning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Classic intelligence,
built on complexity
Layer upon layer,
a spidering web
For us to get caught in,
for us to be trapped
Its capture most fatal
—not living or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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My words
—speak only for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing doesn’t become immortal,
until you leave the words behind
Feelings left to light the way
—in moments... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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The gray dawn slaughters
the promise of Spring,
Winter’s desperate last goodbye
Its poisonous haze mocks
a sky forsaken,
the sun again denied
Its blanket lowers
in a shroud of judgment,
its verdict darkly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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The temperature frozen
Old sticks in the mud
New tracks are untrodden
Lost dreams from above
The raisins in darkness
All pits buried deep
The moon shines unfaithful
Recounting of sheep
The doctors watch broken
Your time shorter still
His prognosis a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 4 years ago
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Fighting his very nature,
disagreeing with himself again
Feelings demand what thoughts now command
—leaving verse to make... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Christians killing Christians,
politics trumping God
The Axis dared, the Allies fared
—shared lineage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Paying for their own execution,
the collegians trod on
Trapped inside their smart cellular phones,
in groups, but still alone
The administrators harken back,
slave owners long... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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The traveler journeys
His ship has gone far
The doldrums eclipsed
With the light of new stars
The lands seem foreign
The people are strange
But always they smile
And call you by name
You run, and you run, and you run
From it all
Charts lost in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you intimidate yourself…
If you do
You need to go back to work
Mining the fear
Destroying your ego
Intrepidation courting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Does an animal have
a sense of itself
To once question
why things are this way
Does it think about freedom
beyond our recall
As it lives and then dies
—heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Still holding onto yesterday,
tomorrow calls my name
The comfort of what time has blessed,
my life within its frame
Those two directions—front and back,
a hydra running loose
Do I embrace what’s in the past
—or what is yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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What do you use
to measure success
Is it gold
or a memory that shines
Your wealth in a bank note
or choices now free
Every moment
—more precious with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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All those years,
you didn’t hear me
All those years,
you seemed so sure
All those days,
you laughed it off
All those nights,
I wanted more
All those lies,
that dug our gravesite
All those tears,
with feeling... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Is the end something different
than goodbye
Can death extinguish doubt,
beyond all questions why
Is the melody in parts,
forever sung in vain
Are those moments once infusive
—now breezes through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying the slow death of political infection,
it hides within our words
As we try to run, and try to hide,
its plague a constant scourge
Poisoning the water, despoiling our thoughts,
all freedom it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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A ring on his finger
—ribbon around his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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The better Angels of our nature…
the Devil only laughs
Laying traps as yet unseen,
in virtues aftermath
Reluctant aspiration,
free will a double edge
That takes us high while honing doubts
—of falling off the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Where would we be without language,
still naked around the fire
Trading bones with a grunt or moan,
very little to inspire
How could we live without meaning,
every question held at bay
Our futures dark, discovery stark,
all knowledge yea or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 164 Views added 4 years ago
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The shortcut to a heart’s desire,
where roads and feelings cross
Destiny maps, direction on fire
—love’s toll the only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying alone,
a forgotten song
Last lyric unsung
—muted and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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From the Devil’s stable,
I picked the fastest stallion
And rode beyond perdition
—through eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Stepping stone Nirvana,
a pathway through the maze
Temptation churns between the stones
—each tread fruition... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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A young poet is to an
older man
As an old poet is to a
younger man
When young then old,
when old then young
The future borrowed,
the past twice sung
The old man’s knowledge,
the young man’s youth
To bite the deepest
—with wisdom’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Behind ivy thoughts and mortared speech,
my soul cannot be bought
As I worship freely deep within
—the truth forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Dimension,
Stretching itself
Reaching the unknown
Feeling what can’t be felt
Unnumbered
Not counted or named
Para-atomic
Time abandoned
Intention free
Returning without
Returning within,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Does verse reveal
the litter
That left strewn,
clogs up your mind
Does poetry
uncover
What the prose tries best
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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The older I get,
the more dear words become
The shorter the days,
the deeper streams run
With time closing in,
I seek poems and rhymes
Into the twilight
—for that last magic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Is consciousness God…
his church the sublime
As we look incorrectly,
ever hoping to find
His very existence,
the womb that enwraps
Surrounding our being
—all sentience... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Too good for himself,
and the place he was in
His lover reminded,
before leaving in sin
Her path was left open,
her exit his gate
To stay or to leave
—twin pillars of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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You can forever buy in,
without hanging on
The moment anointed,
to reign till it’s gone
There’s a time to hold tight,
and a time to let go
Veracity final,
in what it now shows
When that comes in question,
the cosmos... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s no bigger threat
than what’s still left to know
Its backbone religion,
as it sits on its throne
What cannot be stated
and proven as fact
Evangelists kidnap
and wear on their backs
With prophecy wrapped
in their folly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Neither left wing nor right
conservative or liberal,
he goes about his day
Living outside the parameters
of deception,
hell in heavens way
While living as dead
he vanquishes time,
each moment present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The past is left in mourning,
the future still unknown
The present disavows them both,
not borrowed—never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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In the commercial age,
money captures time
Depleting awareness
—a prison unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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His final words to the mirror…
“You must now set me free”
All time a reflection
—of what’s never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Is your best friend a dog,
a thesaurus is mine
As yours wags its tail
—mine forever sets me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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To recite it in a Poem,
or sing it loud and strong
Their union an espousal,
one by measure, one by song
Division cast adrift,
muted sirens fold their wings
This moment reinvented
—words and melody one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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Blue skies glisten,
the morning sun kisses
A Robin announcing
the day
The sweetness of spring,
to all lovers it brings
Renewed wishes
—the fresh promise of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 4 years ago
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Did you try to take it with you,
did you really think you could
Did your journey end abruptly,
as you never thought it would
Are those things that you acquired,
much of comfort to you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 4 years ago
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Is it in the heart
Or in the eyes
For all you see
To then despise
Is it anger first
Or love at last
Can you judge the future
By the past
Does the meaning change
With every choice
Your words return
Another’s voice
Last wish you make
One vow to pray... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 4 years ago
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What determines genius…
an endowment or a choice
Is there destiny in all of us,
waiting for a voice
Is to reject your epiphany,
most used as an excuse
By those who pull the shades down low,
the darkness theirs to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 165 Views added 4 years ago
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Do your lies hold as hostage,
every truth you never told
Has your heart become a stranger,
to the wishes it unfolds
Is your past if then forsaken,
free at last of its own self
Orphaned memories never spoken
—orphaned moments never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Your lies much more exciting,
than any truth you never told
Stolen moments of pure delight,
the future your cuckold
Touch betrays what your eyes still hide,
my dreams you come to steal
As your body moves with time divorced,
love’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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The threshold of lies
is hearsay
The jailer and killer
—of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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If words were notes upon a score,
would the melody play beyond…
Each phrase a chord, each line a hymn,
each paragraph a song
If words could sing harmonic,
as their letters drift... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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As you age and days get shorter,
do you reach out for the source
Whether family, friends, or lover,
is the pull a constant force
Is the attraction of returning,
going home to shed your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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A pat on the back,
smoke up the rear
Shake with both hands
—perdition is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 4 years ago
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Rushing waters,
bleeding hearts
Autumn winds,
the past departs
Voices silenced,
the coming rain
Ice forming
—to freeze the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Making sense of it all…
our grandest myth
Wisdom born of age,
bleeding youth’s betrayal
Questions dry unvarnished,
cold naked in the night
Darker darks reface the cliff,
all edges sharper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 4 years ago
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Closer to words
than I am to people
Meaning,
in place of love
Heart felt recital,
truant revival
In script
—to rise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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You don’t have to die
to linger in hell
You don’t have to go hungry
to starve
You don’t need the darkness
to find yourself blind
While the devil
—his shadow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Trapped inside a wasteland,
dying inch by inch
Slave inside a rusted heart,
feelings chained then lynched
Later now than yesterday,
earlier than goodbye
Spooled like thread that can’t be sewn,
the needle asking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Wrapped inside a moment,
reasons tied the bow
Excuses thrown into the trash,
where wasted pleadings go
The gift of time majestic,
when given free of tense
A present there beneath your tree
—its treasure heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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A raging success
or colossal failure
Anything else
—isn’t worth your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Honoring our history,
respect must be shown
The present uncertain,
the future unknown
The past our foundation,
the roots to our tree
The key that unlocks us
—our spirits set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 4 years ago
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Famous only to himself,
his legacy waits
A servant of the moment
—time left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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One can be too many,
a hundred not enough
When truth battles fear
—all diamonds in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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First it was rain and then it was snow,
if it’s not one thing it’s another
Once in the dark and now in the know,
if it’s not one thing it’s another
The journey long, the destination obscured,
if it’s not one thing it’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Squeezing out a different meaning,
with each new moment passed
The choices honed, all time dethroned
—no instant first or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Did you not love, as flame the fire,
when springtime came in view
Your soul to task, no futures past
—the world again... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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The most precious gift a Poet gets
—true knowledge of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 4 years ago
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A Cowboy never says goodbye,
it’s not in his nature
A Cowboy never says goodbye,
the prairie his teacher
A Cowboy never says goodbye,
the wind his closest friend
A Cowboy never says goodbye
—his heart to only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 4 years ago
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In the middle of nowhere…
the center of it all
Coming back to my beginning
—one choice to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 4 years ago
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She wiped the tears
from the eyes of tomorrow
Her present uncovered
—her vision... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 4 years ago
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A Poet sits on the edge of tomorrow,
waiting for today
Notebook in hand, new words to command
—what time has yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Lost in the miles, lost in the smiles,
the road calls out my name
Throttle in hand, a beckoning land,
no two days then the same
Direction unmapped, my nose to attack,
what’s never been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Within the depths of all I fear,
a voice holds me at bay
And clears a path, my soul to roam,
to stumble on its way
The darkness lures, a light unshone,
new words to keep me strong
As legend steals what fact denies
—beyond all right or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Death courting life…
inextricably entwined
Most star crossed of lovers
their hatred of time
Death courting life…
new beginning at the end
Last promise to make
—final message to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry is a journey…
each word life’s misstep
When placing them together,
one voice binds and sets
Its map inside a puzzle,
to point beyond the wind
A road that’s never ending
—all travelers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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From deep in the shadows of Tin Pan Alley,
the Sage called out my name
With a voice that haunted and eyes concealed
—she made her only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Abuse yourself if you must My Son,
but you are never to mistreat your words
“Untainted they connect your feelings and thoughts
—your true legacy still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The only way to become a writer
—is to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Step out from behind your ego,
see what others see
An imperfect vacuum caught in time,
a drum with empty beat
The mirror lies habitual,
to pose as your best friend
A single letter does conspire,
whose “I,” your will... – by Forever To Deceive | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Living within our given time,
happiness
—a present state of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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My reality secure
from the attacking winds
Sheltered by experience,
a fortress hard won
Neither fortune nor danger
can force their way in
All entrance is barred,
a mystery respun
An Eden contained,
in a legend... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 137 Views added 4 years ago
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Mankind Alone
Reality…
humanity’s myth
(Des Moines Iowa: January, 1992)
Samsara
The music of the soul…
is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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With every religion…
to share in the blame
Masking out God,
in costumes of shame
Seeking to own
what they can’t understand
A covetous folly
—a heavenly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a look…
That look
In a persons eyes,
When they’ve
Transcended
Nationality and race,
Social position
And wealth
In silent visits
They come to pray,
Their bodies
No longer
Controlling their spirit,
But that look,
That look... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you have
without owning
Can you embrace
what’s on loan
Can you give
without taking
Can your love
—stand... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s not about your last move…
it’s about your next move
Forget about tomorrows past
—and live your dream... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Saying goodbye,
never saying hello
All doors locked behind me
—their keys made of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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The West changes you…
its wind blowing
distant and near
A promise you
had always meant
to keep
A feeling
better gifted
than kept
A memory
forever waiting ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Where words end
—Zion... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 154 Views added 4 years ago
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Our love has gone from
hard cover to soft
The words between us typed,
no longer scribed
The moments counted,
that once were thrown breathless in the wind
Our feelings stilted
—with words to just... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Forests of green
call beyond the darkness
Where rivers flow
and verdant colors rhyme
Our hopes and wishes
dancing in the meadows
Calling us to a new
—and better... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 4 years ago
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Searching for,
not running from
My mind clear
—and spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Begging for space
Borrowing a feeling
Stealing a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Before I started asking,
I was too busy living
The questions still in limbo
—the answers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing the words,
owning the words
Prisoners and Minstrels,
sentences heard
Writing the words,
owning the past
Chains coming off
—freedom at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Were you at one with yourself
while writing it
Did the beginning
have an end
Did each word describe,
or then inflame
What light
can only bend
Did you gag
on meaning bundled
Were you trapped
behind its door
Were you—are you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you experience a lifetime,
inside of a minute
Can you say with one word,
what used to take a book
Can you thank those you love,
with just one smile
Can you see the truth in everything
—with only one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Did you do it,
Did you write about it
—or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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In the darkness last night,
I heard Crazy Horse call
The wind through the willows,
new horse in my stall
His words my direction,
the hail in my storm…
“Your brothers await you
—the council fire... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Stepping over the line,
in pursuit of a song
Could a melody so right
—ever be so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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I want to know you…
not about you
The devil in the details
—all heaven in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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You strive for complexity,
missing the truth
Your thoughts trumping feeling
—ego... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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I didn’t know it at the time,
but my misspent youth was planned
The training ground for what I’d write,
then hard to understand
The many schools, the teachers chides,
expulsions my reward
Postgraduate work for future truth,
all voices... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Is there disappointment in arrival…
anticipation the crown jewel
Are the accolades left hollow,
uncertainty what’s new
Is acceptance yours or theirs to own,
all badges keyed to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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What know ye of the truth,
that final window left to close
Who calls thee to its breast,
a suckled vision
—heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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What is this one life really worth,
the price of many sins
What is that one last question asked
—if never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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By facing death,
we embrace life more
We see the limits,
each minute core
Seen as a friend,
all life betroths
Each moment treasured,
our loved ones close
And when we face
that final day
A voice more gentle,
bids us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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The voice of a Poet,
the breath of a Child
The curse of the Devil
—forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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I imagined myself rich,
I saw myself poor
From the suite to the stable,
my soul cried for more
The sweeter the temptation,
the more dour the gain
A kingdom for a poem
—my treasure... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The tragedy of us
is that we couldn’t overcome
ourselves
To become who
we were meant to be
—sharing the greatest gift of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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The reality of who we were
destroyed what we were
—as the thresher kills the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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That’s the way life is…
greatness wrapped in a tattered box,
lined with regret
compliments laced with a negative refrain,
hiding the truth
Fear and delight masquerading as one,
chanting behind the mask
—that’s the way life... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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When you love someone,
you claim part of their spirit
Trading affection
—as the emptiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Most of our lives are spent
icing the cake
Covering the substance
where meaning partakes
To coat and embellish
what we most try to hide
Distracting, misleading
—shrouded... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I survived the 60’s,
can I ask the same of you…
With soul in tact, my body wracked,
and conscience split in two
My parents now have I become,
these days of future past
With bloodshot eyes and memory owned
—by that decade not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Will you
Or won’t you,
Can you
Or can’t you,
Another paradox... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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I found my voice
Beyond all choice
A waited friend
Beyond the wind
I found the words
Once cast astray
To line my path
To lead the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The finer you draw your measurements,
the further away you fall
Each number squared and time compared,
deafens out the call
Your techno-dialectic,
data piled upon itself
A trash heap at the deadest end
—where folly stacks... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Over the years,
and all the times I’ve cried
Through all the tears,
remembering the lies
One thing was clear,
as truth laid claim again
Whose words endeared
—remain my only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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No one knows anything…
it’s just hopes and wishes in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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You’ll know when its time…
you won’t fight it
or struggle,
you won’t lie to yourself
—or try to hang on
You’ll let everything go
as it’s time to unburden,
your mind and your spirit,
your heart
—and be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Why do I like things
I can’t agree with
Why do I listen
when I don’t want to hear
Why am I attracted
to things that repel me
Why are my reasons
more muddled than clear
Why do I often
begin at the ending
Why do I hurt
the people I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 150 Views added 4 years ago
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Did you flavor it with Hemingway,
or season it with Thoreau
Did you structure it like Eliot,
or was Melville more your go
The rocks you choose to stand upon,
supports to look... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 164 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you the movie or the commercial,
the story or its cost
The question quite subversive
—in its drama most are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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That laughter you hear in the background
—death following closely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The magic sublime
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The Devil not to be believed,
even when his words are true
Intent to spin ‘que es verdad’
old tactics—nothing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m not collaborative…
my greatest strength
—my greatest weakness too
My words my own,
as others thoughts
—to them remain as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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You’ve got the how but not the why,
from heaven so ordained
For that one moment under God,
times fugitive proclaimed
You want to know the reasons past,
but not those left to find
A crown of thorns and peasant robe
—serve only to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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My Grandfather was a Poet,
my Father was a thief
Their spirits fight to own my soul
—my Son in cradle sleeps
My Grandfather spoke of beauty,
my Father spoke of sin
The truth now locked within a voice
—whose key I leave to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Do three dimensions,
preclude a fourth
Does pointing toward South,
prevent being North
Is now just the midpoint,
between future and past
Does the freedom to choose,
leave all nature aghast
Is one and one two,
if one is in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 4 years ago
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In addition to the slogans...
"Save The Whales,"
"Save A Tree,"
and
"Save The Oceans"
We need a new one...
"Save A... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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A scant twenty years,
grieved a century or more
Poetically perfect,
in spirit and lore
A man and his horse,
alone on the range
The cattle his instruments,
and music to play
Civil War veterans and blacks
from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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When I want to express anger,
I get madder than hell
When I want to give love,
how deep is my well
On those times that I covet,
how green I become
And when wrestling with hate,
the result zero-sum
When my face blushes red,
I wear it with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 197 Views added 4 years ago
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Victim of passion,
purveyor of lies
Betrayer of talent,
bending the I
Captive obsession,
perspective now gone
Fear self-indicts
—when right turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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Religion…
Translator of spirituality
Interpreter of that never felt
Templar of the self-absorbed
Deceiver
—of those searching and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Polymath Siren,
her flower returns
New stirrings to write
new melody to learn
Renaissance memory,
its present announced
Freeing your psyche,
past-future recount
Polymath harlot,
love pledged again
Petals now varied,
spread from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 162 Views added 4 years ago
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Five strangers walked into my dream,
arm in arm, all different versions
of my deceased mother
They looked at me one by one,
with that look—her look,
that had been gone for so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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If you stop where you are,
you’ll die where you stand
Those choices you make
—to forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t write for other poets,
God condemn me if I do
My words all gifted freely,
to those searching hard and true
I don’t write for academics,
as they archive others thoughts
I write for that one reader
—whose emotions can’t be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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A thing itself is cheap…
its knowledge though is dear
The journey worth a thousand times
—an arrival most... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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The Better Option
Better to be liked
and not loved
Than to be loved
—and not liked
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
How Little
It’s not about how much it takes
to make you happy
—but how... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Never about
what’s ‘right’
Only what’s ‘right’
—for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Climbing up the garden wall,
the questions loom
—the answers small
Climbing up the garden wall,
the past retreats
—the future falls
Climbing up the garden wall,
a distant voice
—your name... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 4 years ago
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Dying alone on foreign ground,
death grips his blessed hand
Never choosing time or place,
method certain
—the Angels plan
An oak to fall on alien soil,
all seeds to heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Trapped in the meter,
a prisoner of rhyme
My spirit indicted,
destroyer of time
A minstrels disciple,
epistle in hand
The sound and the rhythm,
my souls contraband
New couplets my jailer,
their sentences... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 156 Views added 4 years ago
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Is morality an end point,
or a journey to begin
Are right and wrong just bookends placed,
or what then lies within
All Ethical persuasion,
to attain or just desire
Whose end result will never come
—enflamed without the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Today was all you
wanted
The past now fraught
with pain
The hurt was set,
you could not forget
What our love
could not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Crossing Montana for the first time…
everything was changed
My heart no longer my own
—my spirit there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Living in the present
past—future
combined
The excuses get
cornered
—reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Borrow someone else’s truth…
but there’s one you need to own
Whose lease runs out as time grows short
—life’s contract yours... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The words all come together,
their meaning front to back
Like birds of common feather,
they follow the same tack
Existing for each other,
alone their context gone
All strength inside their union
—where memory turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Is a lie in its intention,
or its desired end result
Is deception ever lessened,
if the harm is never felt
Can you skate by blame or judgment,
if your evil plans then fail
Or are you even more at fault
—when you lie to no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Bless yourself,
before blessing others
Forgive yourself,
before forgiving others
Understand yourself,
before understanding others
Love yourself
—before loving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing verse,
I dally forth
Hours more stole,
than loaned
Prose to suffer,
and wait in line
Time once more... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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You call it a particle
He calls it a wave
They call it energy
—I call it light
You’re locked in physics
He’s locked in quantum
They’re trapped in theory
—blocking all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 146 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry,
collaboration of one heart
and one mind
Written symbiotic,
for many voices
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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As days split off
and drift away,
their dreams remain with me
Words as jewels
and treasured pawn,
whose tickets cancelled—flee
The nights adopted
orphaned suns,
those times you woke and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 173 Views added 4 years ago
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Like a wounded dog,
who never forgets
This memory will
not fade
My warning stated,
“The Ice Is Thin”
Where my sun turns
into shade
If I told you once,
I told you twice
“There’s a line,
you’re not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Is there such a thing as
unadulterated goodness
Unattached to fortune
and the fame it wards
If there is, I’ve yet to see it
with these naked eyes
As I continue to hope
—with each unwritten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 4 years ago
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A song yet unsung,
my prayer in the wind
Its blessing assured
—eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Drifting off untethered,
until caught by my soul
Redirected to providence
—anchored and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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The only way to cross eternity
is in a poem
As words fly silent and words fly deep,
beyond a future heaven loaned
The light speed meteor trails forever
the verses timeless wake
Distance not measured in miles or years
—epic ballads to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Money,
is not as powerful as revenge
The Dollar,
can never buy back a vendetta
Fury,
cuts sharp into a monetary corpse
Bleeding red,
the green trails of betrayals... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry…
the music of writing
Written unspoken
—for Angels to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Death in comparison,
a covetous dispatch
Jealousy reflected,
its courtiers attack
An emperor left naked,
his crown a vacant throne
Jesters flee the castle
—as envy sits... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Salvation rises,
from the depths
of the unsure
Its light ablaze,
exposing fear
it must cure
Redemption hovers,
death’s pestilence
below
Casting all there reborn,
in eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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As my body stoops with age,
youth lulls upon the page
Where words forever young,
cry willful to be sung
As daylight quickly passed,
I greet night a friend at last
With memories deeply grained
—reborn in verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Nostalgia,
and future wishing
The present
—foreclosing on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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As I lay dying,
let go of my hand
Bid me farewell,
my words to withstand
As a last wish,
your love may I take
Into tomorrow
—the past to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Words are a garden
where Poets can grow
Each verse a thesaurus
of phrases to know
A greenhouse of riches
a potters delight
A bounty of wisdom
—a harvest of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 4 years ago
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My truth
—the words
Your truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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Some will tell,
others describe
Feelings of bliss,
hearts that decry
Phrases bring life,
to words once alone
With meanings immortal
—heavens to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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The Emperor jailed in wishful thinking,
where only he could be
As I escape inside myself
—a prisoner running... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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A pound of silver
will only rent today
What an ounce of hope
—can buy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Tweedledee
and
Tweedledum
The fairytale of George W. Bush
and
Barack... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 4 years ago
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The new Millennium…
love with a small l
mistrust with a large M
honor—with all letters... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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At some tables…
Time
is a dessert,
that is no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Tears of sorrow,
tears of joy
Meld together,
laughter’s toy
Tears of sadness,
tears of mirth
Wellspring one
—a dual... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Stepping off the ledge,
out of the fog
—I cast my fate
As time again dared,
all blinders off
—the hour... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t know if I’m good or bad,
but I’m not for loan
I don’t know if my words will rise,
but these thoughts I own
I don’t know if the questions asked,
will in death rename
I don’t know if this life I live
—will the past... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Each phrase a gift,
mine to unwrap
The Muse bequeaths,
when spirit lacks
Each word a jewel,
to cut and shine
Together placed
—and shout... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Space in meters,
words in rhyme
Life in color
—truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The future blocked,
by words unsaid
The pasture torn,
its furrows bled
The future blocked,
by words unsaid
The present cries
—its orphans... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Charging into the waves,
the wind at my back
The horizon clear
—its truth left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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May your reasons bejewel in truth
—the diamond of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you understand
without thinking
Can you know more than
your mind can learn
Can you overflow
without leaking
Can you see
—beyond the fire’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Beyond all critical thinking,
above what’s right or wrong
There’s a different understanding,
where words turn into song
With a deeper sense of freedom,
light shines upon itself
All reasoned dialectic,
left abandoned,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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God does not exist…
existence a material term
Transcending all dimension,
His presence wholly burns
Not temporal or timeless,
His light as knowledge gives
Not forgiving or forsaking
—the truth in God just... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you ever prove a negative,
have you ever really tried
To show that God does not exist,
or love not verified
‘To Be Or Not To Be’
is then a half-truth at the best
Belief a claim you can’t defame
—with logic its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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We live between
the beasts and the Angels”
On this topic
Augustine was right
Our intellects bear
what our impulses share
Separating the wrong
from the right
We live between
the Lord and the devil
Each claiming a stake
in our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 156 Views added 4 years ago
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Crawling across the desert,
Running through the wilderness,
Walking across the ice
—searching for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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A Poetess schemes
A Poetess dreams
In the thick afterglow
Of what’s never to know
Her feelings unsure
Her words premature
Her voice still unnamed
—her suitor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Escaping the prose…
I hid in the verse
My mind to compose,
instead of converse
Defying description,
I sang through the notes
And placed my inscriptions
in lyrical rote
I chose to hear music
over reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 157 Views added 4 years ago
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Immersed in dark matter,
it fights not to hide
A target blood red,
and covered in lies
It cries out for justice,
it cries out in pain
Until an arrow strikes deeply,
truth firmly ingrained
Its point bringing light,
its shaft driving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 154 Views added 4 years ago
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If God and Heaven don’t exist,
their facade is fine with me
The simulation of a thought so pure,
will satisfy my needs
So take your theories and quantum math
painted corners left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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A Prince of Life,
A Prince of Death,
two courts for him to flee
One horse disappears under a
ransomed moon,
a drawbridge now unseen
Eyes close tight
and turn within,
all royalty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Days and nights,
all yes and no
—indecision in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Going from the past to the future
Is a theoretical abstract
There’s no timeless reason we can’t go
From the future to the past
Our perception trapped in entropy
Keeps the order one direction
Our search for meaning stacked upon
—a theory not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Is the Poetry in the thinking
or the writing
Is the message in the reading
or the hearing
Is the feeling trapped between
what’s spoken and the silence
Is the spirit released as answers flee
—from questions yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 7 Views added 4 years ago
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Age now walks beside me,
a reminder of the past
Not a shadow or a mirror,
but a debt come due at last
Each step it locks in cadence,
my denial zero sum
A reckoning before me
—and nowhere left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Screams to their naked advancement,
fire—the truth to resound
Cannon to their darkest intention,
death—to all enemies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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As a Poet I’ve been everywhere,
while living in the void
As a Poet I’ve written about time,
while living outside its deception
As a Poet I’ve watched your hopes and dreams,
fade into dark... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Love freely given,
no heart denied
A soul on fire
—the heavens... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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To be forgotten
—you first have to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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First I write the story,
then I write the book
Related but still different
—not to be mistook
First I write the story,
then I write the book
The first is in the telling
—the second in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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When I was starving,
poetry fed me
When I was sick,
the verse made me well
When I was homeless,
words gave me shelter
When I was lost
—the voice led me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I abhor weakness
in all of its forms
My words gaining strength
through many a storm
Whether sleet in my face
or rudderless keel
This pledge I do anchor
—refusing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Unto a rose,
flower so sweet
Petals like velvet,
fragrance so deep
Up through the concrete,
lining many a field
Its glorious blossom
love’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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One of life's challenges
is to find your own speed
Where travel is constant,
destination in sight
Too fast,
and yesterday abandons your future
Too slow,
and memory stretches beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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In the end…
the only thing left
—is what gets... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Gonna roll me a reefer,
and smoke the past goodbye
Gonna empty that last bottle of gin,
and kick this bye and bye
Gonna drink that woman away, Lord,
if I have to turn to rum
Gonna smoke that reefer till my fingers burn
—her memory on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Drowning at the bottom,
the top so far away
Lifeline snapped, memory torn
—reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you want education,
or just to get high
To reach your potential,
or pie in the sky
If it’s learning you want,
then take off the mask
That laptop you worship
—deceives future and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 4 years ago
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The Blues fills my memory,
all emptiness gone
Its Harp laying claim,
my soul to belong
Little Walter cries out
‘that same old somethin’ again
Jimmy Reed to remind us
—of the mojo... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you synthesize your anger,
do you cauterize the burn
Do you anesthetize the wonder,
as your dreams are drugged and scorned
Is your judgment tempered badly,
with emotion fiery hot
Is your vision colored madly,
by your choices—sold and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 166 Views added 4 years ago
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Seventeen children
on a highway to hell
Thumbs out—noses down,
perdition rings their bell
Seventeen children,
their backs now fully turned
The piper calls them blindly
—their futures scorched and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The tailored line,
bespoken Poet
With needle sharp,
to hem and sew it
Where thoughts as threads,
stitch out as whole
Whose words once seamed
—contain my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Where fixes the point of no return,
fixes the point assured
Where fixes the point of no return
—it’s there you’ll find thy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Do you spend twenty percent of your time
acquiring your beliefs
And eighty percent of your time
in defense
Do you have blinders on
about what you conceive
In fear of the critics
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 172 Views added 4 years ago
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Your say download
I say upload
Diametrically opposed
I look up
While you look down
The truth now juxtaposed
I step forward
You step back
Our choices thusly shown
I remember
You forget
—the difference mine to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Is it a memory that pushes
the future away
As wishes embody our souls
Is it a promise that opens
and closes our hearts
All hope to then console
Is it a longing that reigns
over friendship now lost
Of times once sorely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry often answers
—a question never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Existential—transcendent,
my words free to leave
Though rooted inside me,
their seeds He conceived
They shape and they fashion,
a will of their own
Each moment unfastened,
a prison... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 163 Views added 4 years ago
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Democracy is messy,
thank God that it’s not
Tyranny once embedded,
all freedom is lost
No liberty for the indentured,
conscription for thought
Free speech for the patriots
—no matter the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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I believe in Jesus
I believe in Buddha
I believe in Crazy Horse
—divinity shared
I believe in grace
I believe in enlightenment
I believe in tomorrow
—the promise it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you technically perfect,
but spiritually weak
Are your words so well crafted,
your soul cannot speak
Are your rhythms unmetered,
your feelings unrhymed
Are you stuck in a format,
that kills the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 4 years ago
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I reject all your religion,
in favor of myself
Those spewing virtues dogma,
often kill, with little felt
I reject your revelation,
with the truth inside my heart
I surrender your salvation,
from your guilt I live... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Yesterday proves…
“There is no science, to Political... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Can you purchase tomorrow,
with yesterday’s wage
Can you eliminate sorrow,
still carrying your rage
Can you call out the answer,
with the question at bay
Can you set a reminder,
while forgetting your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 170 Views added 4 years ago
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Some men remain conflicted,
some men are justly bad
Some men are deemed to stay confused,
some men forever sad
Some men will strive for fortune,
some other men for fame
Some men will choose to be alone
some live their lives in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Politics brings out the worst in us,
if in doubt—turn on the news
The denominator sinking low,
false prophets in the pews
All lust for privilege, fairness damned,
as old as man... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 164 Views added 4 years ago
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Don’t talk to me about form,
when the feeling isn’t there
Don’t talk to me about substance,
when experience is rare
Don’t talk to me about insight,
when reflection is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t like money
I like freedom
And in this new
Millennium
It’s hard to have one
—without the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 4 years ago
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Are your words predictable,
are the feelings staid
Is the truth rehashed,
the same pavers laid
Is your verse now tired,
its veneer worn thin
Whose mask barely hiding
—the emptiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Have our brains developed
because of our minds
Is it thought over matter,
free will to consign
Who gave us this power,
to till and to sow
All fruit thus comprised,
in our memory to know
A physicists nightmare,
their theories... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Never become a footnote
—to a history lost and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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May words be courageous,
with thoughts on fire
This pen as my shield,
to smite the ire
The darker the cave,
bigger demons to hide
With truth as my torch
—casting darkness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Professional Poet…
to cringe at the term
A lonely consensus,
so much to learn
Days writing couplets,
nights dreamed in verse
Feelings when gifted,
mine to rehearse
Professional Poet…
to run but not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 4 years ago
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I see the world in shades of gray,
where has the color gone
My faith erodes with each new day,
a weakness growing strong
I sense a feeling deep within,
it spreads and reaches... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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The more I think I really know,
the less I understand
The further out to sea I drift,
the more I miss the land
The stormier the days repeat,
my soul to chase the sun
The rules I once thought hard and fast,
denounced and on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Half the time…
you don’t know where you’re going
—even when you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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All faith inside this present moment,
it’s light my treasure—gifted... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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We fell dead like a mystery unraveled
—the truth of its magic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Wasted broke in Kankakee,
down from Montreal
I’m half way to Memphis,
with no one left to call
Guitar strings bust or missing,
motel clerk at my door
I’m half way to Memphis,
bathroom window as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 163 Views added 4 years ago
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When emptiness
replaces memory
The wind…
forever ceases to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The first cut sharp and burning red,
don’t edit away its fire
Keep the wound both fresh and raw,
never cauterize your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Not always understanding…
I write out the words
Lost in comprehension,
till wonder returns
Each line a new postulate,
no phrase left to chance
Last metaphor a song
—my mind still to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Like an open wound
That won’t heal
The current political situation
Bleeds out…
A hemorrhaged polarization
Inside a malignancy of lies
Draining our spirits
—of all life giving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Before you fall,
you’ve got to stand
Your voice once stalled,
fates reprimand
The paradigm floats,
on swamps that drain
Where praise cries out
—false hope... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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I like the idea,
but not when it’s real
Your love in a letter,
to read but not feel
Lost in conception,
affection belied
Your words I can handle
—whose touch I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Truth has a power,
exclusively its own
Beyond opinion and verdict,
its nature is shown
Through good times and bad,
its light shining through
A frame to the vision
—whose picture... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Can your intelligence
wound your spirit
Can your mind
entrap your soul
Can your hopes and wishes,
logic kill
Can damnation
be the toll
Or
Can a promise
wed tomorrow
Can the future
slay the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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When staring death in the face…
never look back over your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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My pen would be dry if the world
were the only cry for more
But Laura’s voice from within,
asserts with solemn command
Kindling my eternal fire—stoking the
questioning cord
Burning away the doubt
—turning me back... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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An apostle of verse,
a peasant of prose
To inspire divine,
to explain—Heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s you I like…
Not your lifestyle
Not your sexual preference
Not your political persuasion
Not your skin color
Not your nationality
Not your choice of religion
Not your lineage
Not your wealth or poverty
—it’s you I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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I harbor a mean spirit
but not in my soul
He roams through my
consciousness as havoc and pain
Trying to break through
to that place where he’s banned
Trying to break through
to where my innocence lives
Again and again he forces
his will
But it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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My Poem still an open wound,
unstitched by edits snare
Running free on a endless page
—new blood for all to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Your audience may not be able to listen,
in the fashion that you speak
Your readers may not be able to discern,
those meanings that you preach
Your lovers may not be able to hold
your feelings in their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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The wound bleeds free
—that kills the angry... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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Am I at all responsible,
for what occurs outside myself
Is it at all defensible,
to ignore those feelings dealt
Is my world then co-dependent,
on what happens somewhere... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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What side can you judge infinity from,
the front or then the back
If it’s never over, or never ends,
how then can you protract
Can infinity stop and start again,
would it be different or the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 4 years ago
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Is there a direction to the universe,
without the polar caps
The equator gone as space expands,
looking forward—looking back
Does today become tomorrow,
as tomorrow self... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 4 years ago
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Transcendence—reality,
the power to choose
The physical burning,
the spiritual hue
One leaves you ashen,
the other alive
The choice begets freedom
—yours alone to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Let me take you on a journey,
to a place inside yourself
Not the body mind connection,
but true consciousness itself
Before you walk a darkened space,
a light must first go on
Not tasked with anything other than,
an awareness set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Booze—Broads—The Bible,
which poison will you claim
The one that numbs, the one that thrills
—the one your soul to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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My life,
dumped onto paper
My love,
deep in the beer
The years,
a fateful mirror
With time now short
—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Free verse…
a forest without a path
—a direction without an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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The logic of life…
illogically pure
In search of itself,
last problem to cure
Synapses relapse,
science reclaims
The form with the formula,
washed down the drain
Structural weakness,
obsolescence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Money, divorced from fame
Divorced from talent
Divorced from blame
Feelings, divorced from logic
Divorced from judgment
Divorced from pain
Words, divorced from reasons
Divorced from praise
Divorced from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Laboring in obscurity…
my pen a vagabond
Hitchhiking through my consciousness,
my thumbprint worn and gone
Wishing past the hoping,
spitting into the wind
All roads end in the desert
—darkness my best... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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A gift or obligation,
the Poet signed his name
A promise wrapped in silence,
decision masked by pain
One choice among the many,
within salvation lies
The victors lay unspoiled
—with truth to live or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Until you escape your own cognition,
you’re a prisoner of your mind
Your spirit waiting to lift you free,
dialectic far behind
Until you can leave all reasoning trapped,
and let your thoughts go... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 4 years ago
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A sweetness comes with age,
like fruit that’s finally ripe
A Poet then a Sage,
on this journey into night
A wish distilled from all regret,
its seeds to be resown
A sweetness comes with age
—that buried youth will never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Are you ready for forgiveness,
has that time finally come
You’ve done everything else in life,
holding back on just that one
Is it time to say “I’m sorry,”
for the hurt and pain you’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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With chaos on my doorstep,
reasoning befalls
With heartache as my calling card,
love though distant calls
All questions left unanswered,
with time their holy grail
As seasons march to heavens step
—my hope to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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If you can choose the battlefield
—you can determine the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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A quarter of a million people
read my poetry last year
Five hundred thousand eyes,
five hundred thousand ears
I write every day with the
humble knowledge of this
To offer some solace,
to be never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 161 Views added 4 years ago
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Some things are unknowable as they are,
and need an alias to come true
Some people only known through someone else,
and you must look hard to see through
Not in hiding, but contained within,
symbiotic they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Is there a truth
too big to tell
Is there a lie
too big for hell
Is there a choice
that can’t be made
Is there a time
—that can’t be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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With each step that I take,
words jostle and form
Inside me they cluster,
deep down where it’s warm
At nighttime they visit,
in moments of peace
Defining my feelings
—extending my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Tonight through the darkness,
I wander and crawl
The faces all ghoulish,
my past to recall
Unsure of direction,
I listen for sounds
To possibly guide me,
as fire abounds
I look to my left,
as hooves thunder... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Detour to heaven,
back road to joy
Change of direction
—hope... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 4 years ago
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In all things
there is a bitterness,
that time tries to hide
In all things
there is a loneliness,
coming from inside
In all things
there is a telling,
where tomorrow may be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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If all Philosophy
is a footnote to Plato
Then all Rock & Roll
—is but a tribute to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Life is memory
Art is pain
Time a liar
—feed the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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I write the first draft,
and paint the second
But the third draft
—I get to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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You steal my breath,
as I borrow your words
You fill my eyes,
as I empty my fear
Your heart beats in my chest,
as it breaks in my soul
You begin where I end
—symbiosis... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Sharing blood, but nothing more,
family slipped away
Into a memory locked in steel,
old thoughts safely at bay
All contact denied, memory entombed,
though close their bodies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Be smart…
stop trying to act smart
Be alive…
stop talking about life
Make a decision…
stop fearing the possible outcomes
Pick a direction…
—stop spinning your wheels in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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I love you but I don’t know you,
I miss you, though you’ve never been here
I long for what the years have stolen…
a vacant memory so dear
I feel you across the hallowed spectrum,
of death and then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Loneliness arrives for breakfast,
anxiety for lunch
Rejection for my dinner meal,
desperation left for brunch
Passion came and passion went,
the nighttime thief did steal
And darkness all that’s left to bear
—the emptiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Having everything you need,
how much richer could you get
Feeling everything God given,
how much luckier even yet
Knowing everything presented,
how much smarter might you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Like an arrow shot free of its bow,
thoughts become sighted and free
Whose words when laid down on the page
—their meaning forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Political correctness…
the new dirty word
Meaning perverted,
excuses now heard
It masks and it covers,
what it most tries to hide
As it preys and then smothers
—with the vilest of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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The joy in the writing,
all reading to construe
Spoken loud with one’s own breath
—a vanity so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Being close to the right thing
Is farther from the right thing
Than the wrong thing is from
Being right
To see and not believe
To look and not touch
Much better to be blind
—and in charge of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Within every verse,
many meanings reside
The reader determines
in which couplet you hide
The words both descriptive
with colors aglow
The eyes as important
as what the ears know
When backed in a corner,
don’t ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Religions survive
through subjugation
Without it,
they are lost
Wielding guilt as a weapon,
they proffer salvation
Enlightenment and freedom
—their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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We have no idea where it goes,
when the spider leaves its weave
We have no idea what’s left to dream,
when the sandman robs of sleep
We have no idea the day nor hour,
when our maker calls us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 172 Views added 4 years ago
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Are all notions of time a trap…
The perpetual present
The greatest one of all
Are all capsules of existence
Just graves we dig for ourselves
Each shovel full of denial
Burying us deep
—within an empty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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If every day to matter
If every moment counts
If every word to chant and sing
If every phrase be stout
If every coin pound sterling
If every debt marked paid
If every feeling dubbed divine
—salvation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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A whirlwind to the ages,
I gave up on today
All voiced precipitation,
for someone else to spray
Writing above what’s forecast,
for readers yet unborn
My words beyond the thunder
—to ride on distant... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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The Future…
is but the past... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Back in their nests,
birds chirping out loud
Retreated in bed,
a boy dreams ‘what if now’
The moonlight not finished,
what it started before
The church clothes all hanging,
alone on the door
What once was thought ended,
began then again... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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The end rose up to greet him,
the last traveler undisposed
Its final words, the last he heard
—as the past and future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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The Piper of destiny
calls from the unknown
Without lyre or harp,
his truth so intoned
All sirens left deafened,
tumbling over themselves
As a choir of Angels
—from his flute are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 8 Views added 4 years ago
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Is beauty connected,
or to a vacuum condemned
Is truth then required,
for it to enter within
Can beauty be measured,
by the heart or the mind
Can it chase, or displace, or replace
what it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 151 Views added 4 years ago
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Trying to be present,
I gave up the master plan
Sacrificing what’s past beyond
—reclaiming who I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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As warlord of the ticking count…
time marches uncontested
Avoiding every scrutiny,
defending every lie
All seasons caught within its grasp,
each day a slave in training
Order becoming disorder again
—complexity... – by Complexity Denied | 45 Views added 4 years ago
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The truth of hope is faith
—the hope of faith is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Words of conjecture self destruct
—when veracity holds its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Is randomness designed,
can the dice roll more defined
Is entropy a map,
less complex as time adapts
Can ignorance be renamed,
as a home for knowledge gained
Can the circle then be squared
—arcs and angles still to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Not a student of Poetry,
more a student of life
The words fell before me,
stepping-stones of delight
Not a student of Verse,
but of musings inspired
My days withdrew inward,
the years stoked and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 182 Views added 4 years ago
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Alone with my thoughts,
together in this moment
The light cast off its shadow
—all prophecy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Rhyme…
the alcohol in your cocktail
the octane in your gas
the connection in the words you speak
fraternal sounds that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 179 Views added 4 years ago
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On my own terms,
I lived my life
Giving and taking,
both day and night
On my own terms,
I lived my life
Some then mistaken,
some often right
On my own terms,
I lived my life
Last right of refusal,
the one holding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Are space and time much too similar,
and maybe in the end exactly the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 187 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry should always be given away,
and never ever sold
Its message to open all heavens gates,
not translate into gold
Poetry should fly on the wings of a wish,
with hope its guiding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Science would like
to abscond with Philosophy
Claiming propriety
over truth falsely shown
Measures and numbers
its weapons of choice
Never looking beyond
—what its theories... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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A metrical escape valve,
letters in the maelstrom
Lightning on the horizon,
second child of the Gods
Sacrificial waterfall,
its current overflowing
A literal dilation
—of the verbal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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A Poem reborn posthumously…
its Poet comes alive
Death to grovel at his feet,
words not entombed, survive
A Poem reborn posthumously,
each phrase a breath divine
Its voice once heard, the ages served,
all seasons left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The darker side of morning,
the drier side of rain
A memory left forgetting
—a spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Breaking through the titled ceiling,
my voice survived unnamed
Unleashed to save the future past,
with words their truth proclaimed
All time bereft of judgment,
all feelings self... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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(An Anthology Of Perception Vol. 3)
“I write the first draft
and paint the second
“But the third
—I get to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Can a phrase rule
over a paragraph
Can the right word
stand alone
Can a thought be held
within one breath
Can the truth in short
be known
Can you single out
the future
Can you paraphrase
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 182 Views added 4 years ago
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There are many futures
—but only one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Never writing for the masses,
just writing for you
One lone set of ears,
to share life anew
Never writing for consensus,
my words not for rent
To call through the ages
—with a voice heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Making love to remembrance,
I see her walk past
Blonde, eighteen and tan,
and this decade my last
A memory comes back,
as new feelings release
Of a field in September,
when our hearts were at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 4 years ago
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Delay success for as long
As you can…
Living up to an image
Will only cloud your judgment
Stealing what you can least
Afford to lose
Dragging you into the illusion
And myth
That could take a lifetime
To rail against
Dragging you into the
Vicarious... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Prose and Poetry
came together
In a marriage of
infusion
—each wanting from the other
what they could not bring
—each vowing to the other
words they longed to sing
Birthing a new music
of epic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 157 Views added 4 years ago
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The DNA of language
is Poetry
The DNA of Poetry
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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The flowers all have scattered,
borrowed feelings cry out loud
Mock funeral of celebration,
grief false beneath their shrouds
The mourning congregation,
to the tavern marched in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 4 years ago
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Writing about life…
he was powerless over death,
life was what he was good at
Death, a combination
of all he would never understand
and all he would never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 152 Views added 4 years ago
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Is it Aerosmith or The Eagles for you,
Republican or Democrat to vote
Is it Chinese takeout or Italian bistro,
or the prose or poetry you wrote
Is it bland or spicy, thick or thin,
as you struggle yet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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How many sons
have we lost
How many demons
have we found
How many graves
must we dig
To make the ‘Fatherland’
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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Starving within the memory of a feast
uneaten
My bread forever disappearing
—in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Like me,
my Poetry is far from perfect
—a verbal oxen gored
Like me,
my words are often frail and broken
—still crying to be heard
In me,
the message has found its student
—to humbly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 146 Views added 4 years ago
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How open is your window,
how tall is your door
How old is your virtue,
how slippery your floor
How fresh is your perception,
how broad is your scope
How clear is your reflection,
how real is your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 159 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m a Poet…
—I don’t have to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Those who are truly great
belong to all of us
Living inside our memories
—shaping what’s left of our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Questions are often bigger
than their answers
With horizons wide and spacious,
timelines unrestrained
Questions often lead
to other questions
With answers left to wallow
—in a singular... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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With prose…
I saw only with my eyes,
as the words left my hand
With poetry…
my eyes were abandoned,
leaving only my heart
But in the distance played a lyric,
freeing what my words
could never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Trying to understand
why you marked up your body
—I stared at the ink
The memory of your open promise
still inside of me
—unfulfilled
Retracing that promised memory
with new symbols
—stained... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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I lifted you into my heart
But one arm was missing
As single wing and one handed
I carried you inside
All the while, you pointing at
My lost absent limb…
You told me you’d love me
If I could find that one misplaced part
The part that would then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Dropping its bomb,
always missing the mark
Your echo implodes,
a sound hollow and dark
Answers unquestioned,
all bombast enflamed
Drifting abandoned
—in silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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You tell me…
“the structure gives strength to my writing”
I tell you…
“it’s nothing but crutches in waiting”
You tell me…
“the order brings a beginning and end”
I tell you…
“the sequence does feign and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 175 Views added 4 years ago
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The universe orders
the questions and answers
Eternity caught
—within their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 4 years ago
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It’s harder to lie in verse or a poem,
than it is with dialog or prose
It’s harder to bend the truth over a feeling,
than around what you or someone else... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 175 Views added 4 years ago
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As the music inflates,
like a David Bowie video
My voice is set free
for the words to diffuse
Floating above the unwritten verse
like steam escaping
And drifting free as the
pressure expands
It cries out the release of a
lyric... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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What’s left of my remembrance,
now all that stokes the fire
What embered in the springtime,
the winter does expire
To douse not once but then again,
that spark which set me free
My wood left burnt with forest bare
—and darkness all I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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Fifty years a poet
More than that a man
My spirit held in ransom
Laura’s captive once again
Fifty years a poet
And all those years a boy
The written word a treasured gift
—my soul’s most precious... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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For a mountain to be high,
a valley must be low
But inherent in both,
one truth is to grow
Dimensions and colors
and polar extremes
Self-serving the obvious
—while missing the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Science will never prove
The existence of God
Science will never disprove
The existence of God
Its physics pre-emergent
Its logic self contained
If anything, a tool
To measure what’s at hand
But like the foundry never
Retaining the artists spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Belief and knowledge,
master and slave
The truth higher given,
facts rearrange
Belief and knowledge,
cursed to define
The weakness of reason
—transcendence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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The dirtier the world,
the cleaner the verse
The need becoming greater
—when the call most... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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With age,
My sword
Is deeply scarred
But its edge
Honed twice as sharp
With age,
My words
Are penned in blood
All flowing
From the heart
With age,
I embrace what
Truth reveals
And am humbled
By its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Present past and present
future
Holy Trinity with the here
and now
Three states that bind all
known creation
Defining when but never
how
This very instant the past
calls forward
The future answers
from a timeless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 179 Views added 4 years ago
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Locked inside my indecision,
death opened up the door
And let me look inside my fear,
which I hated and abhorred
The view not half as frightening,
as the deception and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Lunacy…
the unholy marriage
of laughter and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Revenge…
a desperate stepping stone
—on the road to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Stuck on the broken landing
Of a stairway to nowhere
My mood no longer elevated
My spirit remiss of song
Looking over the railing
Into a history that I buried
A ladder appears above me
But when I step—its rungs are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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Don’t get ahead of the feeling,
never forget a memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Opinion,
shapes the
aftermath
of what once was free
A commentary of
detainment,
adrift
—on a windless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Deeply hidden within thoughts
that linger
A centuries old message to know
and then feel
Remembrance crying out from the
darkness now passing
In a voice so familiar—our fortune
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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The farther your emotion gets away from your art,
the wider your canyon becomes
Creation echoing off a towering wall
—coming back as a silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Art must be transcendent
to justify itself
It must leave its creator
and go somewhere else
Directing itself onward
in a life of its own
Its form to become formless
—once heavenly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s a sense
beyond five
A catalytic one
that ties
The five together
as one
In their mix
an explosion
An auspicious
moment
Allowing something
to remake
Allowing something
to become timeless
Allowing something
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Liberals with a credit card,
Debts they’ll never pay
Mortgaging our future,
The present now ‘in play’
Conservatives with a checkbook,
The balance no concern
Hope now bouncing downward
—when will we ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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My strength
Is that I am
Fundamentally
Unscientific
Not subject to the
Dissection
Of consequence
Or category
And not at the
Mercy
Of the scholastics
And nihilists
Who spend their days
Trying to reprove
That the whole is equal
To the aggregation
Of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Giving up the money
for a chance at transcendence
The words became sacred,
all time was disowned
Chasing that one thing
that if caught defies memory
At one with the truth
—forever at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Physics over Metaphysics,
the cart before the horse
The chisel praised, the sculptor blamed
—the tool the icon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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The only winner in a war of attrition
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 4 years ago
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Do your words sharpen,
as your feelings dull
Do your actions harken,
what’s still to cull
Do your wheels spin faster,
as you sink in place
Does the meaning retreat,
as you blindly chase
Do your moments forecast
or serve to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 200 Views added 4 years ago
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Every word not spoken
—the lost child of a forgotten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 4 years ago
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Poetry 101:
“Write what you know—write what you feel”
Poetry 401:
“Write what you know—write what you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 4 years ago
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Obeying any moral law,
reason wills unto itself
To play the game the way its staged
—all freedom thusly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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Be-bop, shu-baby-bop,
the blues on fire
The strings an accelerant,
the harp but a pyre
The melody unseen,
its heartbeat within
Be-bop, shu-baby-bop
—reality’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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Borrow from the least,
but steal from the best
The larceny of endowment
—your legacy’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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Will eternity have
a yin and a yang
Will the forces that govern
applaud and harangue
Will the blessings have value
if damnation moves on
Will it all even matter
—once tomorrow is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Twas once a time you owned my heart,
then Laura stole it back
Through all those years our hearts on fire,
she waited and she sat
She hoped one day our lives would part,
to never meet, as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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Your love to bathe
in words rephrased
With hearts not young
—or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 4 years ago
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As of late,
I have developed a new best friend
It’s my younger self coming
to visit my end
I look in his face,
and I see a new truth
I look in his face,
and I see more than youth
Now more like my father,
I more like his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 4 years ago
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Am I so entitled,
is it there in my name
Is the water redemptive,
my salvation proclaimed
Does the Rock Of All Ages
line my river with stone
Are the words mine by birthright,
not borrowed or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 188 Views added 4 years ago
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If there’s anything more dangerous
than a terrorist
—it’s a corrupt... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Does the chemist succeed
without blowing things up
Were you ever in need
from a bout of bad luck
Does the tree need to shake
for the apples to fall
Does your heart need to break
—for new love to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 4 years ago
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Night erupts…
The maddening glow
Of a closing minute
Of a final hour
Shines pale
Against the frozen concrete
As the drumbeat starts
And the chanting starts
My last broken link
Forever lost
Forever lost
Salvation,
The calling card
Of a new
Abyss
My... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 4 years ago
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To let other Poets into your kitchen
—a true recipe for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 4 years ago
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I’m a two-winged poet
not just single-wing
And would never clip one
to fly into this wind
As one wing goes up
the other comes down
Until both work together
when flying most proud
A zero-sum landing
with talons not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 4 years ago
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With the years not yet lived
to determine what’s right
You fake it with documents
that block out the light
With experience weak,
and its lessons still thin
Your words only scold
venting anger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 164 Views added 4 years ago
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Saturn burns,
as eight rings turn
Its truth on fire,
no lessons learned
A gas filled magnet,
for solar wind
Where ice and rock
—hide ancient... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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All of life happens
—between the crest and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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What are words
if not remembered
What are feelings
never spent
What is time
if not then fleeting
What is love
not heaven sent
What are gifts
beneath the wrapping
What are wishes
beyond all hope
What is love
once past... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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A chat room for dilettantes
—singing to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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Show me a man without a dream
—and I’ll show you no man at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 4 years ago
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I don’t make excuses,
and won’t pretend
But I do attack,
and will defend
If your argument’s weak,
with reasons thin
No mercy shown
—or truce to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 4 years ago
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Where are the voices crying out
from the din
Where is the blood you spilled
from within
Where is that Siren who once
called your name
Where is the fortune promised
by fame
Where is the promise you made
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 160 Views added 4 years ago
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To be judged by fools
—where Devils go to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 4 years ago
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Just a broken poet,
at an A.T.M.
His stomach cries out,
words hunger within
The nights are the longest,
cold darkens and chills
Fresh words on account,
new credit distills
Pushing buttons while bent,
with hope standing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 4 years ago
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I answered with love,
you questioned
with anger and pain
I held you close,
but your eyes
failed me again
I told you truly,
as my wishes
dropped to the floor
Your smile my captor,
my heart
—your swinging... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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Avatar Queen
The mask or the screen,
What’s never to know
What’s never to see
Avatar Queen
Your name to mislead,
One more cryptic posting
That always deceives
Avatar Queen
Both petty and preened,
The bees in your bonnet
No stinger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 4 years ago
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All of our passions
border on sin
The reasoning gray,
the line often thin
All of our joy
dances freely between
That Angel above us
—and a Devil... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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All time shattered memory,
and faces now past
Stare back as I dream
—meant never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Have your words stayed unspoken,
to mislead or confuse?
Those phrases kept distant,
the voice of the Muse?
Have your words stayed unspoken,
as you’ve traveled in vain?
Your mileposts painted,
with fury and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 172 Views added 4 years ago
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I hate the word clever,
it seeks to demean
With hidden entendre’
and devious schemes
I hate how it sounds,
as it rolls off the tongue
To strike from all language
—if my power was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 4 years ago
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There’s comfort in knowing,
things come and they go
The wind brings a newness,
whether lilac or snow
There’s joy in all laughter,
freely accrued
Music in words,
spoken only by you
A place to be born,
a moment to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 4 years ago
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Should a tree be cut down,
for missing a branch
Should the wounded be chastised,
for taking a chance
Should the cup that’s been broken,
forsake its last drop
Should a man be accountable
—for what he is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 4 years ago
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The Camp Cookie could be heard singing…
“Cowboy: You can’t wrangle the future,
till you stop rustlin the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 4 years ago
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You can’t play with something you don’t own,” said
the father. “But father, that is the truest definition
of play,” said the Russian boy. “What is not owned is
not worried about, and what is not worried about sets
you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Where have all the Poets gone,
has time then captured and slain
Those heraldic writers of messaged truth
—whose shields once bore their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 4 years ago
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Committing to joy,
committing to moonbeams
Committing to hope,
committing above
Committing to sorrow,
committing forever
Committing to heartbreak
—committing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 4 years ago
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Easily measured,
not clearly defined
Often lamented,
more often unkind
Its loss we all mourn,
searching heaven to find
The time to become
—a new past to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Your arms lift me up,
as your words take me down
And I’m caught in-between
your smile and frown
Your eyes making promises,
your words yet to keep
My spirit in limbo,
my heart left to weep
A soul now in turmoil,
my mind double... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 173 Views added 5 years ago
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Certificate unsigned,
pen firmly in hand
The bliss not for barter,
its insight free-stands
Faith and acceptance
may go where they please
To my grave and beyond,
the verse teaches and frees
No savior I ask for,
forgiveness I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Is God to interpret,
and religion the why
Is forever too heavy
to pledge bye and bye
Does the Devil provide balance
to a concept in stone
Is he laughing inside us,
mocking all that we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Not to argue about Poetry
or justify Prose
Not to discuss their many virtues
or interpretive flows
I choose to remain quiet,
and let the words carry on
Where in magnificent silence
—they turn into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I asked for your blessing,
instead you explained
What I should be paying
to garner acclaim
You told me if only
I’d do it this way
My words could have meaning
and influence—sway
But power and fortune
are not what I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 171 Views added 5 years ago
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In my heart I knew little of
the world and all its parts
As I drifted idle and wandered blind,
through constant fits and starts
My mind reached out beyond its grasp,
with the questions close... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Colors overtake me one by one,
as they fuse within my mind
To paint their ancient messages,
prismatic and sublime
The past is but enigma,
tomorrow still a dream
This moment’s image all that lasts
—in constancy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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What is the difference
between a fact and the truth
One limited in time,
the other free and unproved
Language and formula,
the great deceivers abound
As the light burns inside us
—our hearts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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When love commands
—there’s precious time left to serve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Today’s gone wild,
killers on the fringe
A life to take, its fate to make,
tomorrow—death’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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When love deceives,
the heart to bleed,
its truth an open wound
Forever long,
time’s painful gong,
rerung with every moon
When love deceives,
on bended knees,
and lost within the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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From Winston:
“When youth departs
—may wisdom prove enough”
To Winston:
“When spirit falters
—all will to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Raw and uncut, the Poet
sharpened his edge
His entry point targeted,
fury bright red
The first cut the deepest,
and clean to the bone
A wound bleeding freely
—all sutures... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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No one ever dies for an idea,
until it changes to a feeling
No one ever dies for a feeling
—until darkness points to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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You can’t step into the same river twice,
and have the water be the same
You can’t throw wishes into the wind,
and recall them time unclaimed
You can’t put a baby back in the womb,
once the cord of life has been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Formal education,
requires a fence
With borders to confine,
and logic intense
Three letters that matter,
the I, S, and M
Each school suffixed over,
its member’s defend
Realism, Rationalism,
Idealism... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Prose or Poetry,
the music is calling
A waltz or a tango
—conjecture or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you a conscious Poet
with unconscious beliefs
An eternity of verse
crying out from your sleep
Are your dreams more important
than your waking hours show
Do they tell the true story
—of all there is to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Do I think I believe,
or believe that I think
Are they both the same thing,
a pen with two inks
Does one include faith,
and the other just mind
Or are they conjoined
—symbiosis... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Can you be conscious
without being self conscious,
philosophers disagree
Being aware of your
awareness,
seems logical to me
But logic has its
failings,
as we pierce the inner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Death at its zenith,
the other side of life’s goodbye
Eternity waiting patiently,
to welcome us inside
Always the dark misnomer,
we hold in dread and awe
When really it’s an open door
—to all we’re searching... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Bookends of a dream
—the beginning and ending of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The deeper we get into
the idea of what’s real,
the further away we become
Trying to put our formulas
into a box,
is folly zero sum
Like the horizon before you
that you see but can’t touch,
the truth forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 162 Views added 5 years ago
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As a Poet,
I don’t have to prove what I mean
Or reveal the pigmentation
of colors that gleam
Or the height of an Angel,
compared to a Man
Or whether the Devil,
cannot or then can
As a Poet,
I don’t even have to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 5 years ago
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The intention of silence…
to expose or deceive
Its power much greater,
than most would believe
Sometimes to say nothing,
speaks loudest of all
The quiet most deadly
—when falsehood... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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Inferable, unknowable,
all senses on fire
Beyond contradiction,
sans myriad liars
Its vision unstated,
true knowledge unfeigned
Born into our souls
—its silence to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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A hurricane of stimulation,
a tornado of thought
Blowing through the vast unknowing,
our natures to be caught
When doubt sits high on light’s horizon,
storm warnings there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The fact that God has survived
in spite of religion
May be his greatest miracle
—of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Memories of memories,
illusions called the past
Their structure self deceptive,
inside our minds ill cast
Memories of uncertainty,
and memories still to come
Embedded in our consciousness
—this moment zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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I
I am
I am because
I am... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Every man dies,
but not every man lives
Embracing his passion
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Those most desperate among us,
must learn to cry alone
Themselves regained through tears of pain
—to mark their pathway... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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A sudden embarrassment,
a moment of shame
A lifetime remembered
—in flashbacks of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Why start at the beginning
and not at the end
Why is reality nothing
more than pretend
Why are most facts
at best a mere guess
Your order disordered
—logic a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Speaking through me,
all choice undone
The Muse unseen
—her voice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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If the memories in the present
are of the past
And the aspirations of the present
to the future are cast
Then memories aspire
for only today
The only time extant
—and all we can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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You are two things distinct,
that exist yet unfurled
You as yourself,
and as part of the world
Fundamentally the same,
but functionally unpaired
Your story twice told
—as you’re here and then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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Is there a fact of the matter
that can never be disproved
Is there an absolute truth
that all can behoove
As sure as we once were
that the world was flat
We’ve transferred to the Big Bang,
and the beginning of all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 194 Views added 5 years ago
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The beauty of a Rose…
in the heart of one who knows
That love’s a gift of time,
both temporal and sublime
The seedling of a wish,
future memory to enlist
That hope may till the fields
—budding Roses to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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How dependent are we on language,
for the expansion of our minds
Each word a crucial building block,
an archetype sublime
Can we think outside our diction,
would our thoughts release and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Memory is a river,
bound for the sea
One waterfall to cross
—death’s waters to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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If you call out loudly,
the past will find you
The pain but a looking glass,
all time a shroud
As memory surrounds,
its prison reopens
Chaining the present
—locking the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The prelude to a wish,
all time conspired
Eternity on call
—the night on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Wishing I hadn’t,
wishing I could
Going through the motions
—of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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Intermingled,
but not together
In your presence,
but still alone
Hearing your words,
but not your meaning
Leaving your house
—so far from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The truth redeemed,
The past reclaimed
—within your final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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Everything…
is all I ask
In all you say
—and all you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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If you live your life correctly,
death walks close by your side
To constantly remind you,
that time’s not on your side
Your choice on how to handle,
to ignore or then befriend
Will change your life completely
—as each day begins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Painting with words,
Sculpting with phrases,
Singing the moments... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The physics of divinity,
atheists chide
Pews filled with charlatans,
believers on trial
Trapped in their reasoning,
with all logic stretched thin
Building walls to keep light out
—and darkness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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Stretching and pulling,
the Universe goes on
Cosmology’s wonderment,
each day a new dawn
The Spacetime Continuum,
today’s Top 40 hit
Tomorrow inherent,
unless we’ve been misled
The deeper the probing,
the ‘Bigger the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 177 Views added 5 years ago
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The Self, Free Will, and Love…
today’s three illusions of life
Without just one our lives negate,
a charlatan’s delight
For the Self to Love most Freely,
this Holy Trinity must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Divorcing the Muse,
her property demands were high
The alimony my insight,
leaving me speechless, high and dry
Once the papers were signed,
it was the last I was to write
Visitation denied
—monthly support payments in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 5 years ago
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Can you ever really lose
what you’ve never really had
Can you ever be good
if you’ve never been bad
Can you ever pose a question
that’s never been asked
Can the answer prove elusive
when the future is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 5 years ago
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The touchstones of existence…
how many have you known
A common rock, a baby’s kiss,
a dog to walk you home
Can one then trump the other,
with importance or with worth
Can a seaside villa or Renoir painting,
outshine a child’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 5 years ago
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The emptiness between Hemingway’s words is a
hollow sound that stays in your mind
The space creates distance as the Old Man wanted,
from the reader and the voyeur of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 5 years ago
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Raw
Intelligence…
Like dry
Cement
Sitting unmixed
Never used
To make
Anything
Real
Raw
Intelligence…
A flashing
Neon light
To its own
Potential
Bulbs
Burning out
One at a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 193 Views added 5 years ago
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How old were you
when you were born
Were your pasts or futures
deemed forlorn
How young will you be
when you die
As truth cries inward
—all time a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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After the finish line,
a new starting line awaits
Where answers have deserted,
but old questions remain
The learning curve most steep,
as doubt invades the shadows
The light never brighter
—than when dawn breaks through... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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Surging through memory,
all time was expanded
The past and the future
—beginning and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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It can take a lifetime…
to learn how to write like... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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I can’t give it to you scientifically,
and that’s the only way you want it
Therefore, the enormous part of you
that’s missing
—will stay forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 5 years ago
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Quantum Superposition,
forever preying on our minds
Refusing to admit what consciousness knows,
its theory never finds
The more complex the argument,
the further afield it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Planting words inside my garden,
watering them at will
Staking memories long forgotten,
feelings cold and shrill
Row by row the letters planted,
phrases start to grow
Whose cool fall day a harvest brings
—to feed the winter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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What describes a Poet,
let me count the ways
To once describe a morning,
emerging through the haze
What describes a season,
its leaves from green to brown
What describes a heartbeat,
when your lover can’t be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 183 Views added 5 years ago
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Writing Prose,
because I can
And Poetry
—because I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Are there degrees of spiritual freedom,
or is its breadth just either or
Is the light metered out or self contained,
and endless in its store
Is the origin of beauty and its pathway divined,
beatific in its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Awareness can be frozen,
“A watched pot never boils”
When perception’s forced upon itself,
all change in stillness toils
“To thine own self” the Bard entreated,
that one truth we’re meant to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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Looking in not out,
the picture cleared
Problems solved,
both far and near
Motion closed,
entropic sum
Space inflated
—time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Extinction probability,
ninety nine point nine
History’s infinitive,
the graveyard of time
Cosmology winning out
in the end
The hourglass draining
—last thought to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Words come to a point
like the tip of a spear
Embedding the truth
—impaling your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The speed of a photon,
the steps of a man
The truth pointing inward
—where forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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Your words can rise,
or your words can fall
But a politically correct Poet
—is no Poet at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Answer with passion,
or don’t answer at all
Cauterizing my questions
—as ashes they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Atheists work on the breaker box,
as Creationists source the power
Rewiring a changing system that’s flawed
—their lights flicker in an ivory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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We’re lucky to have survived each other,
in the aftermath of love
Those promises made as leaves they fell,
from a height so far above
The seasons changed, a pledge reclaimed,
buries deep within the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The beginning and ending of all that is known,
inside of one last wish
To carry the meaning of destiny’s Poem,
all feelings to enlist
Into the darkness, bound by the light,
truth filling up the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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Deifying themselves,
the scientists disprove
with their tools
the existence of God
To sit on a throne
artificially made
the Creator to them
falsely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 177 Views added 5 years ago
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Superpositioned,
truth here and truth there
Unmeasured duality,
a mirror contraire
Whose message lies distant,
whose message lies near
A Siamese phantom,
both fronts facing rear
The sublime contradiction,
one plus one equals... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 5 years ago
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The gravity of words,
their truth pulls together
A force field of enlightenment
—beyond the continuum of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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A strange thing happens
once you’re as old as your heroes
The mystery less enchanting,
the romance nearly gone
A stranger thing happens
when you outlive your heroes
The nuances shouting boldly
—permission now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Prose…
Has a room built in
For the reader
To crawl inside
And sleep
Maybe
More than one room,
Unmaking all beds
That the Poet
—has so carefully... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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The ‘Deceivers Of Time
Masquerade Ball’
Invitees file past
Yesterday in drag,
Tomorrow disguised
Today—the Present’s mask
Memories hide
in the shadows of hope
All wishes dancing fast
Until the Jester laughs
as the final waltz... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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The gravity of freedom…
all truth pulled back and forth
With God inside the Blackest Hole,
unseen, he sets your course
The speed your feelings travel,
regulated by the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Can you write a
celibate Poem
Devoid of flesh
and fevered sounds
Can your verse restrain
from lusting out
Its words still virgin
—yet passion... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Can consciousness be compressed
like a distant Black Hole
Into a photon and travel away
Coursing into the darkness
at the speed of light
Reality curving and swaying
With entropy chasing
and time not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 183 Views added 5 years ago
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No lines are crossed
in getting to the sea
Only excuses
—buried in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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Her voice provided cover,
my soul to turn away
Her message greatly treasured,
her protection my dismay
Her intention of the purest,
but she raised me more than sound
Into the dark I send her words,
exposed—my spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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If life is a giant crossword puzzle,
how many blank spaces do you have
How many words have come together,
how many crossroads in your path
Each grid connects with meaning,
what row by row... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Complex messages
need a simple structure
Otherwise,
a reader is lost
The shorter the word,
the greater the meaning
Its judgment by value,
never by cost
‘The straighter the blade,
the sharper the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 176 Views added 5 years ago
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What value, if any, does Poetry have
—if not to speak the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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The ethics of duplicity,
the killing on trial
One law for the criminal,
one law for the child
The electric chair savage,
womb murder refined
Academia, the father and mother
of crime
To lie when convenient,
truth’s babies to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 195 Views added 5 years ago
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Science hears what,
Philosophy why
The deafest of twins
—singing in the same... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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All sleep is barren,
the night becomes long
The Muse an insomniac
—restless until... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Epiphany’s truth
needs no defenders
Its window stays open
the light shining through
The nature of being
its servant not master
With exigent power
—beyond legend or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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All of your efforts…
an homage to false reasoning
Excuses misleading,
art’s truth to disown
Heaven’s Atelier
beyond comprehension
Its masterpiece living
—beyond canvas or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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The quandary of physics…
a tool to divide
A slave to its master,
alone to misguide
Capable of function,
but never intent
An eye without vision
—and blind with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Science…
a handmaiden of knowledge
The upstairs maid
in a mansion of discovery
Chauffeuring itself
along roads it has built
A quantitative valet
—in the closet of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Married to his writing,
divorced from carnal love
The bodies flesh a token,
his words to rise above
All younger men still captive,
as lust demands anew
His passion burning molten hot
—to bed the coldest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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A gift inside the box...
one question left unanswered
Whose key to then unlock
lay distant—still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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My dog was hurt; he couldn’t hunt,
and left me in the field
To wander into aimlessness,
my prey as yet to yield
His nose was gone; the point was lost,
the tracks turned right then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Sleeping through forgiveness…
I’m re-invoiced by the pain
The nightmare real, escape undone,
the reasons all to blame
Trapped within my memory,
each image haunts and preys
Excuses gone as judgment reigns
—one final bill to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The first responsibility of Poetry
—is honesty
The second responsibility is to never
forget responsibility number... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Playing tennis without a net,”
perhaps Robert Frost was right
Free Verse serves with no return,
day volleys into night
One long shot into the darkness,
an open end divide
Its message fades, an echo dim
—with silence to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Power…
the father of choice
Emotion…
the mother of love
Freedom…
lost child of betrothal
Returning
—on wings from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Never shout into the void
—when you can whisper to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Bring your lover into your world,
don’t hide inside of hers
‘A mistake too often made
with respect to women’
Self inflicted homicide…
men die of good intention
A modern age hormonal trap
—loves truth no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Scientific Discovery…
but one grand paradox
The Spacetime Continuum
—contradiction... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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A literary sociopath…
Hemingway wrote
Both gifted and tortured,
his words they provoke
A verbal combatant,
new victories untold
His last proving fatal
—all memory on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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A mind can love
an atheist
But a soul must wed
to God
Each troth professed
by self possessed
One vow
—to rise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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The narcissism
of small differences…
The egos crown
of thorns
The sharper each
individual barb
The more frequently
it’s worn
A grand
pontification
Whose wind
blows just one way
Into the face of
vanity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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The soul is not
by nature born
Or by the earth
breastfed
It kneels before
loves distant star
Whose light
—its promise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Does infinity
come in sizes
Does forever
stop and start
Does totality beckon
then fall away
—dissolving into parts
Is gravity
a lost dimension
Is pure mathematics
number free
Is a concept real
if it’s never been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Oh, to be good
at something I hate
Oh, to be bad
at something I love
To lose what I love
to gain what I hate
Ill tempered indifference
—lost grace from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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No matter how great the versing
writing always lacks the note
That music plants inside our souls
words by their nature rote
Its melody takes you skyward
all reason left behind
Pure joy out front to then surround
—what substitutes as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Can time be discarded
by reading your work
Your wisdom a birthstone,
eternity’s mark
With experience salient,
thoughts never to age
A voice for all seasons
—the words of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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The nature of being,
its whole and its parts
The nature of being,
its fits and its starts
The nature of being
the old and the new
The nature of being
—to me and to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The word ‘ABOUT’
is like a ladder
From what is
to what may be
Each rung a step
in our perception
Climbing higher
—to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Often it’s just sound,
searching for meaning
Until there’s a voice,
and words start releasing
Then it’s the story,
as language takes form
Together now one
—as ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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We all believe in something,
some choose to call it God
Belief the common mantra,
we’re living in awe of
Be it physics, space, or prophecy,
a credence young or old
Many candles through the darkness burn
—with one light to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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To whomever owns
the emptiness
I’ll take forty acres
if you please
With space and time
locked tightly out
Where nothing
—rules... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Sharing space with myself
replaying ‘what if’
Symbiosis conjoins
the jazz in the riff
The progression regressive
separation be damned
My shadow imploding
—in a joyous ‘I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 5 years ago
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Instinct flashes
past the speed of light
Intuition imploding
Zephyrus’ delight
Detached from its fuel source
tale on fire
The comets direction
—reversed and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 5 years ago
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Repetition inversing,
black hole in my head
In perpetual silence,
words collapsing unread
Reality bending,
rescinding the end
The beginning left virgin
—repeating... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Explaining a Poem…
poisoning the fruit
The meaning exploited
—dead at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Can there be a top
without a bottom
A beginning
without an end
A middle
without two flanking sides
Reality
without pretend
Can you stop
what’s never started
Can you die
before you live
Can you see the truth
without the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Truth lies beyond computation,
perception aware of itself
Its ability beyond the last measure
—of all theory and data... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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If lights great speed
is but a myth
And darkness not empty
as it seems
What’s true then false,
what’s false conscripts
Our need to know
—a cursed dream
Has discovery
made us better
Have our souls
or spirits... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Listen your way out of the problem,
when language goes awry
Each word that’s heard, a fuse unlit,
whose primer never lies
To think the pieces wholly,
as new structure comes in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry,
a reconciliation of opposites
—awakening the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Discretions infinity,
its number unknown
One window sufficient
for its light to be shown
An exploding dynamic
tumbling over itself
A singular beauty
—in the distance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Will there ever come a time
when a moment doesn’t matter
Will there ever come a date
when the days won’t connect
Will there ever come a phrase
its words devoid of meaning
Will there ever come a song
whose melody won’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 5 years ago
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Was the ending
self-fulfilling
Hopes and wishes
by the score
Did you live to dream
or dream to live
Of a life
—that’s something... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The gravity of freedom,
the weight of space and time
Above the calculated noise,
the wisdom of the Mime
Truth reveals a vacuum,
where silence waits to live
As words describe what minds can’t see
—and imagery... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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One letter that follows,
if added will deem
To separate the real
from what’s referenced or schemed
“Honor from honors,
Love from loves
“Truth from truth’s,
and Self from selves
“God from gods,
Time from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 356 Views added 5 years ago
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A Lakota Sioux Elder
once prophetically said…
“We will be known forever
by the tracks we leave behind”
That wisdom now marking
a trail of tears
—any hope still yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Parents,
hover over their children
Adults,
smothering their young
Choices curtailed,
freedom spoon fed
Gallows
—for youth to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The history of time
a moments expanse
All memory set free
—the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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In the Song Of The Muses,
the Prince heard his Queen
Now locked in a convent,
her beauty unseen
The tower lay distant,
its ramparts on guard
Just one point of entry
a hero’s reward
The mist in the valley
its prison to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 167 Views added 5 years ago
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The Siren of fate
lures you onto the rocks
Her beauty enticing
while masking what’s not
A shipwreck of horrors
that’s not what it seems
Luring you onward
away from your dreams
A phantom discovery
a fool’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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The night is a den
of mixed horrors
A trap
where you sleep with the dead
Any light
that’s remiss or left vacant
A pathway
—to gravestones... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The Self
Free Will
And Love
—the three grand illusions of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I stare back from the last horizon,
and scientists look bemused
Theologians prey among themselves,
mystics stay confused
Once through the light Divining
no beginnings or their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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If all there is…
—is all there is
(then)
All you can do…
—is all you can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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We never safeguard our progeny
by overprotecting our kids
The blankets that we spread
and fences we build
Imprison,
rather than defend
Ensuring weaker and hapless offspring
—inside a diminished and helpless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Get through the dialectic
before the day is late
Don’t wait for an invitation
as they slowly shut the gate
The wolf now dressed in spun wool
has broken from his cage
He hungers deep inside our fear
with ignorance and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Just because you can
—doesn’t mean you should
(and)
Just because you should
—doesn’t mean you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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When you split the beam and the splintered edge
is all you’re left with
The only one you’ve outsmarted
is yourself
A prisoner of your severed choice
and schizophrenia
The victim of your hearts defeat
—and loves... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
arresting the mundane
acquitting the spirit
Convicting
all redundancy
—freeing the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Magdalena,
your beauty known
Magdalena,
your wisdom shown
Magdalena,
firm and steadfast
Magdalena,
communed repast
Magdalena,
so loved a man
Magdalena,
his blood in hand
Magdalena,
though history... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 186 Views added 5 years ago
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The fences and billboards
disappear in the sanctum
As theory is abandoned
—and true knowledge takes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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With each tick of the second hand
the immeasurable on trial
Imagination deposed
all parameters set free
The Poets acquitted
the logicians suicidal
All reference and syntax
—imploding at light... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get,
the more distant they seem
The past and the future,
reality’s dream
The older I get,
the deeper it feels
Distraction aborted
—the moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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A poem is never truly finished,
a song never finally sung
As words and lyrics age the silence
—all time forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Lay your feelings out there,
put them on the line
Send your fear back down to hell,
forever to remind
Evil in submission,
darkness wrapped in fright
The devil muted with your words
—prisoner of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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In three thousand years of philosophical thought
what in fact’s been changed
Has a sorrow been healed or steeple been built
resulting from the game
The essence, the theory, the logic, the proof
all couplets lacking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Deserting your own judgment
—the highest form of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Thought is meant to provide escape
from what causes it to be
The soul released in contradiction
its spirit running free
All questions posed and answers sought
now kindling burned to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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I’m most tired of wishing
—when hope turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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It’s not what you put on
but what you take off
Each trapping a hangman
—and choking its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Everyone wants to teach
until that day of learning comes
No longer needing to find themselves
in accolades, praise—or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Prosthetic language can never fix
a Poems broken joints
Only inspiration can set
the break for sure
Crutches and canes to prop up verse
severely disappoint
Perception falling on its face
—a crippled lost... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The 4th dimension,
space and time
Godel agreed,
Einstein opined
If set in motion,
the future passed
Time self negated
—its truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Many fuels create the heat,
but one temperature reigns supreme
Many fuels create the heat
—but one temperature frees the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Our brains push away
as humanity pulls
Cerebrum benighted
—emotion to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Truth thrives in contradiction
the difference sharply honed
A neither nor redemption
as zero-sum is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Can you imagine something
beyond your conception
Can the truth hide from view
exposed in plain sight
Can you forget to remember
or remember to forget
Is all darkness misleading
—the safe harbor of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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My mind is a garden
whose plants have grown tall
Their season end harvest
awaiting the call
Ideas and feelings
cross over in rows
The laughter of children
to lead where they go
My thoughts now a storeroom
the food all put... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 161 Views added 5 years ago
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All worth free of sanction
its value beyond time
Our oath most revealing
a memory divine
The Bard more prophetic…
“To Thine Own Self Be True”
One meaning transcendent
—that gift unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The moment…
something other than time
A consonant failure,
its freedom in rhyme
Happening once,
as it happens again
Beyond every measure
—without and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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You mortgage the future
with the currency of time
To buy out your fate
with more meter and rhyme
But one look through the darkness
past devil and saint
Explodes your true oneness
—the moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Can time survive in purer form
devoid of reference
future—past
Can the present become
a bible
for every sage
Like a black hole
compressing within itself
imploding front to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Write your way out
of a book
Sing your way out
of a song
See your way out
of the darkness
Feel your way out
—of what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Your ideas have merit,
that your words can’t support
Your spirit is strong,
but your language is weak
Your eyes are wide open,
while your tongue remains tied
Your voice now enslaved
—to the freedom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 5 years ago
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My writing conceals a deeper truth
than common sense abides
Each word unwraps a higher sense
than fame or fortune buys
Every breath I take, the future staked
the moment crowned as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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We anticipate the future
—by remembering the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Cowardice and bravery
Not either-or
But different levels of
Valor and shame
A swinging door
Whose facings change when swung
A foil to confound
The Poets dream
With glory and disdain
Bravery and cowardice
Not zero-sum
—but often look the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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He never told me when he left her,
I’d go through a Grandfather’s divorce
The kids remote and distant
all contact scant and forced
My love sits idly waiting
for the phone to ring... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 214 Views added 5 years ago
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The discovery of Man
—a genesis... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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One vision
one name
Two words
—Grand... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Blood was toasted
in a buffet of hate
A violent main course
—whose dessert was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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What if God is the
Universe
Not something separate
and distinct
But the Universe
itself
Eliminating the dual
notions
Of Creation and
Intelligent Design
Insuring our divinity
as part of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Logic is a prison…
the truth locked deep within
Its laws a jailer standing guard
whose warden darkness brings
An either or deception
a psychic trap that lures
Vision sentenced — insight charged
zero-sum... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Take a breath,
affirm your life
Take a step,
confirm it twice
Your mind reflects,
as words surround
All time remembered
—truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 9 Views added 5 years ago
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You have existed now
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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How quiet are the closing moments
of Winter
Its final lingering shadow
passing over your regret
Days lengthen into night,
returning Blackbirds a good tiding
What ended in shades of red and brown
—beginning once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s nothing less,
there’s nothing more
As time repeats…
—once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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An extravagance of leisure
—exploiting the time
Beyond the reach of my Grandfathers
—the joy and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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From life’s final dissertation,
logic must be barred
A blueprint of our limitations,
its legions burned and scarred
In that last final closing moment,
transcendence kindled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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The deeper the words
formed
The meaner they
became
‘now free and alive
and stirred from the bottom
‘once buried and denied
in moments of pain’
Taking on new life,
they glare and they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Is God a deficiency in
our character or makeup
Do we fill in the vacuum with
almighty tales of beyond
Is the salvation we yearn for
there buried deep inside us
Do our sermons lay unwritten
—last devotional... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Wringing feelings
Like a sponge…
The words dripped down
My lips
Onto the page
—staining my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Becoming totally involved
—keeping your opinions to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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The minimum standard defining a man
—taking care of his family
The minimum standard defining a woman
—taking care of her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Forever rented,
never owned
The moment leased
—the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Money…
an ungrateful heir
Disowning all memory
—with your ashes still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get,
the louder the Muse does parade
The shorter the moment,
the deeper her message invades
The older I get,
distant voices wither and fade
With death on the fringe
—all focus recentered and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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You hate in your enemy
—what you most love in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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As natural and necessary
as breathing
—I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Who declared politics
a zero-sum sport
Where stadium’s freeze
and statesmen abort
That last final moment
in a sudden death game
With truth as the loser
—forever in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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It takes from your body,
as it steals from your spirit
Hope its main victim
—promised future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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What was created to expose,
now a fortress meant to hide
Bastions of higher learning,
masking havens safe for lies
Where discourse once was treasured,
the ivy droops and sighs
With comfort their true measure,
the dilettantes all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Through the keyhole darkly,
he could now remember his name
Through the keyhole darkly,
his medicine kicked in once again
Through the keyhole darkly,
he knew his daughter by her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
the key to Cosmology
A question for every answer
—in search of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Bury what you can with words
—and remember the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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There are those who write poetically,
and there are Poets
Eternity balances
—on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Compression ingestion
The world to implode
The numbers decreasing
—resistance explodes
From diamond to carbon
Wheels spin in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill
—millennium’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Do you live your whole life
in a half empty space
Do you swear up and down
your excuses defaced
Do you sing in a choir
where the music has died
Do you brand all as liars
as your tongue remains... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you the hero
in your recurring dream
Or the victim
of a life undone
Are you the ambassador
for all you esteem
Or a fugitive
—a soul on the run
Are you a real friend
beyond trial and strife
Whose allegiance
now stalwart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 187 Views added 5 years ago
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Folding in to convention,
Sealed in creases of acceptance,
Maligned and misled
By the false promises
Of a stolen heart,
We chase the white whale
Of validation
Into waters of denial…
‘Fury—the rallying cry
of our vengeful spirit
Hate—the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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Too close to the flame…
too far from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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The power of the written word…
the spoken word supreme
Ink to recommission,
what only breath can glean
Soldiers line up back to back,
letters ranked and filed
The command to march just given once
—its war chant loud and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Writing for tomorrow,
today is enhanced
Writing for tomorrow,
my mind and heart dance
Writing for tomorrow,
my place is affirmed
Writing for tomorrow,
my name is confirmed
Writing for tomorrow,
the future reeled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 183 Views added 5 years ago
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Making love to the words,
our tryst lasted till dawn
The sun now a blanket,
covered verses to warm
Making love to the words,
all new phrases to sleep
Resting fertile and silent
—until daylight... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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The mother lode of nighttime verse,
arriving late
—by Satan cursed
The dreamer wakes, all sleep forgoes,
old words unbirthed
—in shadows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you judging from halls
academic
Or from places where words
cannot hide
Are your hours immersed in
false reference
Or in a visceral pursuit
that defies
All bias and excuse
living tethered
In an ivy walled mansion
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 213 Views added 5 years ago
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From whom was your legacy born,
and where does your destiny lie
A voice calling out from the storm
—a place where the words never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Living an eternity
with each given day
The calendar a slave
to the present foray
This moment at hand
the only time you’re ordained
Exploding at once
—over and over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Do You Bore Yourself?
Do you rent the space
you’re standing in,
owning nothing in the end
but default?
Do you recycle words
until their utterance fails,
mistrusting your ability
to say what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 174 Views added 5 years ago
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Repelled by tradition
and past status-quo
I enter the jungle
where hides the unknown
Rejecting excuses
and all that’s passé
My bow is drawn tightly
—with fear now my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Lying to myself…
the truth swimming free
Escaping prevarication,
abandoning my schemes
The water got deep,
its weight dragged and pulled
Till veracity returned
—resuscitation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Its chain cut again…
the demon is loose
Deep into the night,
she hunts darker truths
The hallway’s back stairs,
her favorite retreat
Pending daylight’s return,
when her bite becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 193 Views added 5 years ago
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The words once they’re spoken,
notes and palettes enhanced
Not judged in reference,
kindred spirits they dance
While music enlivens
what phrases will say
A painting embodies
what verses... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 174 Views added 5 years ago
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Choking on arrogance,
occlusion unrhymed
The Reaper lies waiting,
graveyard of Mimes
Choking on arrogance,
last curse to remain
Spat into the wind
—returning black... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 5 years ago
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Is your humanity held captive
by your intelligence
Does your soul remain imprisoned
for a self-inflicted crime
Are the wishes you made, abandoned,
prisoners of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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When the freedom
to think
And the ability to write
are at odds
—turn the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 5 years ago
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Carrying them with me,
traveling through time
Words seed my memory,
new meter and rhyme
Spreading them freely,
over days fallowed thin
New verses sprout upward
—rooted... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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The deeper the pond,
the calmer the water
The older the wine,
the richer the flavor
The longer the gaze,
the sharper the picture
The fewer the words
—less risk of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Blood in my fountain pen,
phrases in my gun
Blasts of rapid insight
—words that never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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My pen restrained and kidnapped,
but ink bleeds evermore
Voices cry: “Something More Be Done”
—fury to rage and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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To those who seek acquaintance,
I can’t and won’t befriend
No time that isn’t mortgaged,
no hearts will I defend
Each day begins and ends
with gifted words upon the page
My blood lay rediscovered,
new memories to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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Are your wishes scribed in combat,
are your hopes relined with pain
Is your motion found still wanting,
as you climb the stairs again
Are your words now of this moment,
is your verse free and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The tightness of the words
protects the freedom of the thought
Whose voice when spoken gently
—can silence thunder and dragons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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To change one word and rock the world,
a verse now dancing free
Its weight unmeasured, breadth untold,
whose key unlocks the dream
The bottle open, the genie gone,
last domino to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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In the darkest final hours,
I began to write
And my words once spoken new
from scattered ashes light the sky
To begin and end each day
caught up in beauty’s distant wake
All loneliness filled by pages lined
with happiness and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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War is not a career
—but a calling
Where dreams become martyred
in cold... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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We worship inside the dark rapture
of our own becoming
Hiding from the very light
—that promises to show us the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry allows me to combine what I think with what I feel. It lets me drive toward a point while being pointless at the same time. The beauty of the metaphor masking the philosophical content, pulling the reader in without questioning why. Both... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Will the words come,
will the words go
Are they forever,
how do I know
What do I think,
what do I feel
Memory escapes,
a spoke off the wheel
Written in blood,
spoken in rhyme
Forever to echo,
forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 164 Views added 5 years ago
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Present ordained,
past—future in shame
The Poet and Jester
as one
Living unclaimed,
free and unnamed
Archangel and Devil
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Sleeping with the Muse,
my nights have grown short
Sleeping with the Muse,
all senses comport
Sleeping with the Muse,
words dance with delight
Sleeping with the Muse,
confronting my fright
Sleeping with the Muse,
her will tests... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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If we were young men,
if we were strong
If we had fresh words,
to add to our song
If we were soldiers,
with war in our veins
If we were poets,
our voices reclaimed
If we were lovers,
of women that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Neither over nor under,
ahead or behind
My position unreferenced,
your judgment still blind
Not over or under,
ahead or behind
So easy once labeled
—so hard... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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The livery on fire,
its horses set free
Misery beckons,
the future to bleed
The gates are broke open,
all streets painted red
Death has awakened,
life dragged from its bed
One bugle is left,
blowing perdition’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 176 Views added 5 years ago
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Another day with a voice
—one more glimpse into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Before I could return to writing prose,
the Muse kidnapped my pen by decree
Most days fully structured and measured on end,
but tonight
—words yearned to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 176 Views added 5 years ago
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Prince without a lineage
King without a throne
Master without servants
Lover of that unknown
Hearer of what’s unspoken
Seer of things divine
Lord among the jesters
Voice for all the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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My heart belongs to providence,
as I walk that final mile
My footsteps bought and paid for,
when I clear the last denial
My faith is bold and steadfast,
a new rain begins to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 5 years ago
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Is life about how many
or then about how much
Is the truth in computation
or in what those numbers touch
Is the measurement empiric
with a final answer shown
Is salvation in the lyrics
with the word count still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Wrapping letters around
the conflict
A war played out
with words
The fury of shouted
diction
Slaying enemies still
unheard
Shooting vision
into the onslaught
Attacking silence
as legion’s advance
Loading insight into
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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I sold my soul
for new meter and rhyme
Trading salvation
for a thing greater still
The joyful embrace
of one hell damning phrase
Living immortal, perpetual
—fulfilled
I sold my soul
as the Devil... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 189 Views added 5 years ago
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Fusing thought with emotion,
words come to life
Images eternal,
feelings ignite
Lines play in concert,
all stanzas to meet
My psyche impassioned
—my spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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When my words are read
by the common man
No higher praise could
any writer stand
Awards and cheer
from the seasoned elite
Pale when measured
against those ‘in the street’
As I’m embraced
by those ‘salt of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 178 Views added 5 years ago
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You can wish and hope for a hundred years,
or play the game a day at a time
You can focus on what’s at the end of the road,
or squeeze three nickels from your very last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 223 Views added 5 years ago
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To live within the moment,
and write as love does now befriend
“Light shining brightest as
hours grow short”
A beginning reunites with
the journey’s end
“Memory imploding
on fate’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 201 Views added 5 years ago
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Your head’s in the sand,
the canary at hand
The coward inside you,
his kingdom commands
Mired in apathy,
lost in denial
One last Armageddon
—the price of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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A hemorrhaging madness…
wounds bleeding again
Old stitches have broken
death marking the end
Unsutured indemnity
ensuring your pain
Flesh burning in enmity
—uncauterized... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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The vineyard has ripened
new words on the vine
The meanings have deepened
new blessings Divine
The verses fermented,
I drink unto thee
Consecration most sacred
the blood pouring free
The vineyard has ripened
fresh words on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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An abundance of denial…
your mind turns away
What spirit embraces,
wealth hides and delays
“The dignity of the old man
in worn tattered clothes
Frayed pants covering high
button shoes, but not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Nocturnal flower
In need of sleep
Your petals wilt
The count for sheep
New dawn unpromised
The die is cast
A croupier wearing
Sun’s setting mask
Through endless courtship
Faith on the run
A Jester whispers
“Your dreams have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The Democrat party,
all masters and slaves
G.O.P. left in tatters,
their promises frayed
Haves lie to the have nots
bright futures a whim
As the dragon’s fire burns
—the thick with the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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A chorus of enlightenment…
awakens me again
With sheets still warm, my heart she bathes,
all feelings wet within
Through steam I see her message clear,
the mirror does... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Between freedom and Instagram
there is an island,
where men go to be alone
An island of words
in arresting colors,
with meaning indicted—but seldom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 197 Views added 5 years ago
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We appreciate that cousin”
said the Rebel to the Yank
As all glory left the battlefield
where rows of corpses stank
“We appreciate that cousin”
as the bullets set to fly
“But our family’s set upon itself
—and one of us must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetic dyslexia,
the words juxtapose
The meaning in crisis,
where God only knows
Poetic dyslexia,
all feelings collide
Emotions in conflict
—a verbal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Good and bad are truisms…
a qualitative masquerade
Ideology trumping feeling
—in flashes of joy and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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You either bend and adapt,
or then you break
The crux in the motion
—your magic to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Paved over deep,
my thoughts below
Once brilliant shades
of amber glow
The darkest light,
I now befriend
Whose darkest thoughts,
I sought to end
While further down,
the chanting starts
No mockingbirds,
no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 183 Views added 5 years ago
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A briefcase full of sorrow…
the hiding place of tears
One trade to end all others
excuse to lie and steal
The papers hide the story
all documents in vain
As grief belies the glory
—of a life that deals in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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I lie down in the shadows
where no one can reach me
My seventh and last
place to hide
The sixth was a funeral,
the fifth when in hospice
The fourth was each time
that I lied
The third was a promise
I made to a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Never asking for permission,
always being sure
His head was held firmly,
his mind had stayed pure
Never seeking your acknowledgement
or umbrella against the rain
His words exploded thunder
—truth pouring down... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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A book with no cover,
a man with no name
Vowels dormant and muted,
as consonants reign
A plot with no purpose,
an ending refrained
Its message in conflict
—with footnotes of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The dreams of a soldier…
dead bodies impound
A warrior’s spirit
his enemy found
The battle once over
a new war to find
Though death be not imminent
—all sleep to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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One foot in front of the other…
that’s usually enough
One thought no longer indentured
captive or rebuffed
One heart in search of love
a new life to begin
One verse free and uncensored
—your legacy to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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A man must be measured
to call himself such
Each storm must be weathered
its helmsman so clutch
Fire must be extinguished
for growth to begin
The seeds of new virtue
—from the ashes of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The eyes of a poet
The heart of a warrior
The soul of a prophet
—but the words of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Those footsteps ahead
are now footsteps behind
The past but a memory
the future declines
My cadence is slowing
my direction unclear
When frozen in place
on the wind I can hear
Quiet footsteps ahead
louder footsteps... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 169 Views added 5 years ago
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I once tried crossing over
a bridge that silence built
And for mile after mile
the quiet maimed and killed
My speech was dumb and dormant
as I bided all my time
In hope of passing through the cracks
the exit doors... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 198 Views added 5 years ago
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Can your humanity
transcend your intellect?
Can your love
outlive your mind?
Can your reasons
put your excuses to rest?
Can your vision
survive being blind?
Can you rise above
the factual?
Can you see
beyond what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 193 Views added 5 years ago
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Deception wears many faces
—the truth but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Quantifying Art…
quality by the pound
Feelings like hair, part
—separation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Some music takes me close…
some pushes me further away
Feelings set free, feelings enchained
day into night—night into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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The eyes of the artist
the spirit of man
The spark before the fire
the vision—before the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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All bareness forgiven
the razors gone dry
The excuses all shaven
no more asking why
A soul once abundant
my face starts to fill
No sentence redundant
no lines to go shrill
New destiny chosen
man’s burden... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 181 Views added 5 years ago
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Academia blocks real knowledge,
Native Peoples will attest
So many wrappings covering their lies,
each field does then arrest
With logic and ethics pointing the way,
their path leads further... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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The pen became my instrument
the words became my notes
The stanzas burn like songs on fire
new voices scream with hope
The ink runs free and heavy
the score in black and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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My verse begins
where logic ends
Escape its mission
new light to bend
The easy answer
the convenient close
Now left to others
by others chose
Each phrase a path
that leads inside
Beyond where dogma
schemed and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Mentally on the road
while spiritually at home
My mind got to wander
as my soul was at peace
Mentally on the road
while spiritually at home
My thoughts got to ponder
what only distance could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 193 Views added 5 years ago
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Shadows…
of a former self
Shadows…
of that no longer felt
Shadows…
memories hide in sin
Shadows…
the future-past... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Marooned inside the shallows
—stalked by the next rising... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 5 years ago
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I know that I believe,
never sure of whom or what that is
I know that I can see,
never sure of what’s beyond my sight
I’ve heard your pleading heart,
never sure of how that makes me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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I’d rather be ecstatic
in uncomfortable surroundings
Than miserable
—in comfort and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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A ray of warm sunshine
sparkling delight
An arrival so blessed
on wings of a sprite
Its music plays silent
from distant to near
Springtime is calling
—the meadow so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Refortifying myself…
I expected less and less
From you
My inner world unfolding
All window dressing cast aside
My spirit entrusted to
Those moments still to come
The truth now able to settle
And learn
My secret voice conscious of
What my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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I lived inside her laughter,
I slept inside her song,
I wrote inside her meaning
—till our wishes all were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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When did the global depression
begin
When did the leaves start to
wither and fall
When did the answers start questioning
themselves
When did the love vanish that springtime
recalls
Now, every method begets nothing
but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 181 Views added 5 years ago
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If you want to accomplish something,
stop talking
If you want to get somewhere,
start walking
If you want to be someone,
stop wishing
If you find your table bare,
start fishing
If the door remains barred and closed,
knock... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 192 Views added 5 years ago
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A step ahead
A step behind
The motion foreign
The distance blind
To look then forward
While looking back
The moment flounders
The line goes slack
The past—the future
Regret and hope
A sun now darkened
Your shadow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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Happy…
writing poetry
Miserable…
writing prose
Divided
with each word to gift
Joyful
—with each thought to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Starting out with belief
all that’s left is regret
Starting out with hope
every wish then denied
Starting out with love
at the end only pain
Starting out with a welcome
—one last final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 5 years ago
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You have money in the bank,
but you’ll never be rich
With the power to buy and sell
though yourself disowned
Those things today and then tomorrow,
their weight crushes in upon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The truth runs thin
along the borderline
Where voices lie weary
and valleys grow deep
The truth runs distant
along the borderline
Where choices are frozen
—new dreams left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The open West is an iron lung
for the polio of my soul
Lifting me up and breathing in
at once to make me whole
Wild and free, its air blows clean
to minister my wounds
And nurse me back to perfect health
—a second none to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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I live in places
you’ve never seen
And sleep in nightmares
you’ve never dreamed
I choose in dimensions
above either or
Beyond the pain
you can endure
My memory lapses
in moments freed
But fate imprisons
all I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 191 Views added 5 years ago
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The power of dissent
—a true measure of our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Write intrepid and unafraid…
your ink to stain their minds
Each word a dagger spilling truth,
new blood for all to find
Write intrepid and unafraid,
your message screaming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Striving to be anonymous,
the hole got deeper still
Ties were broken, ropes were cut,
less water in the well
Alone within my loneliness
the darkness came at last
The wish, I wish, I’d wished away
—had captured me at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Racing the dark from Albuquerque to Flagstaff
old questions trailed behind me
The highway marked with broken dreams
of searchers long ago
As Gallup filled my rearview mirror
the sun reached out and grabbed... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Does your mind have a second floor
that’s very seldom used
A place your thoughts can freely roam
safe from life’s abuse
One story up, your story forms,
its telling far below
The height of peace and solitude
—with space for you to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Time immortal, the master thief,
stealing tomorrow from the past
Abducting each moment, all life itself,
—today within its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Time is the mask that all memories wear,
as feelings age within
Time is the bridge where eternity walks,
each footstep to begin
Time is a voice spoken only inside
where denial cannot... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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There a mountain in my rearview mirror
a magnet for my soul
Pulling on what’s only borrowed
its lease to keep me whole
There’s a mountain in my rearview mirror
calling out my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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When I want to visit God,
I go to the Grand Canyon
Where she talks to me plainly
and talks to me clear
Staring at eternity
I look into her depths
As she calls to me familiar
—and calls to me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 5 years ago
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With each step that I take,
words jostle and form
Inside me they cluster
deep down where it’s warm
At nighttime they visit
in moments of peace
Defining my feelings
—extending my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Deep in the canyon with the grace of your souls
carrying your memory inside me
Visiting places where we spent time before
seeing each one of your faces
Hearing your voices whispering inside
reminding of what we knew... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Have you done enough
Have you seen enough
Have you loved enough
—until an Angel sings
And the Heaven’s sigh
Your last goodbye
Your last goodbye
—on spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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If you ask the right questions
expect silence to answer
When begging for the truth
—your poverty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Can truth exist
within a vacuum
Can it stand alone
without listener or teller
Can its words contain value
left to themselves
Can its verity outlive
its many disciples
Can its hope transcend
all circumstance and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The more we are given
the more that gets taken away
As Stephen Hawking looks out
from his empowering inferno
His vision to create and inspire
anew…
Exhausts the very flame
—he lives to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Painting myself into an emotional corner
feelings trapped and staid
Family eliminated one by one
old hurts and wounds replayed
Each year a brick in this wall of pain
to shield me from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Own that space
you walk within
Show your face
the same again
The facts will change
the weather turn
But only deep
within you’ll learn
To own that space
you walk within
All fear delinquent
—the renter’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Can I still hate your politics
and love your music
Do I have to hate your wife
to feel your pain
Can I still love the message
after rejecting its meaning
Do I have to choose between
—again and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Beyond genius
the spirit flies
Beyond genius
the mood decries
Beyond genius
no courses rowed
Beyond genius
all time disowned
Beyond genius
the map refolds
Beyond genius
a world untold
Beyond genius
the critics gasp
Beyond genius
no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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When their finest work gets
left behind
The great are often
forgotten
Remembered only in
metaphors of orphancy
Imprisoned within the brilliance
—of a distant... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Oft times,
The smallest of things
Are the biggest of all
Oft times,
The softer you land
The harder you fall
Oft times,
Life is a present
Tied with ribbon and lace
Oft times,
The one’s you ignored
In your dreams have a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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I've walked at a peculiar
angle
As I've laughed at peculiar
circumstances
I've aged in the most peculiar
of vacuums
And went on to love in the most
normal of ways
I've worked in a spirit
of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Walking the line,
each step unmeasured and long
Walking the line,
memories distant and gone
Walking the line,
time seemed forever to last
Walking the line,
the future indentured
—to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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We’ve allowed our cities
to turn into jungles
And now act surprised
when the animals bite and maim
Refrain:
“The new ‘Heart Of Darkness’
the hunted... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 190 Views added 5 years ago
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Larcenous validator
of all truth unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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This prison I’ve created…
totally self made
This world I’ve evaded
the fodder I trade
The reward is the punishment
for not taking part
Old scars not to heal
as I wait in the dark
The consensus, the polling,
all truth on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry is the effect
never the cause
A living remembrance
—of a legacy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Coffee Shop traveler
Caught
Between the beginning
And the end
Revolving
On a stool
Of broken dreams
Waiting
For a check
That never comes
Holding
A twenty-four hour vigil
For all who pass through
Dreading
A future sign that reads
—WE’RE... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Looking out is different
than looking back
Wishes get hardened
with a backward glance
All hopes reversing
with time exposed
The aspirant trail marked
—by memory’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The earth cracked in Nepal
with fire and shame
And thousands lay dead
on the mountains and plains
Its crust was ripped open
its heart now exposed
And lives were then claimed
from a heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 232 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you a sexual being
if you choose to remain celibate
Are you famous or forgotten
if you live in a cave
Are you democrat or republican
if you’re never to vote
Are you black or white
in the eyes of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Thank you for the confusion Lord,
thank you for the doubt
Thank you for those unsure moments
when I could neither whisper nor shout
Thank you for the people Lord
who loved me or hated in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Do all relationships
come to an end?
Through death or disorder
both stranger and friend
What life doesn’t alter
does dying reclaim?
Alone in the vacuum
—alone once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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I most value today
what I used to walk by
And stop to revisit
what trailed from behind
Those moments once squandered
when offered again
In joyous acceptance
—I embrace from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I used to write early
but now I write late
I used to seek love
but now avoid hate
I used to be captive
of what comes to be
Until time was destroyed
—and its lies were set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Could or couldn’t
Would or wouldn’t
Should or shouldn’t
Can’t or would not
Does or doesn’t
Was or wasn’t
Has or hasn’t
Can or cannot
Must or mustn’t
Have or haven’t
Are or aren’t
Is or is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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I don’t care where I’m going
I know where I am
I’m not worried about the future
I’ve never been to the past
I’m not sad about what’s missing
only joyful for what’s present
I am here and not there
—and my words make it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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The winter wind was blowing
through an autumn of despair
A reckoning was coming
and now carried on the air
The winter wind was blowing
as the leaves began to fall
Revealing what was waiting
—buried deep in nature’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 5 years ago
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The wild talk of the wounded
words pointed and sharp
The casualties mounting
dead noted and marked
Each phrase a revival
ink spilling divine
The wild talk of the wounded
—dark shadows to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Pain is the drug
On which many O.D.
Its mainline most fatal
All feelings to bleed
With birth its first victim
And death waiting last
Hiding deep in the shadows
—of all memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Everyone has to be somewhere
the lucky get to choose
Fate can smile or fate can frown
the tally win or lose
Everyone has to be somewhere
unless they’re in-between
Places caught beyond now and then
—with destiny... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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You can no more teach poetry
than a tiger to hunt
It must first be inside you
from those things that you’ve done
You can no more teach poetry
than an eagle unflown
If the words just won’t come
—you’ve got further to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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How much is freedom
worth?
How much will time
bestow?
How many questions
asked?
How many answers
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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To be quiet with your friends
and silent with your foes
Creates a thunderous quiescence
which envelopes your soul
Your enemy weakening
as truth starts to rain
His darkness expelled
—by lightning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The words are still perfect
as speech becomes marred
Intention unblemished
delivery though scarred
The memories embedded
all flashbacks infirm
Escape now for others
—their light yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Not grabbing
but reaching
Not pushing
but pulling
Not telling
but listening
Not beginning
or done
Not mad
but then joyful
Not sad
but then hopeful
Not before
or then after
In this present
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Is it the main course of the tale
or the ingredients that count
Is it the entree served first
or the dessert that surmounts
Is it the first that was last
or the last then before
As the order indentured
reverses once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 179 Views added 5 years ago
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You’re interested in the idea
of writing
—I just want to write
You’re interested in the meaning
of it all
—the darkness and the light
You’re interested in the idea
of writing
—I don’t have the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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I’ve always been good at making an entrance,
never choosing to stay
I’ve always been good at passing through,
most often forgetting the day
I bypassed adulthood, becoming a child,
as your legions mocked and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Like maggots on a piece of ham,
the critics do their work
Devouring just because they can,
to maim, destroy, and hurt
They eat through flesh right to the bone
never missing one last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Poor in stock yet rich in spirit,
my clock does bow and sway
In rags and tatters all unstitched,
with joy do I still pray
My flesh is weak, my home now burnt
just embers to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Not a professional writer
Not a commercial writer
Not an academic writer
—of tomes
Not a writer of poetry
Not a writer of prose
Not a writer of colloquy
—heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 187 Views added 5 years ago
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Sitting alone
among my books,
growing old within myself
A memory came back
its reflection dim,
as I lifted one down from the shelf
Sitting alone
among my books,
I remembered—then remembered... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 5 years ago
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What kind of love does a man have
for the offspring
—he will never meet
What kind of love does a man have
for the great-great-grandchildren
—he will never see
What kind of love does a man have
for a future
—beyond his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 223 Views added 5 years ago
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Using me as a weapon
and not a shield
The Muse would
parry and thrust
Attacking with a message
that wouldn’t yield
She prowled my light hours
in disgust
The sword of my fathers
hers by right
To ensure
tonight’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 202 Views added 5 years ago
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Where science ends,
poetry begins
The wonder of it all
—questioned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Do you need to open your eyes
to see?
Do you need to have the words spoken
to hear?
Do you need to pierce beneath the skin
to feel?
Do you need to first understand
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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If you can take your own
breath away
—and the breath of others
You will live in a world of
magic and dreams
—the shortest pathway... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Shrinking immortality into
the moment
Ignoring the impostors
—future and past
Inhaling eternity’s thunder
with every breath
Breathing out
—fire and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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The University rustler’s aim
herding and stealing…
hot irons from within
Professorial larcenous B.S. campaign
letters branded
to deceive and convince
The doctor licentiate
disguised as Jesse James
his gang riding shotgun up... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 208 Views added 5 years ago
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Education was meant
to provide the tools
Not to build the
house
Colleges wounded by
‘enlightened’ fools
Where by deception
truth has bled out
Young minds are
now lost
At a very great
cost
To a system
rigged from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 223 Views added 5 years ago
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With subconscious desire
my blood pressure on fire
And the needle ready to break
through the glass
I try to calm down
as the muse rises and shouts…
“Don’t
—even bother to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Like spontaneous combustion,
the words exploded
Molten lyrics erupting
from the great unknown
Their only warning…
trepidation inside the reluctant
and unsettled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Live divorced from the past,
engaged to the future
—but married to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Living vicarious…
the most important attribute
of an effective Poet
Never consumed by your
subject
—consuming it in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 5 years ago
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I asked you to remain my student
But you wanted to teach
The balance between us changing
Our past out of reach
I gave what I could to your memory
And you borrowed the rest
Repayment to be due on arrival
—as you fly from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Time not only seems to be speeding up…
it actually is
Perception trumping reality looking forward,
not looking back
Undercooked moments blow into the future,
their aroma unsettling
As tomorrow disowns today
—lamenting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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What if the Universe has always been here,
defeating the concept of time
Never beginning and never to end,
whose story you cannot define
What if the future, present, and past,
are just crutches for the weakness we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Eternity shook,
as the words fell free
—startled, but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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The baser instincts
within a higher calling
—pain rewrapped in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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A great voice has been silenced
the wind through the willows
blowing once, never to return
His words left behind
to inspire and remind
—of those things that we still have to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Once you have everything
you can give it all up
gratuitous though it seems
But until that day
we lust and pray
for what alludes us
—a prisoner of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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I discovered this morning
after all these years,
that everyone is really different
from me
Whether rich or poor
black or then white,
it goes far beneath the surface
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 179 Views added 5 years ago
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I’m covered in dirt,
but my words are still clean
A vision half dried
with stains running deep
With sinners and saints
arm in arm at the bar
Each infection we share
tonight’s hookup and score
Meaningless excuses
all scandal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 188 Views added 5 years ago
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Through the eye of the needle
Not to the left or the right
Dodging both on the comets tail
I streak into the light
My last wish out in front
As words melt in a fiery... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Has your violence
taken you to places
I’ve not been?
Or driven you
to things
I’ve not seen?
Was your soul
mired in conflict
once raised from the dead?
Were your walls
built to fortify
excuses and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Can you be distracted by the critic
or the public acclaim
Can you see through the fire
and renew all that’s burned
Can you look past the signposts
and those messages fixed
Can your heart stay undamaged
as the world tempts your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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If a boy,
why not a poet
If a poet,
why not a warrior
If a warrior,
why not a hero
If a hero
—why not a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Rejecting the parts
The whole became
Clear…
In the absence of
Separation
The remnants of
Confusion and chaos
Paving
The way
Toward the
Light…
And the man
I would again ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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I’m not part of
any movement
Or adhere to
any Regent
I don’t follow
any rules
That aren’t in most part
my own
I don’t
attempt to teach
Or begin
to preach
A stronger
thread
Than
what you’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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The way you think
may not change
But the way you feel
about those thoughts
—certainly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Since you left
—poetry has become my lover
Since you left
—long days have turned to moments
Since you left
—all memory lives organic
Since you left
—the words return unfettered
Since you left
—the sun has lost its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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We’re all human” my Grandmother
used to say
—some of us are just more human than... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The last bout of the night
two warriors would fight
with legends
now at hand
Feet and fists wrapped
their spirits attacked
and of their bodies
they would... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 184 Views added 5 years ago
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Unstop the drain
kiss the pain
let nature run its course
Trip the wire
start the fire
new vision at its source
Time unstrung
past on the run
tomorrow lies to all
Hearts open wide
the moment flies
—past memory to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Why is ‘Almost Good Enough’
never what you need?
Why is ‘Clearly Not Enough’
an ounce more than you deserve?
Why is ‘Almost What You Need’
the most you’ll ever have?
Why is ‘It’s Not Only That’
the only thing that’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 5 years ago
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Riding into the moment
with pen ablaze
past-future on the hunt
Fear taking a seat
across the fire
begging for what it wants
A bugle blows
the sun retreats
twin enemies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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I cast my dreams
into the current’s wake
—on the river of no return
And rode a wish
down the running stream
—toward a waterfall... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I was a soldier, but never sure
of those things I was
charged to do
I was asked to fight
pick up helmet and gun
men dying around me I knew
Those places I’ve been
and the things I’ve done
all eclipse the known... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 195 Views added 5 years ago
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If it can happen for me,
it can happen for you
If it can happen for you,
it can happen for me
When it happens for us,
it happens for all
When it happens for all
—the world is set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Flying alone
over fury enthroned
Its colors reign free
and clear
The enemy stained
all freedom regained
Covered in blood
spent and dear
Stitched yellow and blue
its messages true
That Svealand does
not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 246 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a gene embedded in every parent
to recreate
what their parents had done
Sometimes good, and sometimes bad,
passing it down
from father to son
To repeat family history through memories past
the circle
a lingering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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We should be freeing and emancipating
the poor with opportunity
—not underwriting their poverty with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Twilight falls onto my
windowsill
Demon fire in full
retreat
The stars return
glowing embers that burn
In whose radiance
an Angel will sleep
Days grip is unchained,
the cantor sings while he... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 179 Views added 5 years ago
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Would you lease me your heart
if I gave you a dime
Would you lend me your trust
if I willed you my time
Would you seize my devotion
with its mortgage in tact
Would you love me just once
—or forever like... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry is different
when spoken than read
The words more musical
outside my head
No longer imprisoned
or held on the page
Their freedom unharnessed
—the voice of an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Each time when it almost mattered,
it mattered not that much
Old feeling’s hijacked and held for ransom
memories cold and stuck
But the day when it really mattered,
my heart was set on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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My spirit will never truly die
as words continue to give
My body once committed to sky
my soul forever to live
Voices I’ve carried inside for so long
now a chorus of octaves set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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My ancestors were all very simple men,
so I could be more than that
They taught me early and taught me true
what was special—and then to give back
These fathers now sit at my spiritual feast,
true giants of a forthcoming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 190 Views added 5 years ago
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The past and tomorrow
—from today only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Music is more slave to fashion
—than the written or spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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No one is going to grant you salvation
until you try and save yourself
Nothing is going to award you redemption
with cards from others dealt
No one is going to save your soul
until you set your past on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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March
brought me closer
to the spoken word
March
created thunder
never before heard
March
left forever its stamp
and imprint
March
so predacious
April bleeding
—in red... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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I hide in the shadow
of another’s fear
so the voice may go away
And then left
inside an orphan’s silence
to recount every wordless day
To walk a path
that another breaks
under a dark forbidden... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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I want to play not manage,
write not teach
I want to drive—all controls in hand
I want to be like the rain across
the mountains
Not the river that may turn to sand
I want to be that sniper
with a single... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Using letters for wishes,
the emptiness ended
Binding together my present,
future, and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a higher level
of being
Than you’ve thought
or felt before
There’s a greater
state of consciousness
Once you learn then
to ignore…
All those things that can
distract you
Those that keep you on
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Hitchhiking through the wormhole,
all time was left behind
Distance collapsing upon itself
reflections other side
Waste material of a life unspent
flowing back in a parted stream
Entry to a doorless mystery
—from a lost forgotten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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The better the poet
the fuller the sails
—and the further the lines may stretch
The more ranging the verse
set to feeling’s unanchored
—the more chances of fair winds... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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A people once censored
their limbs on the rack
All knowledge and freedom
under constant attack
But cream always rises,
and cows do come home
The truth never captive,
enchained—or then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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If you stare into the Devil’s eyes
with righteous intent
You will always return
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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My mind often visits
those places you fear
My soul, my protectress,
my words as my spear
My voice now a fortress
from oncoming attack
My spirit embracing
—those feelings you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Do your politics define you…
are your views then left or right?
Does the axe you grind cut sharp and clean
or tear into the night?
Do the precepts that you claim to own
just end up owning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Words…
the great currency
inside my literary account
Inspiration,
the letters of credit
—freeing me to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Memory…
the historic steroid
—of an enlightened... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The terms of your indecision
—written in the blood of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Surrendering very little back to life,
the time became solely my own
Which I spent on myself and the ones I loved,
protecting what inside was my home
The years raced along with my memory endowed,
regrets being seldom and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 193 Views added 5 years ago
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My leaves fall distant from her tree
and flee along the ground
Stripping bare a summer tryst
old promises unbound
Set to ride the Autumn wind
like all those times before
New forests call, as Spring awaits
—my love to loan once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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I purposely avoid
all words to impress
No ‘genre’ or ‘penchant’
‘couture’ or ‘egress’
The meaning embodies
what each letter foretells
To be spoken forever
—beyond heaven or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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What will be your legacy,
can it forever speak the truth
Do the words describe your finest hours,
were your labors nobly used
Will your memory linger and grow in strength
as it prepossesses... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Those at my behest…
know that limits persuade
and words orphaned alone
into emptiness hide
with the snow passing on
a new robin will sing
each breath left forgotten
until spoken aloud
as memories fall from grace
—in the silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Our lives were of this moment…
the wave made sure of that
Winter nineteen sixty-nine
Waimea’s fury spat
Thirty feet and building
the giants all had come
Their lips four stories high above
too late to cut and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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The greatest Poem I ever wrote…
the one I just laid down
The one to last a thousand years
deep in the lost and found
With words familiar, feelings stained
in blood from echoes past
My pen left bleeding on its page
—as quietude... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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A ticket lay there waiting
untold riches bye and bye
The Powerball on Wednesday
buying freedom with its lies
All barriers seemed broken through
the world at your command
Perspective dying, hopes run wild
control spun out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 194 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a level above choice
where the answers are clear
The options there vanish
yes or no disappears
Beyond wishing and hoping
something less—something more
All time but a servant
—slave to light... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The night retreats in silence,
as daylight rules the fray
Darkness reigns the past goodbye
this moment not a dream
The present all we’re given
the future lies astray
Repeating truth inside itself
—one time forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Each breath gets me closer,
as the past moves away
With choices much clearer,
turning night into day
One meaning unchosen,
its Angel benign
Forever most willing
—last doubt now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Feeding on my hunger
the days were longer still
That yet to come and still undone
left victim to my will
Starvation my horizon
its emptiness on fire
Unending pangs my souls repast
—a famine to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Honing the blade of life’s
greatest adventure
The edges were sharp
with the meaning inspired
It shaved like a razor
as days became short
The last cut the deepest
—left wounded and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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To worship everything
and value nothing
An ego’s adulation
—the soul... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Micromanaged children
in a micromanaged world
The I’s all dotted, T’s all crossed
lost within the swirl
Each cup seemed overflowing
empty spaces void and null
All time and place for life’s surprise
—now victim to its... – by Kurt Philiop Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Waiting to seize a moment
I knew would never come
The visions passed like storm clouds
deception on the run
The light was all around me
as I stood there in the dark
The shadows of misguided fear
—my path forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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In the middle of the stream
there rests an island
Where hopes and wishes dock
just out of reach
At the end of every dream
my souls asylum
Each memory harbored safe
—along its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Hunting the distant banks
Of one lost remembrance
A reckoning came upon me
Excuses left askance
My tracks grew large
As midnight’s table turned
The prey had changed to predator
Of a memory left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 189 Views added 5 years ago
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Just before dawn…
the answers came
And dressed in drag,
they spoke my name
They claimed their place
though none was offered
They stole a space,
their masks on backwards
Just before dawn…
the answers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 211 Views added 5 years ago
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The distance between what you feel
and what you write…
—your measure as a Poet
The difference between what you think
and how you act…
—your measure as a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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My pact with God transcends your fear
and all professed religion
The faith I have, the joy I feel
not subject to your laws
My relationship is one on one
whose heart is freely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The pathway to happiness is laughter
—the gateway to laughter is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Today I turned seventy,
and the clocks all faintly chimed
My hour glass near empty
to mark the waning time
Weeks left on the calendar
the moments more than days
With laughter most important now
each memory through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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The daylight hid from the nighttime
like a rabbit from the fox
As the sun ran through my memory
freeing moments that were locked
With twilight came a foretelling
and its darkness swearing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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I traveled from Essex
to the kingdom of Wales
in search of a family tree
And passing a cobbler
I then was reminded
what these shoes really mean to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 234 Views added 5 years ago
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I knew you were coming,
as I walked across the cell
still in chains
I knew you were crying,
as the guard called out three times
announcing your name
Your silence was deafening,
as my final meal
was delivered at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 5 years ago
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Once a Catholic…
always a Catholic
Once a Priest…
forever a Priest
Once a Poet…
always a Poet
Once a Man…
—forever a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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In the end
we’re all mortal
In the end
we all die
The end
but a portal
Through which
—we must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Creating the future
by killing the past
Techno Gomorrah
—where nothing can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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Speaking to not one
but the multitudes,
the prophet bowed his head
And blessed within his servitude,
the poor and hungry
were given bread
Starting again
his eyes looked up,
and through a plain white cloth he... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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I sat on the rocks
By the New Bedford docks
And waited for his boat to return
But the sun went to hiding
Bringing ever bad tidings
And a sea where last lessons are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The Doggie was white,
and the Kitty was black,
as they crouched at each end of the floor
Their eyes never met,
because the rules were set,
that the dog would chase the cat as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a voice deep inside me
still trying to get out
Ignoring my pleadings,
it screams and it shouts
Its call is the loudest
on those darkest of nights
When my mind seeks new refuge
from Seraph’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 220 Views added 5 years ago
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Bubblewrapped children
disparate hope
Spirits in limbo
shortest of ropes
Control and protection
their meaning belies
Tomorrow ill promised
—eternity... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Hiding within the rhyme
lies a melody of pronouncement
lifting the words up off the page
Its liberation spoken freely
within times expanding moment
giving and taking—beginning to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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The delivery,
incidental to the message
The format,
duly chosen for the sound
The listener,
singled out with times forgiveness
The truth
—but spoken once to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a zone beyond safety
where the timid can’t go
Beyond reasoned decision
intuition to flow
Past valor and triumph
past glory and fame
There’s a zone beyond safety
—last moth to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Like a blanket or quilt,
the Muse wraps me in consciousness
Sealing me in with her warmth
each night rejecting the cold
Like a filter or screen,
the Muse tempers all consequence
Under her protection and safety
—words sleeping... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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I’ve forever written
as myself
Few influences will
show
Neither Hemingway nor
Faulkner
Not Melville or
Thoreau
But as one who saw through
all of that
With so much more
to know
I search the land
and stars... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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My words the result
of the times I’ve lived
not a classroom exercise
My feelings all paid
with the blood of my fears
not a rambling diatribe
My trail has been lined
with each tear and misstep
to mark the way... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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No time set aside
The words reformed
Again at their own pace
No place to reside
They’re written down
On a napkin or empty space
When I try to hide
They find me sure
In mountain or in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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New blood will flow
and breath exhale
—as my steps go far and wide
With verse out front
to lead the way
—to that promised other... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Café poseurs,
internet losers
Reflections through
the shallow glass
Virtual wishing,
dot.com remissing
Clicks and bytes
as the world goes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The Sage brought me to the Muse,
when I was but sixteen
Her face familiar, her words estranged,
my fate caught in-between
As years went on she whispered
and oft times took the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Working at looking studious,
the academic went his way
Pontificating what he didn’t know,
his students bowed and swayed
Reading only what was duly sworn
writing safe, within the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Words rushed through my head
clearing cobwebs away
All letters on edge
cutting doors as they played
From one room to the other,
they matched up and danced
And from basement to attic,
my mind was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 226 Views added 5 years ago
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To see any clearer
I drifted away
From your
lies
From your
madness
From your paperless
tray
The word forest
called
For my pen to break
free
From the blurred
introspection
Hovering close to your
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 184 Views added 5 years ago
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Does music have a language,
does feeling have a name
Is love the sole survivor
that calls beyond the grave
Do excuses have a reason
for the falsehoods that they spew
Does honor have a season
to restore the faith you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Each verbal success
leads to higher new ground
Where the words beck and call
with a heavenly sound
The trail to my future
fades into my past
As the gift they inspire
—my present to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Drunk on the fear of our own misgivings,
we stagger and stray…
—toward the sound of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Where are you headed…
the waitress asked me at breakfast
Where have you been to…
I responded in kind
Never down to the Canyon,
though I’ve always meant to go there
I’m headed to the Canyon
—now go quit your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Truth,
the social mammogram
Forgiveness
—chemotherapy of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The house is now quiet,
the children have gone
My beard they’ve left ruffled,
as memories grow long
With trains and dolls scattered
where last they played
Their love remains buried
inside of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 209 Views added 5 years ago
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A window framed with memory
lets in the brightest light
Its lock and hasp long since removed
a journeyman’s delight
Casting off the millstone
the rock of age has come
As darkness hides beyond the sash
—to greet the rising... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Hopes and wishes step aside,
as new words cut in to dance
Painting the floor red
in lettered steps of eternity
Partners now consonant
a song of celebration
Whose lyrics waltz inward
—in patterns of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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Does trying to disprove
what I believe
make you feel better about what
you don’t...
Is your insecurity
crying out
that maybe I feel something
you won’t…
Does the depth of my commitment
bother you so
leaving you distant
fearful and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 201 Views added 5 years ago
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We can all think
differently
While instantaneously feeling
the same
We can politically straddle the
great divide
While below loving the canyons
and plains
We can put all prejudice and
opinion... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 199 Views added 5 years ago
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Will the pieces of the life you’ve lived
come together at the end?
Will the times that you reflected
straighten your path out, free of bends?
Are the places that you visited
more than way stops that you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Manipulating reality,
the moment concealed
Manipulating reality,
what’s virtual ‘real’
Manipulating reality,
the keys push and drain
Manipulating reality,
technology reigns
Manipulating reality,
fantasy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The only defense against fate
is words
The only answer to death
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Look with your eyes,
until you see with your mind
Listen with your ears,
until you feel what you hear
Laugh with each breath,
until you smile with your heart
Love with your will
—until it releases your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Indians have a saying,” she said
from across the fire…
“Until you have heard the roar
of the bear
—you will not know its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get,
the shorter the lines become
The older I get,
more welcome is each morning’s sun
The older I get,
those words rented are now mine to keep
The older I get,
dreams follow me out of my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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After Midnight
The narcissists fall
After Midnight
A new lyric calls
After Midnight
Last bugle to blow
After Midnight
There’s more left to know
After Midnight
The lizards collect
After Midnight
Old tales to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Laid solid with words
the writers stone
A fortress was columned
my only real home
The poetry was safe there
it stammered and tried
As my feelings unbridled
from the outsiders... – by First Destiny Called | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Turning words into feelings
all description must die
The music taking over
earth kissing the sky
Turning words into feelings
we begin once again
Beyond all destination
—beyond all journey’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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A window stays open
as each doorway is shut
My vision more focused
through a lens old and stuck
The horizon now centered
its pathway so clear
All intention a laser
—as death becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Life without death
joy without pain
No reference, no bearing
no loss—and no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Looking in places
Beyond my discomfort
Searching,
Searching again
For that Poem to tie
All the meanings together
Making sense
Of a rainbow unbent
Giving up to the music
Beyond sight of the flame
Where disorder
Now rules the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 203 Views added 5 years ago
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To live beyond the moment
Looking out, not looking in
The future lies to the past
—as the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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I saw the end
in the beginning
at the beginning
of the end
I wrote the final chapter
before the preface
with nothing left
to send
I walked a thousand miles
before sitting down
then walked a thousand miles
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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Every voice needs an ear
for it to be free
Every writer, a reader,
or the words cease to be
In my case I’ve been lucky
though she came to me late
For my dearest sweet Laura
—the key to my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 5 years ago
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I walked with Colby,
he never walked with me
His spirit to guide us,
his love in the lead
We circled the globe
a time and a half
His tail was my compass
to guide us steadfast
In all kinds of weather
we stuck to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Let others inside you
as reflection begins
Your truth like a mirror
that calls from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Caught in the same web
of insecurity
—we write
To ease the pain, to emancipate
the joy
—speaking truth to our doubts
Freeing them upon the wind, all
questions unanswered
—as our voices... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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The day you realize ‘you are a writer’
distinct from what you’ve written
Is a day you’ll treasure for what it brings
—and not what it leaves... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Make all of your life a prayer
put all of your words into song
Take heart in those lyrics still to be sung
—before the music forever is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 5 years ago
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Released from the prison
Of the extended word
Verse offered
Asylum
And a means of escape
Carrying me deep
To where the future-past
Hides
All time to mislead
—as the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
Attacking the mood
Driving its impression inward
Beyond all excuse
Wounding the intellect
Calling out names
Saving the moment
—resurrecting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Can prayer overcome
karma
Can wishes rise above
fate
Can memory displace
what vision instills
Can love pass beyond
—without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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We are often the
most critical
Of what we are the
most guilty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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To live as an artist,
but die as a man
Dust forever chasing
—what heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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I understand the isolation,
what others call being alone
I understand the silent moments,
the inner freedom to roam
I understand the derision,
and the label of being called... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Conduit of the human spirit
I forced hope into the cord
Draining the tears of
The lost and abandoned
Plugging into outlets
Of forgotten promise
Forcing their light
Onto the dark barren screen
Charging into what
I had charged over before
—crossing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Becoming irrelevant
at last to yourself
The choices have narrowed
the joy seldom felt
The present redundant
what’s left in the end
The fodder of memory
—and you to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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If language a bullet,
the pen is my gun
Its wound self inflicted,
the verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 5 years ago
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Written in the moment
placed into time
The instant exploding
—forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you obligated
To retain
The verses you write,
Or do you systematically
Release
What no longer can survive
Unnamed,
As they mark the trail
Of their exit
With letters penned in
Judgment
That you no longer own,
Memory forming
An ancient speech... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 211 Views added 5 years ago
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Those thoughts not adopted
and orphaned alone
To never have surnames
—all bastards... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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What I knew before birth
I will know after death
This slight pause called life
—where the soul takes a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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The evolution of
Time
More art
Than science
Its measure and
Validation
Astounding mankind
From the very first day
If such a thing
Even exists
It is only in the abstract
—neither visceral nor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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There are only two ways
to become immortal
One is to become a warrior
—the other a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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In the shoals of the lake
a deeper truth was buried
It waded ashore
when your memory was parched
Irrigating a message
long ago forgotten
Returning your forgiveness
—washed free of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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As answers deceive
The questions stand
And dancers leave
To track the sand
Round robin conspiracy
Threatening us all
The letters all lower case
Their finality tall
Butting my head
Inside of the line
“When does it end Father,
Maybe this time”
The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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We’re losing America
while losing our minds
Our spirits in hiding
our souls hard to find
The nation in freefall
all fingers to point
One side at the other
common values disjoint
We’re losing America
in front of our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 207 Views added 5 years ago
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The Citizens danced
Romulus cried
Centurions posed
in Legions wide
“The world is ours”
they said in glee
“And death to those
who don’t concede”
The past unyielding
future loaned
The present flew
like David’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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A man paints a picture
outside on his teepee
A man writes a novel
from inside his soul
Each message recorded
to transcend the seasons
Eternity on notice
—another black... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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For the lack of one letter,
the word could not form
For the lack of one word,
the entire sentence was wrong
For the lack of one sentence,
the paragraph went astray
For the lack of one paragraph,
the page lay... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 206 Views added 5 years ago
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Trying to make the poetry prose
Or the prose poetic again
I insulted the meaning
With juxtaposition
Stabbing an idea
That should have been shot
Killing a verse
That should have been saved
Thinking the truth
While uttering a lie
Forming the words
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 5 years ago
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All of my life,
I’ve been trying to hide
Drifting untethered
roaming inside
All of my life,
I have chosen to wait
Judging unholy
making mistakes
All of my life,
my arms have been short
The reach much too long
as failure... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 215 Views added 5 years ago
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(From My 'Searching For Crazy Horse' Collection)
'Read In Elko Years Ago'
With ten more miles of wire
my horse wants to turn back
There’s dark clouds over the mountain
just a small tent in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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My life’s been a mess,
but more than anything
—I wanted to die well
To make up for those times
I struggled and failed
—and shorted the line
The people who knew me
were driven away
—in vain their love... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Virtue is a lover
—that must be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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I drive people away,
that’s what I do
To stay away
myself renewed”
My life was meant
To be lived alone
In spite of what
You think you know
Inside myself
My only home
Whose armor never
Chinks when... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Politics and Religion…
nothing could be further from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get
the less people to call
is it by choice
my spirit’s downfall?
The older I get
the less then to care
a life once so pointed
now little to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Blank verse
And blanker memories
My mind shouts
As feelings cry
Blood drains
An artery cut
The seasons flowing
—stain never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Once written,
no longer in need of defense
Once spoken,
no longer in need of repetition
Once embraced,
no longer in need of approval
Once answered
—no longer in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Passion builds a home
—that talent only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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You hear the words calling,
but what if they stop
What if the voice changes
to cold what was hot
And it’s not yours at all
but a squatter that hides
D.N.A. of its own
new agenda of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 216 Views added 5 years ago
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Not Before
Say what you will or wont
but do as you pray
Bleed as you will in the night
but carry the day
Take as your conscience directs
but give all you can
Return when the fighting is done
—but not before... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Is there a balance
Between poetry and prose
Anymore than a balance
between these and those
Is there a balance
Between poetry and prose
Or maybe a marriage
Where ‘heaven only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 216 Views added 5 years ago
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What’s that you’ve settled for?
What’s that you say?
From the library of excuses
You reason away
It seems almost this
But never quite that
As the present escapes
And you look further back
No comfort to take
In that notch on your gun
As you fire in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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If ignorance is truly bliss,
and the Emperor has new clothes
Then who am I to judge at all
—where peace and freedom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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In a virtual reality
I found my father online
Though he died before the internet
a man of his time
So how is this possible
that an email appears?
From a website immortal
in cyberspace... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Sages and broomsticks
motherless pearls
Witches that threaten
fatherless girls
Curse of the ages
old grudges remain
A coven of stages
to hide from the rain
The markings of Satan
the touch of the Lord
A death plated sunset
and winner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Dying in the moment
reborn to eternity
The choice was like water
the choosing like stone
Dying in the moment
reborn to eternity
Magic reappeared
as truth became... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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I meet with three faces
that come in the night
In dreams that preplace
masks of darkness and light
Their voices once spoken
remain in my head
Until words are then written
pitting joy against dread
These triplets were born
in a harrowing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 186 Views added 5 years ago
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Does weaponizing a stolen truth
give you the right to lie
From this perverted use of power
do others run and hide
Is this how force is wielded
on the knife edge of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 212 Views added 5 years ago
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Do you think you’re Heaven worthy
for myself—I never have
The weight I carry pulls me down
and keeps me off the path
I avoid most every mirror
my reflection haunts me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 178 Views added 5 years ago
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Of Singular Importance
The clarity of your words,
the purity of your heart
—the release of your soul
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
Once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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Nature resplendent
fog settling down
Darkness retreating
storm clouds outbound
Sun reemerging
rainbow behind
Spring in the meadow
—nothing but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Academic eyes
Bullying lies
Feelings held hostage
Locked unopposed
Academic eyes
Mandatory ‘I’’s
Mirrored reflection
The Emperor’s clothes
Academic eyes
Robert Bly cries
The pond has been drained
Replaced with a swamp
Academic eyes ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Be it Melville or Tolstoy
or a Pen still to burn
Know the words are just borrowed
—until silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Words apprehend
a willing prisoner
—verse to fly between the bars
The latest inmate
with breath surrendered
—an incarcerated... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Fortune Untold
Beyond the critics reach
beyond the assassin’s grasp
A rainbow exists—with fortune untold
refracting present, future, and past
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
Time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 192 Views added 5 years ago
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That first book
That last book
That next book
That other book
Beginning and ending in the middle
—they all turn out the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Carrying your heart
Inside my pocket
I traveled the world
Searching for love
When fate was unkind
You never complained
As I forgot to thank you
—time after... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The signpost a warning
a resting black swan
Its flight to perdition
last call from beyond
With roses ungifted,
their thorns bury deep
Last moon a reminder
a reckoning steep
The doctor’s watch broken
your time shorter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Writing should be
like making love
If you have to be taught
—you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Never let intelligence
Get in the way of good judgment
Never let excuses
Inside your dreams
Never let the refusals
Cancel out the invitations
Never let tomorrow
—destroy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Living inside the moment,
Temporal things
Pass me by
On their march to permanence
Attached to everything
But themselves,
They stand as false Icons
To a time once lived–then put... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 175 Views added 5 years ago
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A voice goes silent
in the distant wind
No tracks to follow
no path within
Muses cry
as shadows fade
Their chorus faint
with dreams unmade
The past abandoned
tomorrow gone
This moment orphaned
the night so... – by Goodbye Tomorrow | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Coming from nowhere
Going the same
The tracks in front
Pointing to
Tracks behind
The wind on the lake
Reminding
That I am still a guest
The snow on the ice
An invitation
Begging acceptance
New Hampshire Winters
Are white
In my consciousness
And... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Escaping myself,
I ran into the wilderness
Escaping myself,
I ran back through the dawn
Escaping myself,
my shadow had vanished
Until capturing myself
—in the words of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Buying into eternity
one Poem at a time
My dreams are my currency
a richness sublime
Buying into eternity
words soar into verse
On the wings of an Angel
—salvation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Ending In Regret
Most of us wait
for what few of us get
Then start the excuses
—that end in regret
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2014)
Inside Your Heart
With your every smile,
my life grows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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Speaking with one voice
the silence unsettled
As the many inside me
cry out to be heard
Laced within my words
never fluent themselves
Woven in my acceptance
—their gift to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Like wine in storage,
The cellar of my perception ages
Buried deep in its recesses
The past and future abandoned
—time no longer the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 206 Views added 5 years ago
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Can men fight without symbols
where victory calls beyond love and hate
Can men die without symbols
or reason conquer the blindest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Vindicta
The ends justify the means
—when the means entail revenge
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2014)
Sum = Zero
Totality expanded
The sum is now zero
Risk and certitude
—one and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The past faded
as ideas came alive
Destroying with every thought
the status…
—of the status... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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The light through
My Grandmother’s
Bedroom window
Called out to me
‘Calls out to me’
Leading me to places
Where I had to go
Revisiting me now
In my twilight years
‘In my twilight... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 207 Views added 5 years ago
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When your art
Becomes divorced
From any end result
—you have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Living in a rented room
my thoughts became my own
Living in a rented room
my borrowed soul was owned
Living in a rented room
the fog began to lift
Living in a rented room
my spirit set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Learning should be an open meadow
and not a cave to hide
When coupled with experience
its lessons to abide
No degree or title, money or fame
will direct you toward the light
Life’s one great lesson—living free
the academic’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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If you never loved me,
would life be easier
would life be better
If you never loved me,
would you have emptiness
instead of joy and pain
If you never loved me,
would moments vanish
as wishes drag through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Warrior Poet…
Son of the raging
Tiger
Provoked
By the scent
Of anticipation
Roaming
In the abyss
Of all excuse
Preying
On all wasted time
And wasted lies
Stalking
The foreign crevices
Of each... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The window open
weathered and worn
My soul releases
—spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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On a battlefield lined
with the blood of dead letters
I slay the monsters of uncertainty
—and their legacy of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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If I wanted to show you what I see
I’d be a painter
If I wanted to offer you salvation
I’d be a preacher
If I wanted to play to your fantasy
I’d be an actor
But I decided to give you more than that
—I’m a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Politicians…
Married
to the sound
of their own voice
Divorced
from those
who elected them to serve
Philanderers
of a
bigger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Those of us who give nothing
ask everything…
—from those who give it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Music…
drowning the words
in false harmony
Honesty…
lost forever
inside the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I lose myself over and over
before finding my way again
Promises surely I will break
pieces—my heart to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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No more book fairs or tours
no autographs signed
My words are my gift
the privacy mine
No talk shows or fetes
New York Times to eschew
Questions unanswered
—my thoughts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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His spirit denounced
his body on fire
His words rechristened
—the past but a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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True Worth
An ounce of experience
—is worth a thousand pounds of why
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2014)
Married To Words
I’m never lonely
—I’m a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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To live on inside the hearts
of those you’ve loved
Is life
—beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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A Bigger Threat
Incompetence…
much more dangerous than corruption
—when skillfully applied
(Note To The President-October, 2013)
A Greater Wrong
Within a lesser right
there is a greater wrong
—begging to get... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 205 Views added 5 years ago
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If Keats was right and beauty is truth
—what lies of this world have we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Everything written to inspire
rises above our nature
Everything written to inspire
serves to transport and transform
Everything written to inspire
makes the old new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Politics…
Fertilizing corruption
With the reseeding
Of lies
Upon dreams
That grow fallow
Upon dreams
That grow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The differences in life
—live within the questions you’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get
the more I see myself
in faces of other men
I only hope
when looking back
—they see themselves in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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I wandered by an autumn stream
looking for what’s past
I slept inside a winter dream
searching for what lasts
I strode the paths of springtime crossed
listening for a song
Whose words, that now to me are lost
—in summer called so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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From the depths
of your spirit
new voices to call
But their capture
in words
the hardest of all
As the past
and the future
fall farther... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Intoxicant of sublimation
New ruler of alienation
The channels change
As the mind stops,
And the images
Fall... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Late September holds onto the summer
like that promise you made
—you can never forget
Late September holds onto the summer
as shadows fall distant
—and memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Your brightness, your smile
changed my life
As your spirit
recharged my heart
With the strength of
your father and mothers’ love
Only great things
your life will impart
Listen to that voice
above all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 234 Views added 5 years ago
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A few seconds of eternity
two more than you’ll... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Under the shroud of blind obedience,
the Church forever hides
Its loyalty to the Pope and Rome,
it chides and chides and chides
Canon Law and its corrupted faith
walk proudly side by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 213 Views added 5 years ago
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The reason you can change things for the better or worse is because they did not happen in the ‘past’ and will not happen in the ‘future—they happened now, in the ever expanding perpetual... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 5 years ago
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Marking time in present tense
old memories left to rust
The past a distant reverie
its truth beyond my trust
Looking straight into the sun
my eyes reopen wide
A last reflection staring back
—remembrance so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Making love to the Muse
newborns fell upon the page
And we named them one by one
as we lined them up by age
Making love to the Muse
a new progeny was spawned
With death now but a servant
—and each child turned to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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What if our reasoned language
can’t provide any answers
—what if time isn’t real
What if the thoughts that we have
are embedded distractions
—what if reflection conceals
What if the feelings engendered
are like puppeteers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 198 Views added 5 years ago
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The Doctor and aspiring Judge
their facts now up for grabs
Agendas twisted, the world at stake
neoclassic power grab
Memories scarce and memories bent
all truth behind the lines
With punches far below the belt
—and justice ill... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Worry and strife
never really leave
They just change
direction and form
When one plant’s watered
another wilts
Your heart no longer safe
once torn
Trouble that’s papered
over with wealth
Set fire
by money and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 221 Views added 5 years ago
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If we could only step out
from behind our smallness
—and see the bigger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Desperate choices
and dead end roads
One sign pointing left
the other right
Each choice a trap
where vision smolders
Each choice a trap
its decision charred
Two roads on fire
the truth... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The brain writes the script
as the soul provides the ink
Words forever faithful
—thoughts and feelings now engaged
Logic builds the platform
for passions rolling thunder
The format set, a voice shouts free
—the truth alone on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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My job is to make the unlikely happen
my passion driven to embrace the bliss
My vocation seeks to find the answers
my avocation wanders—soul remiss
My intellect bargains away the hours
my spirit embraces each moment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 227 Views added 5 years ago
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Driven by passion
fueled by delight
Each morning a welcome
giving birth to the night
Both offer one message
twin portals divine
Two options before me
—the choosing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The cry of an eagle floats across a distant peak
bear tracks visible in the spring thawing snow
Sunlight, spreading its dance upon the land
the Ponderosa Pine and Aspen in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Disappear into your smart phone
the world outside is doomed
Your few remaining human traits
have long since left the room
Disappear into your smart phone
all life beyond is lost
Your feelings truly virtual
you’ve paid a mighty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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Closing the door on my yesterdays,
tomorrow looked on in pride
Setting the lock on the future and past
—in isolation they both cried
A Savior instant, the moment supreme,
as the now both comes and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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To hurt…
just to know I can feel
To bleed…
just to know I’m alive
The wounds of my fathers
those never to heal
In remembrance
—the past never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Is the truth even electable
redemption now a sin
The confessional a voting booth
—where liars dwell... – by kurt philip behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Commercially Successful”
—the metaphysical... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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My level of concern
goes only so deep
I care only to there
in meters or feet
Beyond that depth
lies a hidden zone
Where beneath the caring
is what’s really known
In my efforts to hide
from the surface... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 208 Views added 5 years ago
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A highway of regret…
an avenue of denial
A boulevard of hopes and dreams
where footsteps have defiled
A thoroughfare of wanton time
each choice a dead end road
In fated plundered wanderlust
—dark alleyways of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The nursery, a womb
where fantasy begins
The clay, the permission
for the sculptor to sin
The keyboard, the staircase
to a heavenly score
The day, once forsaken
—its daydream... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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Did you waste your life
just making money
Did you eat the bread
and not the honey
Did you sell your soul
as your children watched
Was your heart left cold
in a tinderbox
Were your excuses rich
and your reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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The light of remembrance
the will’s DNA
Entombed by dementia
—forever in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the last rose
Of summer
Or the fragrance she wore
For that final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Embracing the present
freeing the past
Abandoning the future
—eternity’s mask
Seizing the moment
lies tumble and fall
Salvation perpetual
—this instant and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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The trail of my passing
the joy and the tears
Each memory a milestone
to mark every year
That road undiscovered
lay before me ahead
With faith as my guidepost
—deeper footsteps to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Easily measured
not clearly defined
Often lamented
more often unkind
Its loss we all mourn
searching heaven to find
The time to become
—a new past to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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By darkness I trolled
in my oft-shedding skin
Hidden alleys I roamed
for new victims at whim
But at last I must face
the deception I’ve wrought
And repay every memory
that festers and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Refusing to define
Even worse to explain
On the surface descriptive
At its essence mundane
Restating excuses
Ensconcing the lie
The sage waxed poetic
—you still asking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Waiting for the final ticket out,
I would write that ending word
And bid goodbye to all I’d said
both ignored—and often heard
I asked the conductor about the fare,
he said “How much can you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 249 Views added 5 years ago
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The lack of fame
my spirit free
A bird uncaged
amongst the trees
Its weight not lifted
and never there
My breath in sequence
above the air
The lack of fame
art’s greatest gift
My oath to no one
allegiance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 236 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
the most regal of all gifted language
Prose sitting as handmaiden
—to each verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Jumping in
I shut both eyes
my heart lay open wide
A first hello
my last goodbye
to logic ill applied
Choosing an entry
frees all to move
the first breath to a song
Getting out
my mind rejects…
forever pushing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 248 Views added 5 years ago
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There was a time when I was worth knowing
before the pain took over
There was a time with joy overflowing
my wishes steeped in clover
There was a time you knew unfurled
my love abounding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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Does your good
outweigh the bad
Is the balance
happy or sad
Is your intention
right or wrong
Does your prayer
turn into song
Does the blame
weigh down your heart
Can your light
outshine the dark
Can the joy
exceed the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 255 Views added 5 years ago
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I try to write poetry
as Papa did prose
Each couplet in focus
with short punches thrown
The verses compact
no lines overrun
Their meaning eternal
—to rise like the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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Facing what I didn’t know,
the canyon ahead was wide
My bridge half built on doubt and fear
with nowhere left to hide
Looking down I saw the past
looking up all questions why
But straight ahead an Angel waits
—with wings for me to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Structure comes
from the classroom
Imagery comes
from experience
And it’s hard
to structure
What you can’t
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Divorcing the rational
freedom began
Releasing the spirit
all can’t—became can
One final decision
to charge and break through
The future and past
left betrothed—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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You can take the readers to the water,
but you cannot make them drink
A thirst most carry deep inside
can totter at the brink
You can lead them right up to the edge,
but you’ll never make them... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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My cup runneth over
your chalice half full
The emptiness suspect
both murky and dull
It shines on the outside
jewels christened with fire
But to drink from that liquid
—forever a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Children,
conceived in perfection
Born
to disappoint
When the
idea
And the reality
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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The Russians have taught me
that nothing has changed
Instead of Nazis and Fascists,
we have terrorists to blame
Whether Turgenev or Chekhov,
Tolstoy or Marx
When our nature’s in play,
—much of life remains... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Stop trying to be a poet,
and say what you feel
Kill off the dilettante
both hands on the wheel
In front of the mirror,
we all wear a crown
Are your verses to be written
—by a sage or a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Seeing better from a distance
than you ever could up close
The memories play like children
in voices that you spoke
The truth is where you find it
every season, every turn
Where space creates acceptance
—your soul to file or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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If the world would only stop on cue
all promises made would return anew
The seasons would rearrange their order
and lines we’ve drawn—no longer borders
If the world would only dance on cue
and kick up its heels for me and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Knowing
not repeating
The weakness
of all refrain
A first cut
true and deepest
Once healed
—its scar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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I never wanted to be famous,
I only wanted to be great
I never promised you an answer
even now as questions inflate
I traveled each and every highway
as time kept changing once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Raw and uncut, the Poet
sharpened his edge
His entry point targeted
fury bright red
The first cut the deepest
and clean to the bone
A wound bleeding freely
—all sutures... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry or Prose
its hand reaches outward
A fist or a backslap
—composure or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Start looking outside your frame of reference
for that which stands you alone
Stop longing for praise or high endorsement
things only borrowed or loaned
Start feeling those words you preach unto others
no longer idling yourself... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 233 Views added 5 years ago
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It isn’t…
until it is
It wasn’t…
until it was
It shouldn’t be…
until it should
It won’t be…
—until it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Reading for inspiration
and not for fact
The words paint a picture
in my mind
Like dominoes falling
one by one
They rise from the page
to remind
My fingers enliven
and start to draw
A vivid story
new image... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 245 Views added 5 years ago
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Day surrounds your memory,
as evening frames your smile
But what I most remember
—is morning in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 5 years ago
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My days and nights
death in between
trouble in front—behind
The devil hijacking my
fondest dream
trouble in front—behind
She said she loved me
then said it twice
trouble in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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You stir it one way and they the other,
but the mixture stays just as hot
You attack their motives and they attack yours,
while the contents boil and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Written fragments
Broken songs
Stepping stones
To hope beyond
Music absent
Long at bay
Vagrant notes
—last wish to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Remembering my Grandfather
forgetting my Dad
Wanting to be near him
paternal influence bad
He loved without question,
his smile blocked the sun
And without his embracing
—my life on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 5 years ago
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Stopping just short of judgment,
his mind took a leap
Whose soul rose as substance
now ready to speak
Words before never uttered
or spoken in vain
This acknowledgement followed
crying out in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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When you’re inside,
you can always get out
But stuck outside,
you must plead and then shout
“please let me
please let me
please let me in”
This darkness unending,
my veneer wearing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Journalistic integrity…
give me a break
Your lies are on fire
there’s hell at the gate
Journalistic integrity
the wages of sin
All truth has been twisted
your speech has worn thin
Journalistic integrity
oxymoron... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 231 Views added 5 years ago
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When eternity is mortgaged
—your soul its true... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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When we all get to heaven,
do we pray in one voice
Or keep our wills separate
to still have a choice
When we meet the almighty,
will our thoughts be our own
Or is identity sacrificed
—on His altar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Nobody knew me,
and that was my choice
The distance I kept
protecting my voice
Though others had promised,
their words fell in vain
My spirit untarnished
whose breath I lay claim
My heart often suffered
the pain I’d been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 243 Views added 5 years ago
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The deeper you care
the more remote you become
What the present reveals
no clock can outrun
The past and the future
for others to know
This journey one-way
where only you’ll go
Those voices who call
pull you deeper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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I need to bring more Poetry
into my Prose…
To spill the blood richer
flowing out of my veins
To reseason the words
going into the fire
To spread the wings open
—on a future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The channel seemed open,
but the tuner was stuck
Its dial had frozen
mixed static and such
The instructions were missing,
and the knobs wouldn’t turn
Its transmission now distant
—all frequency... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Vision is to
Art
As grace is to
the soul
Not one
without the other
Blanket
against the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Married to introspection,
we left for Paris
And with fools and dilettantes
got carried away
Living on melancholy,
our quarter was poor
The Seine’s romance but fiction
—our fantasies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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Sleeping with Laura
and not making love
Lost in her aura
and thoughts from above
Sleeping with Laura
all vanity chaste
A feeling impregnates
—the blame heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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High caliber verse
the cartridge hand loaded
A new target centered
all focus then squared
Its barrel’s been filled
with red molten fury
Whose trigger awaits
—a desperate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Mon Dieu, mon Dieu,”
he screamed to the crowd
“On stage as a vagabond
my home you enshroud
“My makeup—my armor,
my performance—my cause
“Reborn with each act,
as I hear your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 260 Views added 5 years ago
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Bravery and fear
not either or
But versions of…
Valor and shame
brought heretofore
Mixed pieces of…
A riddle to confound
the poet’s mum
As glory weds disdain…
Courage and fear
not zero-sum
But oft times look the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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I believe the last person I shall ever see,
is you
—and you, me
I believe the last person I will ever know,
is you
—and you, me
I believe the last person I shall ever love,
is you
—and you,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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The greatest of men
he bled the truth,
his wounds for all to share
A symbol relived
a life unspoiled,
courage all too rare
The towering hawk
the thundering storm,
hailstones mark the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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There is an emptiness
between Hemingway’s words
A hollow sound
that slides off the page
The space creates distance
as the Old Man wanted
From the reader
and voyeurs of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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I’ve now started to dream
while being awake
Sleep no longer needed
to open the gate
The visions come clearly
the music I hear
My mind surrenders
looking back on the years
I’m fully aware
but entranced when they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 217 Views added 5 years ago
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As long as the wind blows
Poets will not be forgotten
Their words the breezes carry forth
—their thoughts to heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry is to be given away
and never ever sold
A gift beyond what time demands
—and wrapped in leaves of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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When time loses its hold
do you choose a new father
Free of place and all station
even freer from blame
Your mother is now
and your mother forever
But your father is a choice
much more than a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 268 Views added 5 years ago
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How now the vanishing wind…
The days are upon us
last season begins
All words are regifted
and placed into song
As time has now shifted
our last excuse gone
How now the suffering lies…
The light burns immortal
old visions... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 242 Views added 5 years ago
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The last door now open,
freedom’s been found
The air burns electric
the words different sounds
To fly unabated
with heavens consent
En masse celebration,
the god’s do relent
All feeling enraptured
new joy to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Being my number one fan,
I never waited for applause
Living within my own code
all reasons fixed on—just because
Being in charge of myself
the days flowed freely into years
Dying from living too hard
the past exposed—the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Up or down
forward or back
Polarity ends
in a panic attack
Start, stop
the stillness portends
The middle a wasteland
lost years of pretend
Before or after
in front or behind
Timing entraps
with the devil’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 229 Views added 5 years ago
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The night in riches
my vault again full
The words overflowing
old debts now annulled
The stillness a fortune
its quiet sublime
The meaning unmortgaged
—a poem... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The night a gift
though minus sleep
With dreams adrift
and words to keep
Blankness woven
connection spun
A poem born
—dark on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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A strange thing happens
once you’re as old as your heroes
The mystery less enchanting
the romance nearly gone
A stranger thing happens
when you outlive your heroes
The nuances shouting boldly
—permission now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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The only sin uncommitted
—is the one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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His funeral
unattended
His pallbearers
—the written word
His gravesite
an ashen memory
His legacy
—in futures... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Are you the hero of your own
dime novel
Are you the toy at the bottom
of the cracker jacks box
Are you the name on the wall
of the public bathroom
Are you the saline solution
they use to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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The warts are ugly
the wrinkles deep
The flesh now sagging
deprived of sleep
The eyesight failing
the hearing gone
But words still call
—from tomorrow’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Not like her,
And
Not like him,
And
Not like you
—I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Today a Poet needs to cast
a hook with many tines
To reel in those who’re lulled to sleep
with cautionary lines
These days a Poet needs an edge
much sharper than before
To cut through all the excess flesh
—that blocks the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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My window opens wider
as my focus narrows down
The words are now much richer
than what I used to think profound
The light brings joy and substance
filling corners deep and closed
Its breezes tinged with lilac
—all negatives... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Left on their own,
my words turn to prayer
Renewing my faith
—confirming You’re there
Spoken aloud,
they lodge in my soul
Warming my heart
—and keeping me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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The answer never welcome…
‘The Price Of Joy Is Pain’
A question forever mired
—in perpetual... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The words flock together
and stretch on the frame
Their meaning runs over
still wet from the pain
The canvas is porous
the easel maligned
The curtains blow outward
faces calling in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 213 Views added 5 years ago
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Was there ever a rebel
on the inside looking out
By definition he’s outside
—his legend to shout
The insurgent, his tactic
playing Russian Roulette
Holding the status quo hostage
—with fear and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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We are never
so afraid
As when frightening
ourselves
That face in the mirror,
the one that won’t leave
A shadow looming over
—eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get…
the closer I become to the things I can’t see
The older I get…
the more I’m amazed by the things that surround me
The older I get…
the longer the nights and the dreams that they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Darkness, the beginning path
spawns brightness at the end
Storm clouds over a troubled youth
division on the mend
Struggles, trials, and failures past
just fuel to keep you warm
Sagacity, the final truth
—eyes seeing through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Every book has a hundred messages
trying to get out
Every song has ten inside of it
waiting to sing loud
Every painting has a hidden image
fighting to be shown
And every poem has a secret voice
—dying to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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There are stages you run to
and from stages to hide
The performance of a lifetime
or the shame that will chide
There are actors in character
and actors on loan
One change in direction
—and all meaning has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The great American Songbook
whose words march off the page
Its music now a footnote
—to a century of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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The words were muddy
the feelings clear
The blues on fire
—the ending... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 5 years ago
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From the rock of ages
a pebble thrown
A thundering crash
—from David’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Sentenced wrongly
imprisoned well
The bars a fortress
—where voices... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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It’s hard to do the right thing
when fate calls your name out loud
Where not only the bad get punished
in its pursuit
The world has lost its way
along the path of least... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The hands of the thought
grab the tail of the feeling
All letters exploding,
a new comet takes flight
A cognitive power
an emotional flower
Forgotten when alone
—but together... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The book of Solomon
the Temple Mount
The ruler of winds
—time can’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 10 Views added 5 years ago
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No formula or numbers
as Albert had deigned
The greatest of mysteries
we share one domain
From outside he struggled
to bend back the truth
From inside I journey
its paradox loose
To him it was relative
to me more... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The breastfed future
stripped motherlode
The past untethered
—back on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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The chorus unleashed
all heavens refrain
The passion released
—again and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 13 Views added 5 years ago
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Switching to off,
the channel went dead
The music silent
inside my head
The repose of angels
dreams of a child
Respite from salvation
—just for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
left to devise
His future uncertain
a past once despised
Little Lord Fauntleroy
his choice lies within
To do unto others
or do unto him
Little Lord Fauntleroy,
escape from these... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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In the song of the antelope,
the Prince heard his Queen
Now locked in a convent,
her beauty unseen
The tower still distant,
its ramparts on guard
Just one point of entry
a hero’s reward
The mist in the valley
her prison... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 209 Views added 5 years ago
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The chest is open
—its treasure exposed
The jewels uncounted
—with riches... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 15 Views added 5 years ago
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Your passion unheard
—words turn to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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"A man’s true spirit can only be forged and replenished
—in the fire of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Leaving room
for the reader
to grow within
what you write
insures immortality
connecting your words
permanently to their
feelings
creating a home
where the meaning
—can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Art, the DMZ
between wishes and dreams
Escape for the traveler
—forgotten and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The sand was hot
as she came up behind me singing…
“You put the ‘Man’
back in Romance
“And I’ll put the ‘Lay’
back in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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The creative process
in a repressed spirit…
Its pressure a magnet
—attracting the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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The intrinsic beauty
of the present moment
Exploding our consciousness
rewriting the hymn
Outracing the words
to an epiphany of reflection
Outpacing all time
—absolution... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Get caught in the dialectic
before the day is late
Don’t wait for an invitation
as they slowly shut the gate
The wolf now dressed in spun wool
has broken from his cage
He hungers more for what we’ve lost
an ignorance of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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The progressive death knell sounded
—one final serpent to mount
With excuses now abandoned
—the dragon’s fire is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Using words to create feelings
not feelings to create words
The letters but a footprint
—along the path to being... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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Stop changing…
And you will come to
A most unsavory
Form of death
Neither here
Nor beyond
Your spirit trampled
—by a thundering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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The kingdom of knowledge
to its crown we are wed
Its light our betrothal
its heavens our bed
The words ever regal
trousseau not to beg
Thus will it be written
—thus will it be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get
the closer it seems
The past from the future
what’s real, to my dreams
The older I get
the deeper it feels
Distraction aborted
—all distance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Contentment has set in
all restlessness gone
The hour growing short
—the day forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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In the search for Crazy Horse,
I found myself
He freed my voice,
as he opened up my heart
Sharpening my words
like the tip of his lance
Leading me through the forest
back into the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Imperfection...
—the DNA within every art... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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How much is enough
to have it all
How deep is the well
where teardrops fall
How long is the parting
until lovers weep
How high is the price
—ourselves to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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I made myself a wastrel
an orphan of my choice
And severed all my family ties
in search of my own voice
I left without once looking back
the present straight ahead
The past redundant, future flawed
to butter my own... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Should God destroy a mountain
because you’re afraid of heights
Should the sun stay fixed forever
to keep away the night
Should the birds all sing in unison
drowning out the siren’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Basking in the glow
of what already happened
I wait for the explosion
—of that yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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A poem is never truly finished…
a song never finally sung
Words lay silent as yet unspoken
fresh voices—new races to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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I often walk a mile
to go just fifteen steps
I often write ten pages
for that line that dries and sets
I often talk a blue streak
hoping for one special word
And often love beyond my heart
—with grace sent from our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Lay your feelings out there,
put them on the line
Send your fear back down to hell
forever to remind
Evil in submission
darkness wrapped in fright
Its voice silenced with your words
—prisoner of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Nothing brings a conservative and liberal
together…
—like staring down the barrel of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Do I reach for understanding
or is knowing quite enough
Or deem then that important
if the difference smooth or rough
Do I understand a mountain
or the bear that lives... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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I’m tired of baiting
and tired of hating
I’m tired of winning
in a rained out inning
I’m tired of loving
when love’s not returned
I’m tired of crying
tears poisoned and spurned
I’m tired of reasons
excuses for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 254 Views added 5 years ago
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Life…
forever promising more
Death
—its own... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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I store you inside me
under a blanket of pearls
They lie strung together
as my history unfurls
Each one to unstring
when I need it the most
Your wisdom translucent
your memory my host
You loved me before
I ever knew who I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 240 Views added 5 years ago
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Regardless the battlefield,
one fight rages on
Regardless the outcome
—a warriors song
Regardless the politics,
the brave fight and die
Regardless the questioner
—blood telling no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Surrendering to love
—an imprisonment of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Do you have to do something
you loathe or then hate
To finance the thing
that you love
Do you plod to a tune
out of step and off key
To dance freely with what
comes from above
Do the moments you steal
and those stolen from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 187 Views added 5 years ago
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We do no favors
labeling genius
We do no favors
channeling the light
We do no favors
defining perfection
We do no favors
—questioning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Hope trumped last
a prisoner of death
A final capitulation
—devil’s ransom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get…
the more exclusive I become
with distant mountains to climb
The older I get…
the shorter the moods swing
and the longer I can laugh out loud
The older I get…
the more vivid the memory
of what we almost... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 219 Views added 5 years ago
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Is there a difference between
judgment and observation
Is there a difference between
opinion and introspection
Is there a difference between
atonement and damnation
Is the difference only in the words
—or is it something... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Love yourself first
before someone else will
Feelings vested, spirit rhymed
attraction distilled
Love yourself first
before someone else will
Your beauty self-reflected
—another’s heart to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Each new Poem a gift
as yet unwrapped
Its secrets lay hidden,
its flow untapped
Waiting for the author
to feel the pain
To seal the memory
—to wear the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 11 Views added 5 years ago
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The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
no reasons to find
No reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Beneath the cover of defeat,
final victory comes late
Sustained only by a will
—refusing to give... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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We’ve had forever to get it right
this religion we hold dear
But why the murder and ‘holy wars’
that underwrite our fear
We stand in judgment and wield belief
with weapons poorly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 5 years ago
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To die without rhythm
and bleed without rhyme
Each wish left unspoken
in coupling divine
New heartbeats unwritten
that call from within
Their cadence restructured
all verse—now a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Thinking more of your constituency
than they do of themselves…
—political... – by Self-Destruction | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Are those dimensional theories a trap
for what your mind will never understand
Does your spirit lay dormant and fallow
an alien within its own land
Does the math and the science betray you
with the numbers piled outside your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 197 Views added 5 years ago
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My days prolonged,
my nights were short
—my history caught between
Judgment coming
fast and swift
—to escape is then to dream
All time distorted
memory fried
—the past is but a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Good feelings or bad…
results the same
When a nerve is struck
to start the game
The words can soften
or strike with fear
Once through the surface
—the truth is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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Money and wealth
used to accompany class
Now more often than not,
it tends toward the crass
There used to be style
that went along with good luck
Now nouveau riche dogma
just passes the buck
The internet minions
and rappers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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No clock can lay claim
to the moment untimed
Though hands finely set
still a mystery divine
Each tick plays a cadence
to what is now past
But what of the future
its measure uncast
We plot and record it
hours, minutes, they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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To my home, the words take me
each calling by name
Tearing walls from around me
passion free, unrestrained
Their visions at midnight
have lulled me to sleep
Their message when troubled
my nightmare to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Cowardice and bravery
Not either/or
But different levels of…
Valor and shame
A swinging door
Whose facings change when swung
A foil to confound
The poets dream
With glory and disdain
Bravery and cowardice
Not zero-sum
—but often look the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Go to school,
and load your gun
The man is coming
the cradle shunned
Do your homework,
obey the rules
The exam’s been written
that dunce a fool
Go to school,
and stack the deck
Each grade a face card
full house... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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There’s a great luxury
in telling the truth
A richness verbatim
no lies to refute
A strength of conviction
beyond substance and style
Through the ages adopted
—veracity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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I’ve looked and watched
you turn away
Seeing things
you’ve long denied
I grabbed the lion
by his mane
Staring through
the devil’s eye
I bought
a one-way ticket
While never
looking... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Identity,
Born from a kernel of inheritance
Planted deep within a furrow of pain
Growing in the light of new discovery
Reseeding itself
—waiting for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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The notion of time
a potion sublime
A bottomless pit
the physicists fit
Today or tomorrow
the future or past
As your arms wrap around it
—your hands lose their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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Nobility,
in debt to all virtue
—on loan to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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How important is the music
to your verse
How important is the blood
in your veins
How important is the picture
to the words
How important…
let me ask you once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Tonight,
I was ready to die,
But death
Wasn’t ready for me
Tonight,
I was ready to die
From the past
And a future unseen
Tonight,
I was ready to die,
But the light
Of salvation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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The extravagance of leisure
—to have exploited spare time
Beyond the reach of my grandfathers
—beyond the joy and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Papa Blues
and Momma Jazz
But ain’t that baby
—Rock and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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You can take the verses with you,
but false riches stay unrhymed
With love as wings, to heaven brings
—your gold all left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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Being more than a woman…
your vision enraptured
making me more than a man
Being more than a woman…
my thoughts solely focus
doing all that I can
Being more than a woman…
my days are too long and
our nights are too... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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It’s a comedy of errors…
the clowns and actors inside
When for two millennia,
they served to amuse and abide
The patriots and righteous
once made all the laws
But now the Halls of Congress
by their presence are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 5 years ago
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At eighteen,
I was ninety percent body
and ten percent mind
…but over the years that trend has reversed
Now,
I’m ten percent body
and ninety percent mind
…whose biology Father Time chose to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 247 Views added 5 years ago
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Withdrawing from the Rat Race,
my fortune reappeared
The fog now gone, all clouds pulled back
—direction free and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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Not reliant on your approval,
I soared to the heavens
Not seeking your acceptance,
I burned past the brightest star
Not wanting anything from you,
I gave myself back to the beginning
In need of nothing
—the devil’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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The tragedy within the new
school of ‘thought’ ….
To know ‘about’ everything
—while knowing naught
Where universities foster
professorial demise
Poisoning the young
—with their fantasy and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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The better the words
formed
The meaner they
became
‘free and alive
and stirred from the bottom
‘hidden and denied
in moments of pain’
Taking on new life
they glare and they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Is God a deficiency in
our character or makeup
Do we fill in the vacuum with almighty
tales of beyond
Is the salvation we search for
there buried deep inside us
Do our sermons lay unwritten
—last devotional... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Those drunken nights and barroom fights
now seed my fallowed ground
Where women spurned and lovers churned
rule memory’s lost and found
Those wasted days and sleepless years
like wine have aged... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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For forty years I walked alone
and lived on borrowed time
And thought each year that came and went
would be my very last
The ending close as days rolled on
tomorrow left unrhymed
Caught looking back or then ahead
the moments never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Say it…
without overstating it
Mean it…
while feeling it more
Live it…
as a mantra then gifted
Transcend it…
on wings from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Is it first the
Music
And then the
Words
Or do the
Words
Come first?
Elton John says it
Works
Either way
Bob Dylan’s
Words create
The meaning
That Ray Charles
And
Jimi Hendrix
Explode
Is all timing
Real
Or just
Imagined?
Is the structure ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 234 Views added 5 years ago
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Wringing feelings
Like a sponge…
The words dripped down
From my lips
Onto the page
—staining my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
Conduit
Of the truth
Speaker
Of the almighty
Silence
Last synapse
Of a feeling
Lost
Nerve ending
Of a forgotten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Touching the sunrise,
immortality burned
Touching the sunrise,
infinity returned
Touching the sunrise
time left in the dark
Touching the sunrise
—eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 5 years ago
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Who invented the primordial kiss,
who embraced that first hug
Who was the first to say “I Love You”
—who had that first broken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Becoming totally involved
—while keeping your opinions to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 5 years ago
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Billy Blue
Billy Blue,
Your world’s a mess
There’s nothing new
Billy Blue
Billy Blue,
Your sheep are shorn
Your flower’s few
Billy Blue
Billy Blue,
Your time now warps
In shades of grey
Billy Blue
Billy Blue,
That choice you made
To run... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 5 years ago
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Tell a good story poorly
not a poor story well
Your current raging over
—all trough laden... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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Money…
an ungrateful heir
Disowning all memory
—with your ashes still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 5 years ago
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When grammar gets in the way
of the meaning
—lose the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 5 years ago
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I dreamed far into the distance
and found an ocean beyond the sand
With no beach around its borders
no surge upon the land
Its depths flow on forever
no beginning and no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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It’s better to let her…
keep those fancy shoes and bags
if she comes to bed each night
It’s better to let her…
have the house worn and ragged
if the trim stays fresh and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 210 Views added 5 years ago
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Blistering thunder
Cracking asunder
Craters form
High ground being torn
Its ledges are sharp
Concealed in the dark
The rain blows in gales
—ancient prophecy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 227 Views added 5 years ago
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What is the baseline
of your life?
How deep is the chord structure
of your meaning?
What is that riff that no raff
can destroy?
How long is your drum roll
—at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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The older I get
the louder the Muse does parade
The shorter the moment
the deeper her message invades
The older I get
distant voices filter and fade
With death on the fringes
—all focus recentered and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Belief in the end…
if truth be your cross
To break or to bend
veracity’s cost
Last judgment your own
hawks chase as doves fly
One choice to atone
—when free of all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Is there always one verse
you still have yet to write
And if not—what’s the point
of it all
Are you the repository of
all you have felt
Or the dealer and merchant
of lies
Are your thoughts tattooed onto
your immortal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 227 Views added 5 years ago
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Keeping emotion inside
the words go mute
Casting decision aside
each choice less acute
New feelings unbirthed
words fatherless stray
The future untold
—tomorrow,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Prose tells the story,
Poetry explodes the thought
Leading you into
—a dimension newly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 5 years ago
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Without there being
A God
I could never question
His existence
Through the power of
The question
Divinity shines
Do birds question?
Do apes question?
Do flowers question?
Only man questions…
—and only man knows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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To be loved but not liked…
the greatest curse of all
With joy in abeyance
so near—yet so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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I’ve never had a friend who didn’t hurt me,
I’m told that’s just the price of getting close
I’ve never had a friend to not desert me,
it’s always been the thing I hated... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 246 Views added 5 years ago
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At eighteen,
I thought that I could write my way to heaven
I’d waltz right in, announce my name, and sit
down on its throne
At twenty-five,
I sat in jail to rot in isolation
my freedom gone, my will deformed,
but worst of all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
the night has a thousand eyes
The music fades, past dance is done
the future’s siren cries
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
all prophecy would say
Your father deaf, your mother blind
bequeathed of both you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Once, I didn’t know
—but thought that I did
Now, I know
—but wish that I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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Poetry…
the marriage of raw emotion
—and unbridled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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Thick skin
Thin skin
Are they worn the same?
Praise yes
Blame less
Does any truth remain?
Thick skin
Thin skin
To open or to hide?
Reasons for
Excuses against
To laugh—or then to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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If music is a celebration
the Blues its hidden nest
As voices rise in jubilation
all souls by delta blessed
Its words reveal a joyous cover
its notes a mojo hymn
Old feelings hatched and beating low
—the Blues to spread its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 12 Views added 5 years ago
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A fair wind blows
into my soul
—its breath to steal my heart
In verses only
you can sing
—of love to never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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I loved you with a first love
no second love would ever replace
I loved you with a first love
that when lost was forever to ache
I loved you with a first love
when my words were fresh given and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 5 years ago
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Never giving it all
Never losing it all
False wisdom
From the voices of drought
Emptying my heart
With a soul left in parts
All promises
Vain wishes in doubt
But giving it all
New rain started to fall
My eyes opening up
From... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 213 Views added 5 years ago
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At what point…
does the fiction you’ve created become true
At what point…
do old lies make more sense than new truths
At what point…
do prevarication and veracity reframe
At what point…
do they come together—their message the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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It takes from your body
but steals from your spirit
Hope its main victim
—promised future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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Watching myself
Wanting you
Standing alone
—the end in view
Watching myself
Reach out through the pain
Lost shadow of night
—last tear in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Out of great struggle
comes even greater opportunity
Each threat being glue
and a tie that binds
With noble purpose
we define our highest calling
Freedom in our blood
—by our will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Forty-five caliber abstract
targets big and small
Bullseye in the mirror
memories recalled
Warning shots abandoned
prey now closing in
One last bullet chosen
—fired from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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I was not alive in 1910
yet things were pretty good
No sleepless nights or stomach aches
always understood
In the quiet calm a promise lay
a portent yet to come
And born I was despite myself
—now eighty years... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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The past doesn’t pass away quickly enough
with the future on the run
The present an echo between two lies
—as the moment never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 5 years ago
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What was created to expose
is now a fortress just to hide
A bastion of higher learning
within a haven safe for lies
Where discourse once was treasured
the ivy droops and sighs
With comfort their true measure,
the dilettantes still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Are the questions far better
than the answers?
Do they contain the possibility
that definition never will?
Is the magic of perception
open ended in wondering why?
Is the essence of life itself
beyond what words can ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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Compression ingestion
The world to implode
The numbers decreasing
—all resistance explodes
From diamond to carbon
Wheels spin in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill
—new millennium’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 14 Views added 5 years ago
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It’s not about technique
or style or genre
But something more…like a reflection
or memory once known
Its light coming through
a universe dark…undiscovered
Its message more a feeling than any genius
—or logic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 18 Views added 5 years ago
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Secrets keep us sick
as emotions run and hide
Perception dark and thick
the truth turned into lies
Secrets keep us sick
with denial center stage
Time bartered, the moment gone
—nothing left but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 5 years ago
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Truth is a title,
reason is a slave
Love is a mistress
forgiveness, bed unmade
The past for excuses
the future willed in vain
Memory still the master
—of what goes round... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Last night I received an invitation
to my own death….
Signed by my former self
witnessed by a past unspoken
Sealed with a memory
I had yet to live
And stamped by a future
—now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Your head turned away
but you needed to hear
Your memory in flames
and the truth very near
Your ears became deaf
as new words tried to form
Your fear an asylum
—where the past is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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The world that we escape to…
a thunder strike to come
That inner passing night train
the past and future run
An image once to blind you
now guiding through the maze
Temptation and redemption
twin catalysts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 229 Views added 5 years ago
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Do you live your whole life
in a partially filled space
Do you swear up and down
about reasons defaced
Do you sing in a choir
where the music has died
Do you brand all as liars
as your knots remain... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 5 years ago
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Literary Achilles
writer of the sword
Legions cry
chariots fly
—blood in every... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 17 Views added 5 years ago
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Crossing over
to what most would call good
My feelings inline
my words understood
No chair or wip
do the verses require
All teeth now removed
in fear of your ire
Crossing over
to what some would... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 235 Views added 5 years ago
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Things beyond description
Deemed poetic lay….
‘A golden oak
On an October day’
‘The perfect form
Of a cresting wave’
‘The laughter of toddlers
As they run and play’
‘A Mozart concerto
—in its timeless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 16 Views added 5 years ago
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A captive of his genius
And prisoner of his insight
The Jester played New York
Like a fiddler on the run
The truth always just a step
Ahead or behind his perception
The music caught in between
Like an opera singer’s pause for breath
‘The Times Were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 5 years ago
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Today is for the living
fate yet to take its toll
The reaper’s threats lie cold and bare
when not yet on his roll
Life belongs to those who bleed
with joy and pain redressed
The will to live—Your love to give
those things denied to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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His bravery inspired
a hero defiled
By one of his own
whose spirit disowned
All memory attacks
what never came back
‘from a war beyond
winning or losing’
The best of the best
too early to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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Is Poetics
a poem or a process
Is Love
a lover or romance
Is Art
a painting or a vision
Is Worship
a place or deliverance
Is Freedom
a word or a statement
Is Family
just blood that we share
Is Duty
an oath or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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As time unweaves,
its mask deceives
—to hide a bigger truth
The past and future
threaded strands
—to braid the hangman’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 5 years ago
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The power of the written word
the spoken word supreme
Ink to then commission
what only breath can glean
Soldiers line up back to back
letters ranked and filed
The command to march just given once
—its war chant loud and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Writing for tomorrow,
today is enhanced
Writing for tomorrow,
my mind and heart dance
Writing for tomorrow,
my place is affirmed
Writing for tomorrow,
my name is confirmed
Writing for tomorrow
the future reeled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 235 Views added 5 years ago
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The Devil’s Teapot
—a witches brew
Remembrance poured
in sorrows true
The Devil’s Teapot
bone china cracked
New leaks a bane
in virtue lacks
The Devil’s Teapot
it fills once more
With pain now forked
to stir... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 257 Views added 5 years ago
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More than being good or bad….
be of interest
Good and bad vanish with the prevailing wind
—but interest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 5 years ago
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A storm is coming,
the sky will cry
Each cloud a tissue,
old light to die
The gale once gone,
all hope renewed
From end to end,
the picture blue
The circle spins,
the cycle turns
What came before
must then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 5 years ago
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Throw away my legacy,
throw away my eyes
Throw away my hopes and dreams,
package them with lies
Throw away the reasons,
your excuses now to reign
But never throw away my voice
—to guide me through the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 5 years ago
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Concerned with self
birds in a row
Concerned with self
all droppings show
Concerned with self
the blindfold tight
Concerned with self
not day or night
Concerned with self
what’s real distorts
Concerned with self
my voice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 271 Views added 5 years ago
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The cusp of brilliance
can still be controlled
While genius can neither
be coaxed nor cajoled
Being still on the fringe
keeps one foot on dry land
But when totally immersed
—only God can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 5 years ago
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My walk each day
Takes me away
Where I can stray
My mind to play
Each trek it seems
Awakens dreams
And thoughts to be
—each footstep... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 5 years ago
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A novel can be written and detach
from its author
—but poetry... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 5 years ago
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Choking on its wealth…
America now suffers
The Acid Reflux
Of a life at ease
Suffering poor health…
A country now drifting
Into the coma of denial
—and no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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Only one thing calls out to heart, body,
and mind
Causing seas to part—where yourself you will
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 5 years ago
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We’ve redefined God
Into someone
Who fits
His image
Our vision
His vision
Inconvenient
Alongside things
That won’t let go
His message untimely
With bills to pay
And concrete goddesses
To which we pray
“a tail never tried to wag
a bigger dog”... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 246 Views added 5 years ago
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If we were young men
if we were strong
If we had fresh words
to add to our song
If we were soldiers
with war in our veins
If we were poets
our voices reclaimed
If we were lovers
of women that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 5 years ago
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The light burns brightest
at journeys end
“Radiant Epiphany
Seraph's descend”
Its blaze to enrapture
the love that you give
“Celestial applause
for a life well... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 5 years ago
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I’m now at the point
where I understand time
The ending in sight
all focus behind
I’m finally ready
to let it all go
The shackles unlocking
—one last thing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 5 years ago
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Standing for nothing….
falling for everything
Time becomes your master
each moment—zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 5 years ago
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Where intellect ends,
the spirit begins
Capstone reversing
—direction... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 5 years ago
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The one answer left to me
is captured in verse
Old roadmap destroyed
old play unrehearsed
The light becomes blocked
as it shines from without
Its story an old one
its warmth left in doubt
The road to this moment
paved over in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 279 Views added 5 years ago
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Longer than forever
much deeper than today
My heart to pass between
—love’s final wish to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 5 years ago
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I sold my soul
for new meter and rhyme
Trading salvation
for a thing greater still
The joyous embrace
of one hell damning phrase
Now immortal, perpetual
—fulfilled
I sold my soul
as the Devil... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 291 Views added 5 years ago
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Without there being a God,
we could never question his existence
Through the shadows of the interrogatory
divinity shines
Do apes question, do birds question,
do flowers question—Aquinas... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 5 years ago
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Severed madness….
the wounds bleed again
All stitches have broken
stains marking the end
Unsutured indemnity
ensuring your pain
All flesh now in enmity
—last bugler in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 5 years ago
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Nocturnal flower
In need of sleep
Your petals wilt
The count for sheep
New dawn unpromised
The die is cast
A croupier blocking
Sun’s setting mask
Through endless courtship
Dreams on the run
A jester whispers
Till sleep has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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Persuader inside me
dark sweetness cajoling
A talisman dangles
—the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 5 years ago
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Eat the dessert first,
balance be damned
The icing to start
—your cake to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 5 years ago
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Mountains are never as grave as the Sea,
great heights with all dangers exposed
But depths that lay sullen, undiscovered, and dark
hide a nightmare to sailors like... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 5 years ago
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The past cried out a dire warning
unlocking you from the moment
“History rules, the die is cast
—the future of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 5 years ago
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Bubbling up through the surface,
one truth leaches out
Like a word long forbidden,
oft whispered—it shouts
Rising up to the heavens,
its message proclaims
“The eruption has started,
redemption... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 5 years ago
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Physics and Philosophy come together
in what they are not
Cause and causation are different
in the absolute thought
The blocks can be built and ordered
over and over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 5 years ago
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Giving form to the structure
—my words are set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 5 years ago
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With one foot in the future
and one foot in the past
Eternity hangs between them
—its prescience first and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 5 years ago
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I caught the Muse having an affair….
with my banished and cursed darker side
I could hear them laughing inside me,
such lovemaking I cannot abide
A tryst most unwelcome though familiar,
my dreams left abandoned of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 5 years ago
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The merry-go-round of each day slipped away,
and memories were all that was left
Until the turning stopped and my spirit released,
set free, but to never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 5 years ago
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Staring into my own eyes,
I saw the Lord at last
All time as one, the parts now whole
no future and no past
Staring into my own eyes,
the light pulled me inside
And letting go, I felt the rush
—no more to question... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 5 years ago
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Intuition is to reason
as a black hole is to space
A cistern of discovery
—void of distance, time, and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 5 years ago
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Reason goes just so far it seems
—faith crossing every line
Hope the ticket to a better place
—enlightenment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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When you give the horse his rein
—it’s more about the chase than the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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The greater the question
the more futile the answer
Truth open ended
—opinion be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 5 years ago
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The cruelest thing about life
—is that it can be taken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 5 years ago
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Liking what things are supposed to be
instead of what they are
I spend my life in wondered lust
not near, yet so afar
Wishing the truth not what it was
but what it was meant to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 5 years ago
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My life has been folded over
at least a hundred times
With twilight comes exposure
and a reckoning sublime
Each crease a thing I’d never done
each fold a place I’d hide
Now one by one the truth unwraps
—my secrets open... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 5 years ago
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Trapped in time waves a banner
spelling ‘truth awaits’
But being first is the flag
—that flies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 5 years ago
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Your voice called out early
when I needed it most
And you turned me around
providing great hope
I was lost till you found me
from the heavens beyond
And the love that you sent
in my heart would grow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 200 Views added 5 years ago
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Old by the numbers
refusing to give in
dying younger than the years prescribed
All feigned adulthood
to others entrusted
refusing life’s final goodbye
The music now was the music then
with one great love to see
me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 5 years ago
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Did you wear your life out;
did you use it all up
—what are you saving it for
We’re all running headlong
toward a hole in the ground
—that the past and future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 323 Views added 5 years ago
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There is too much ancestry coursing my soul
to do me any real good
To live in a cave on a deserted island
my destiny best understood
Success once achieved is cast far aside
its burden to hamper my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 305 Views added 5 years ago
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Things Go From Bad To Worse”
the Second Law of Thermodynamics
“Spirit Is Not A Thing”
—the First Law of Eternal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 5 years ago
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With days becoming short
the light is growing dim
My eyes no longer search
this vow my final hymn
Its message splits the air
a flight with no return
The journey to within
—one final torch to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 123 Views added 6 years ago
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The music—my music
Gets better with age
Each sound calling out
A heartbeat
Every lyric
A memory fulfilled
The notes draw me inward
Remembering what was lost
With each rhythm
A new direction
In each harmony
—a promise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 6 years ago
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My mind is like a giant dresser
with thoughts and feelings stored
Some are for later and some for now
each in its own drawer
New thoughts are folded flat and crisp
but new feelings loosely... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 6 years ago
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If you live long enough
you can outgrow everything
even uncertainty and doubt
As the road fades behind you
and memories compress
giving you a final way out
Taking you into a magical land
between two worlds where you
float... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 6 years ago
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I stand and stare as my children tick
their message gifting time
The safe door open, movements alive
their beats sound off in rhyme
All hands revolve to point the way
and celebrate new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 6 years ago
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Can you ever make love
what you want it to be
Can a heart once broken
become whole at the end
Can the feelings you wished for
unleash and be free
Can the joy that alludes you
—with longing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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Time is speeding out of control
as life is slowing down
The minutes of my memory
lost hours going round
My eyelids close, the past on fire
last vestige still to find
One image flashes bright and clear
all darkness cast... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 301 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetic dyslexia
the words juxtapose
The meaning in crisis
where God only knows
Poetic dyslexia
all feelings collide
Emotions in conflict
—a verbal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 6 years ago
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Learning how to become yourself
the past and future grieve
Learning where the when begins
—a moments... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 6 years ago
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Like the hub of a wheel
reality turns
Each spoke a religion
a doctrine that churns
Christians and Buddhists
spread out to the rim
Jews and then Muslims
attached deep within
The wheel turns in circles
as spokes never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 6 years ago
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In a distended reality
the Buddhists were right,
but pointed they were wrong
A metaphor chosen
to soothe and delight,
but our choices a different song
Transcendent revelation
a spiritual ideal,
as today takes its pound of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 287 Views added 6 years ago
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You left me fifty years ago
but I still write to you today
Feeling those things that never age
as my thoughts have turned to gray
You walked out never looking back
and left me standing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 312 Views added 6 years ago
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My eyes overloaded
my tongue in duress
—I have to say I love you in a poem
Time of no consequence
my heart in distress
—as my pen becomes timeless and flowing
This moment is yours
its memory mine
—as the lines are unspoken but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 260 Views added 6 years ago
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Filling my words with music
the moment took off and flew
All heaven to await its arrival
the Angels and Sirens in view
Filling my words with song
their spirit released once again
The devil to cover his ears
—the past and future in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 6 years ago
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I like old people that look old
and young people that look young
Concepts that are original
laughter and fun
I like faces that show character
and faces that show hope
The wrinkles hard earned
youth and spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 271 Views added 6 years ago
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I had to push myself away
To get close enough to touch
Embracing the distance as my friend
So the truth could finally breathe
Creating space for words to form
And their syllables to grow
Reaching beyond by reaching inside
—as memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 6 years ago
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For others to appreciate
—but never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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My eyes were diverted
my mind taken back
Her presence upon me
her breath an attack
There’s no sense in running
with no place to hide
Although rare in the daylight
her message alive
My pen comes out quickly
and drawn like a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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There are types of young love
that must be broken apart
For either or both lovers
to survive
Like alcohol to the inferno
their temperature gets hotter
Until nothing is left to share
except scorched... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 283 Views added 6 years ago
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The price of success is
fame
A debt you can never
repay
A lien you can never
remove
A stain from the past
on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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The dreams of a soldier
lay dead on the ground
A warrior’s spirit
his enemy found
The battle once over
a new war to find
Though death be not imminent
—all sleep to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 6 years ago
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Michael attacked the music
but the melody struck back
Driving him deeper inside himself
behind the sequence and the mask
Silence was death unspoken
and one that only he could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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The artists only needed excuse
—an audience of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 6 years ago
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The naked epiphany
—visions only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 19 Views added 6 years ago
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Phraser
Of
Eternal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 6 years ago
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Real poets do not hide
behind ivy covered walls
But write within the maelstrom
—of those voices that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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People are afraid of what
they can’t understand
themselves most often assured
In the depths of their wandering
a voice cries out
a voice too close to ignore
People will bolt from that thing
that pursues
that thing that augurs to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 277 Views added 6 years ago
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Turning his eyes inward
his heart let out a sigh
And then with one last fleeting glance
he bid the past goodbye
What’s gone left undetermined
the future not to be
The moment praying faithfully
and down on bended... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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Never trying to cheat the reader,
my words stay plain and few
The road direct, horizon vast,
as truth comes into view
Each word unclaimed, a promise kept,
the wait your reasoned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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My head is neatly organized
my heart on fire again
Thoughts escaping, love unleashed
emotion teared and stained
All conflict over—fate in charge
direction hard and fast
As Venus leads beyond the sun
Apollo in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 6 years ago
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Dreams,
radiant jewels of wishes and hope
Faceted light
—of what tomorrow may... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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Aging like wine,
the phrases they flow
Their vintage in rhyme
—forever to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 6 years ago
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Where do dreams go
once you’ve dreamt them
Where do feelings go
once you’ve felt them
Where does pain go
once you’ve suffered it all
Where do memories go
—once you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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A walking contradiction
like all those who bleed
‘My heart headed one way
my mind in the lead’
‘My mind headed one way
my heart in the lead’
A tale of two visions
—the truth in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 6 years ago
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Art….
immortality's window
—to open or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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There’s a wildness to a city
that wilderness doesn’t have
In closeness—an isolation
as tenants stalk their paths
The repetition of wanton avarice
pits dog and dog upon dog
The knife edge of the skyscrapers
cutting the residents into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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Did you find the exact life you wished for,
do you have the money you craved
Did you find they were not the same at all
once that final purchase was made
Are you feeling nothing but emptiness
sitting here disillusioned and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 288 Views added 6 years ago
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When did the global depression
begin
When did the leaves start to
wither and fall
When did the answers start questioning
themselves
When did the love vanish that springtime
recalls
Now, every method begets nothing
but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 291 Views added 6 years ago
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To live inside
your laughter
To your hearts
will I belong
To write each hope
eternal
As all wishes
turn to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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How do I exit gracefully,
how do I end it all
Can I rewrite the terms again
before the final fall
The kids now counting every day
the moments still all mine
The days and weeks of years gone by
a measure now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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A ray of warm sunshine
—sparkling delight
An arrival so blessed
on wings of a sprite
Its music plays silent
from distant to near
Springtime is calling
—the meadow so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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If I don’t first have your eyes,
will I ever have your ears
If I don’t first have your mind,
will I ever have your heart
If I don’t first have your eyes,
will I ever have your ears
If I don’t first hold you far,
—will I ever hold you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 6 years ago
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No matter how much
you bandage a lie
The truth bleeds
—through and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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Taking a last breath inside
the final moment
All perception at once
inhaled
—never to be released... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Was that dollar Sunday morning
a twenty Saturday night
Is that empty bottle you can barely see
the excuse that started the fight
Is that torn and tattered jacket
what was once your Sunday... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Inspiration is always there
just reach inside—embrace it
All time on hold, new lines to share
the moment lives iconic
Words are formed by sweat and tears
not deemed or willed upon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Not grabbing
but reaching
Not pushing
but pulling
Not telling
but listening
Not beginning
or done
Not mad
but then joyful
Not sad
but then hopeful
Not before
or then after
In this present
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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I've walked at a peculiar
angle
As I've laughed at peculiar
circumstances
I've aged in the most peculiar
of vacuums
And went on to love in the most
normal of ways
I've worked in a spirit
of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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Each word cutting through
ten pounds of flesh….
The Muse
—killing me with her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetry’s sacred
prose not so much
One to be read
the other to touch
The verse spoken freely
in a nighttime array
Phrases more conjured
to outlive the day
The medicinal magic
that hides in each... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 6 years ago
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If I could be of simple mind
and simple faith
And hold your love within my heart
for just an hour
On bended knees my arms would raise
toward heaven’s gate
Like petals reaching out
—from a morning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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You can take away health,
you can take away riches,
you can take my ability to see
But it will only cause me to feel
you more
—as I cry from bended... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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I’ve always been good at making an entrance
never choosing to stay
I’ve always been good at passing through
most often forgetting the day
I bypassed adulthood, becoming a child
as your legions mocked and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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Poor in stock but rich in spirit,
my clock does bow and sway
In rags and tatters all unstitched,
with joy do I still pray
My flesh is weak, my home now burnt
just embers to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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I was twenty,
and you were nineteen
that day along the mall
When I heard a guitar
from deep inside
that round auditorium hall
Up on stage with legends
Son House, Muddy,
Johnny Winter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 6 years ago
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Where science ends
poetry begins
The wonder of it all
—questioned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 6 years ago
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Silence often defines the verse
its music between the notes
The freedom to breathe, the moment to grow
fertility bespoke
Space may be perfect with nothing penned
to fill or then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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Do you need to open your eyes
to see?
Do you need to have the words spoken
to hear?
Do you need to pierce beneath the skin
to feel?
Do you need to first understand
—to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Using words
only borrowed
—but not owned
Wearing clothes
stolen from a Mime
—not my own
I placed a token
metaphor
inside a pictureless frame
Giving you everything
but love
—time and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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If you can take your own
breath away
—and then the breath of others
You will live in a world of
magic and dreams
—with the shortest pathway... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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Are those thoughts you put in
what I once valued more
Or would what I put out
be the end winning score
Did I need your ears
for my voice to become whole
Or would I rather them deafened
words deep in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 288 Views added 6 years ago
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All males undone
by the Lady Son
The trumpets blared
her fire
An Earl first came
her wrath unchained
To Charles
her heart aspired
All kingdom come
to face Lady Son
But to hell
their souls were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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I was walking in March
when from under the snow
—Spring reached up and grabbed me
In my path was a stem
pointing up from below
—a lone daffodil reaching toward... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 294 Views added 6 years ago
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I’m covered in dirt,
but my words are still clean
A vision half dried
with stains running deep
With sinners and saints
arm in arm at the bar
Each infection we share
tonight’s hookup and score
Meaningless excuses
all scandal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 291 Views added 6 years ago
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Has your violence
taken you to places
I’ve not been
Or driven you
to things
I’ve not seen
Was your soul
mired in conflict
once raised from the dead
Were your walls
built to fortify
excuses and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 20 Views added 6 years ago
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It comes like
Seems like
Feels like
And speaks like
—a dream
That maybe
This instant
For once
And forever
—can mean
That yesterday
And tomorrow
Break ties
With the now
—and then free
The future
And past
From the
Present
—this moment to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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Chasing my thirst into the
desert at night,
Otis Redding was right….
“You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry”
And marrying the wrong woman
for the second time,
Smokey Robinson was right….
“You better shop... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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When is ‘Almost Good Enough’
never good enough?
When is ‘Clearly Not Enough’
an ounce more than enough?
When is ‘Almost What You Need’
the most you’ll ever have?
When is ‘It’s Not Only That’
the only thing that’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 6 years ago
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I’m a Poet….
don’t try to trap me with words
or with logic you don’t understand
With your barrister’s training
you’re out of your league
this arena beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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I keep my verse in a chest of drawers
each one so very different
Some words for summer, some for winter
and some then most intemperate
I keep the best one’s locked away
for those times when you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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Riding into the moment
with pen ablaze
past-future on the hunt
Fear taking a seat
across the fire
begging for what it wants
The bugles blow
all lights go out
—twin enemies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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Twilight fell onto my
windowsill
Demon fire in full
retreat
The stars above
glowing pulls on a rug
Woven deep into the blackness
I sleep
Days grip is unchained
the cantor sings as he prays
As St. Michael cries
THE SERPENT... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 291 Views added 6 years ago
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A warrior’s tears
blood from above
His fury unleashed
in a most perfect love
Though few understand it
a life heaven loaned
Dying immortal
—to be welcomed back... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Is your pen fully loaded,
is the piston pulled back
Are the words of high-caliber,
is your target intact
Does intention self load,
does conviction re-sight
Will the ink run like blood
—when you fire in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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If you live long enough
it all unravels
From the first thing
to the last
If you reach far enough
your spirit travels
Beyond the answers
and questions asked
If you wait long enough
the seasons meld
Snow and flowers together
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 268 Views added 6 years ago
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Blindly spending the
bulk
Of my temporal
capital
Hourly deficits
started to climb
And piled into
notes
I will never
repay
Stored in vaults
that I’ll never find
Words lay
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 255 Views added 6 years ago
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Unadulterated and pure
the thoughts left my mind
Untrained and unschooled
no restrictions to bind
The page below virgin
as I wear out my pen
A literary wanderer
—starting over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 6 years ago
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You can’t
Or you won’t,
The result is the same
The difference
Decision,
And it’s yours once again
You can’t or you won’t
Grandest excuse
Of the small
When you won’t
Then you can’t,
And the won’t, worst of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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To write poetry on the battlefield
is to write poetry from the heart
Words to cover the scars and wounds
grief peeling back like bark
Each verse fired like a rifle
with bayonet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 6 years ago
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The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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Giving in to the writing
all else went to hell
The bills stayed unpaid
one room left to dwell
Giving in to the writing
I rolled the last dice
Two dots facing upward
—and paying the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 145 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing my way into eternity,
I chose one word at a time
Doing my best to avoid modernity
with rhythm and often rhyme
Staying true to all my senses
shunning the critic and praiser... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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Like clubs inside my golf bag
each verse a different face
Some to drive straight down the course
others lift and then embrace
My swing is then adjusted
as words take off and fly
And landing safe beyond the trap
—to make the devil... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Often accused of abusing the words,
I stand guilty here as charged
Their purpose to serve my feelings unnerved,
when into the darkness I bard
Used as a shield, my will not to yield
their ink splattered blood stains... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 287 Views added 6 years ago
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Everyone listened, but nobody talked,
as the Vicar rode on by
His horse an old swayback, loaded with bibles
stove hat pointing up toward the sky
Everyone listened, but nobody smiled,
as the Vicar stormed and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 26 Views added 6 years ago
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If you knew the words were killing you,
would you choose then not to write
Would more calendar days still left to live
make up for the darkness and blight
Would the time by days now measured
equal those countless moments... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 296 Views added 6 years ago
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Looking over the edge
of an emotional cliff
I saw new feelings
for the very first time
Crying out from the back
of a Seraph’s wings
They were begging for me
to climb on
Promising a flight above
reason and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 273 Views added 6 years ago
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A late night deposit
from my spirit to my soul
A transfer without interest
its currency stole
The main door won’t open,
the drive-thru is dark
One last check to write
with my chariot... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 304 Views added 6 years ago
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Public exposure….
part of the game
Open disclosure….
paid for with pain
A window through time
opened once and then closed
Immortality’s portal
—the minefield you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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There’s safety in rhythm
salvation in rhyme
Truth in the format
a structure sublime
To children and sages
their message rings true
And down through the ages
—speaks loudest to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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The visionary dies,
but the image remains
To that we are faithful,
to that which sustains
The Poet is gone,
but his words are reborn
In the hearts of the needy
—those once left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetic psychiatry,
the now proven way
Much cheaper and faster
once here—then to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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The chances I take
transfigure my brain
The harm and the risk
metaphysically the same
They rush through my spirit
all fear on the run
Transformation now total
—the cost... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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Old men making deals
the young taking bullets
Politicians to steal
no one to prevent it
Athletes and rappers
sit on the throne
Parents and teachers
their message disowned
Freedom on trial
both inside and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 24 Views added 6 years ago
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The words in the melody
the words on the page
Related but different
the Minstrel and Sage
The music recaptures
what ink only starts
As harmony sings
from an angelic heart
A phrase and a lyric
as cousins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 310 Views added 6 years ago
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Like fence posts in the heavy snow,
I leave the past behind
And walk a line toward morning
and tomorrow
Each post a buried symbol
of a choice I failed to make
Its wire torn
and hanging in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 292 Views added 6 years ago
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Always in rhythm
quite often in rhyme
The verses hold constant
Lords over time
A perpetual beginning
the perpetual end
Their structure intones
—what the meaning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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Walking around a
Mythical town
That doesn’t exist
Looking for what
I would never find
I trod those same streets
That I had been down
In my dreams before
The sky barren
Except for the sound
Of the exodus
Of wings
Hovering over people
All moving... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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I’ve left it on rock ledges
in elevators and bars
Taxicabs, backpacks,
motorcycles near and far
It’s laid on the Great Wall,
as I started to walk away
And fell out of the raft
in Wyoming that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 277 Views added 6 years ago
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I met him on a summer’s day,
when life seemed very far away
A home once mine when as a boy,
I’d lived and loved and searched for joy
Twas taken cruelly from my grasp,
the black sheep son, now left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 6 years ago
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There once was a time when women could cook
and men knew how to dance
Education was by the book
no fuzzy math or creative finance
Parents visited their own parent’s homes,
as the grandchildren came... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 6 years ago
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Each day moving forward
—plus one looking back
Every new morning
—offering all that I lack
Night brings new cover
—the stars peeking through
These moments a gift
—as I spend them with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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To some
reality comes early,
to others
it comes late
The lucky
get a pass,
where the facts of life
will wait
With truth
backed in the corner,
and fantasy now
to reign
No love
to go asunder,
no past relived
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetic verse, to praise or curse,
its edge to save or wound
Now less than dear, on fewer ears,
whose silence will entomb
A finer point, the words anoint,
when fired both straight and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 6 years ago
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Stop trying to be clever,
and try to be smart
The coyote said
to the fox
The hunters are coming,
the bounty’s been offered
Their traps are all baited
and boxed
Stop trying to be clever,
and try to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 305 Views added 6 years ago
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Poet….
Lone Wolf of the spoken word
Crouching in darkness
—one verse in the herd
Stalking his prey
far into the night
Attacking with feeling
—that forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Our years are fated….
Maria’s allotment was short
But no less special,
Each minute becoming pregnant
With what time would not allow,
Each new hour
Becoming the measuring stick
Of what would never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 280 Views added 6 years ago
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Holding myself emotional hostage,
no ransom note was sent
No picture of the victim
no feeling sold or lent
Locking my heart away for good
ice forming by degree
All pain inflicted on myself
—love in the deepest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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Escaping into verse,
the base of the tower rumbled,
the ground beneath was shaken
with new cracks inside its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 21 Views added 6 years ago
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Sermon to the choir….
the writers group sat motionless
with their heads down
Sermon to the choir….
they listened for their instructor
to announce—“your time starts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 294 Views added 6 years ago
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You no longer need any help from me,
your path is free and clear
The mantle handed off, baton passed,
my position in the rear
You don’t really need to ask my advice,
but I’m thrilled each time you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 6 years ago
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Returning to what was,
the past became death
All time in the coffin,
—eternity at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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Those living in Harlem
want to live in Midtown
The people in Midtown
the Upper West Side
The Upper West Side on
the Long Island Shore
The Long Island Shore
in Aspen or Vail
Aspen or Vail
to the beaches in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Standing on the wrong side of the platform
waiting for the train
Remembering the mistakes I made
but not the reasons why
Listening for the truth beyond the excuse
feeling what my thoughts would never allow
I boarded in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 309 Views added 6 years ago
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I captain the words to suit my mood
to curse or then to pray
And document those things I feel
to others then to say
I choose each verb and noun with care
and place them side by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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The music stepped aside,
as the words cut in to dance
Painting the floor red
in lettered steps of eternity
To a song now consonant
in verses of celebration
Thoughts and feelings remarry
—in patterns of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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Deep into the night of the harrowing dawn,
old voices went astray
And fast on the morning of no return,
final judgment came to stay
Crashing like a wave was the prophet’s voice,
this time not to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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Long before the clocks ticked,
the garden was burning
The law had been laid down,
only the animals ran free
Long before the clocks ticked,
two lovers were yearning
The power, the struggle
—the lust to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 6 years ago
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From silver to golden,
the years marched along
As language emboldened
its words into song
The grey of my twilight
a welcome relief
All reasoned excuses
now another’s belief
As the winds through the canyon
blow the valley to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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A vicarious metaphor
—the writer’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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We have nothing to agree about,
there is no common ground
You clinging hard to all excuse
and me to reasons found
Thirty-five years and nothing’s changed,
as you relive the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 287 Views added 6 years ago
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A Poet with nothing
left to say
On bended knees
gets down to pray
Belief on hold,
his memory churns
Sleep comes hard
dreams toss and turn
A new starvation
fatal thirst
This deprivation
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 298 Views added 6 years ago
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Love On Display
You come to the Lord
in only one way
On wings of forgiveness
—love on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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Beyond academia
its cause and effect
Lies a power inherent
above judgment and theft
Atop its ivory tower
and smothering vine
Consensus is trembling
—with truth on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Stackable living
hackable lives
On top of each other
like bees in a hive
Inside a box
hard corners to know
A neighbor above
a neighbor below
Stackable moments
fractional lies
The walls serve two masters
invasion... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 6 years ago
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Refusing to fight the major war,
the war based on principles,
the one we can win
We’re forced to fight a never-ending series
of political wars….
ones that we can only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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Can you paint without color,
can you think without language
Can you dance without music
—can you love without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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We breathe the same air
and split the same bed
We share a last name
in silent lament
The children are out
new grandchildren named
But frozen emotion
has left us both lame
The sins of the one
to the other are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 274 Views added 6 years ago
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It’s two hours before dawn,
and I’ve slept through the night
The rarest occurrence,
but her footsteps come light
She let me sleep soundly,
and she let me dream free
Before entering my bedroom
and calling to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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I saw the end
in the beginning
at the beginning
of the end
I wrote the final chapter
before the preface
with nothing left
to send
I walked 1000 miles
before sitting down
then walked 1000 miles
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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She wrote into my dreams
the first line of a nightmare
And I can no longer sleep
in fear of the next line
She ran away with all hope
that one line to haunt me
Each new second an hour
—in this prison called... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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I said goodbye today….
saying for months
what I’d been trying to say
Alone in the throng
staring down at the hole
they had laid you upon
I remember
the laughter
and the joy that we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 6 years ago
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My youth and virility
left behind
The future-past
now so unkind
All laughter dormant,
children gone
The days too short,
the nights too long
But words stay with me
always will
Through light and dark
inscription... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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Feeding hope to the flame
fodder to the mystery
Light unto the darkness
—life begins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 6 years ago
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I hitchhiked up to Limbo
to await that final toll
But lost my way when Siren’s called
which led me to the shoals
My thumb went back inside my palm,
their voices soft and low
No closer to those pearly gates
—this darkened... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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Fame means part of you
Maybe all of you
Belongs to someone else
Someone vicarious in their intent
Insatiable given their adulation
Proprietary,
Eschewing personal risk or harm
Watching from the comfort
Of either praise or blame
They claim your soul... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 313 Views added 6 years ago
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Escaping into tomorrow,
while running from today
The wolf gives chase, my memories flee
—the past to howl and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 6 years ago
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Folding the past
inside the present
Rolling the future in layers
of perpetual time
Escaping from one then the other
leaving all three in simulation
A dancer shrouded in mystery
—all things forever at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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I’m on my fourth lifeline,
how about you?
The first three pre-owned,
the current one new
This one seems fleeting,
which gives me concern
My freezer now empty,
no steaks left to burn?
The first one was blissful,
the second had... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 6 years ago
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Heaven leaks truth
to writers who thirst
The drip of each word,
filling line after line
All meaning distills,
when the words press together
The pages a vineyard
—as water becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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Training the enemy within,
universities soldier on
Unchecked and unaccountable
They march to the beat of the
government drum
Tearing us apart from the inside
While Rome burns
—and Legionnaires... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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When one man is cut
—every man starts to bleed
When one man is healed
—all men become as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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Living along the ledges,
life is about the edges
The meaning sharpens and cuts
—the higher you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Peasant bread to feed the masses,
millers stone between the classes
Grovel here and grovel there,
crumbs for beggars—no meat to share
Caught inside the rising dough,
leavened voices cry out... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 370 Views added 6 years ago
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Until last night I had never been alone,
never bereft of sleep
Until last night I had never been afraid,
never afraid to dream
Until last night my thoughts were in stone,
indecision a foreigner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 287 Views added 6 years ago
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I rode the emotion like a horse
until the shoes fell off one by one
Leaving me silent and alone
A horseless prophet on the raging sands
—desperately trying to harness the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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Do they only get dressed
for those formal affairs
Are your words clothed in rags
when no one else seems to care
Awaiting an invitation,
do the hours seem long
Your verse patent leather
set to dance to a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 301 Views added 6 years ago
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The answers deceive
The questions stand
The dancers leave
To track the sand
Round robin conspiracy
Threatens us all
The letters all lower case
The finality TALL
Butting my head
Inside of the line
Where does it end, Father
Maybe this time
The black... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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Simple words
and deeper meanings
Softer thoughts
and harder leanings
Letters line up
straight and true
But often they bring
something new
Simple words
and deeper meanings
Icebergs melt,
the flow still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 6 years ago
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I came to your hospice,
I came here to die
I came for my family
a final goodbye
I broke that one promise,
I most wanted to keep
Alone on my mountain,
no mourners to weep
The doctors and nurses,
they prod and they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 6 years ago
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College student….
Devils notion
—hiding among the words
Dilettante king
Dilettante queen
—safe within the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Lost in the rambling,
found in the writing
The words in the whisky,
depravity’s eye
The story of one,
a gift from the other
Released from tomorrow
—last ghost now set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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Like a vase containing flowers,
a writer becomes a vessel for words
Beyond seconds, minutes, and hours,
displaying lines set to bloom in what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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To be undiscovered is to
keep working
—the greatest gift of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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The dim view of confinement
—the weakest look of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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I write for me,
and not for you
The world I see
—this inner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 6 years ago
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Never thinking about you,
I think about us
Never thinking about then,
I think about now
Never thinking about blame,
I think about loss
Never thinking about you
—I think about... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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Endowed with words,
I run to the page
Hoping my pen
can be found
Keeping them alive, I’ve
yet to inscribe
Their voices seep and drip
to the ground
Left waiting inside
my hand starts to write
As the ink begins to flow
lines... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 275 Views added 6 years ago
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That left undone while living,
a bedside chat won’t cure
Death coming fast, the first now last,
the closing of the door
With wounds unbled, in unmade beds,
lay prisoners of time
Good wishes die, no last goodbye
—intentions left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 32 Views added 6 years ago
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One verse with many rhymes,
one bell with many chimes
One direction with many charts,
one blood with many hearts
One journey with many stops,
one timer with many clocks
One horizon with many shores,
one boat with many... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 317 Views added 6 years ago
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You can’t reinvent
the future
You can’t reinvent
the past
You can only reinvent
the present
The choice upon you
—choose at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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Sometimes the words mean what they say,
and sometimes they don’t
Sometimes the feelings rot and decay,
and sometimes they won’t
Sometimes the vision is based on your sight,
and sometimes it’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 6 years ago
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This morning I woke up
and was already dead
Words shrouding my body,
new verse in my head
I start to count backwards,
all time in reverse
The music still playing,
new song unrehearsed
This morning I woke up
to the end of it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 289 Views added 6 years ago
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My body aged—my spirit saged,
all time a fading lie
My wishes getting younger,
a bigger piece of sky
My body died—the world revived,
different than before
My spirit free to roam at last,
and fly forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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Unschooled, undisciplined,
my spirit forged on
Past theory and dogma,
past anthem and song
A serendipitous storm,
thoughts, feelings, unshared
All masking together,
—with just one to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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Did you build that open portal,
one to leave upon
One that takes you back inside,
one that plays your songs
Will your exit be an entry,
to that place you’ve always been
Will tomorrow be the past in drag
—as you shed that final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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I was there for the sweet spots,
you for all other times
I basked in its glory,
while your sun cast the shine
I avoided attachment,
as you rooted our tree
And in sorrowful guilt
—remorseful I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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Are we better than we need to be,
where does the overage go
Does it store and recycle, to be on call,
or is it something that nobody knows
In our quest for perfection, humanity cries,
as passion like tinder is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 296 Views added 6 years ago
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Did you dodge the bullet,
but not its intent
Is the ocean now calm,
as the storm reinvents
Have feelings rehardened,
with blood on the stone
Back to back with yourself,
—all escape you’ve... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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Do you avoid the give and take,
are you afraid to cut the cake
With hope now gone, one wish is left,
the present strong—all else bereft
Are you afraid of yes and no,
to middle ground do you still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 323 Views added 6 years ago
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Every poem I write,
my heart dreams of a song
A composer to finish,
so these lyrics belong
If I can’t breathe in and sing,
as it calls out my name
The lines stay on the paper
—feelings never the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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If we let them in,
serendipity drops
If we keep them out,
our heritage stops
With open arms,
to deal from the heart
Or dreams are crushed,
—and cast in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 6 years ago
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Dying in anticipation,
the morning never came
Rising out of sublimation
—the end begins... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 29 Views added 6 years ago
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Having too much respect
for the language
Trying never to get cute
with the words
Being too much in debt
to the feelings
Writing only what was given
—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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You flew in on a
wish
And left on a broken
dream
Bringing what I never
wanted
Taking what I never
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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When the world becomes heavy,
take it inside
When the waves breach the levee,
take it inside
When she just won’t stop asking,
take it inside
When a friend is unmasking,
take it inside
When the children have gone,
take it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 6 years ago
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Last thing to hold on to
Last thing to belong to
Frayed lifeline to the temple
—clogged artery that slows
Last thing to hold on to
Last thing to belong to
As wings expand, freedom calls
—finally letting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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It’s not the money,
and it’s not the fame
The great gift of life
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 28 Views added 6 years ago
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Anticipation,
the moment is near
Wishes have settled
—all vision is clear
Anticipation,
your truth ever glows
To light with desire
—this present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 6 years ago
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With no respect for labels,
dead branches on a tree
Refusing thrice to do the dance,
a worthless reverie
Rejecting their consensus,
all singing to the choir
Each word anew I write in blood
—whose truth I do... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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Hosting my own cocktail party,
I feel as when a child
Looking up, again I’m lost,
among adults wearing smiles
I pour the drinks and carry trays,
and laugh at the right times
But still feel small and unattached
—my bartered youth in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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Counting spaces between the notes,
the music came alive
The melody deepened, the band on fire,
all bees have left the hive
Breathing in one fast refrain,
my lungs too full to stop
An Angel melts his pearl baton,
the Sirens blazing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 300 Views added 6 years ago
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Dreams upon the pyre,
oil of Satan’s lamp
Love consumed by fire,
—ashes cold and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 6 years ago
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One last poem in the waning light,
one last poem I’ve yet to write
One last poem to end it all,
one last poem the future calls
One last poem the past repeats,
one last poem tomorrow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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Did the choices you made
scatter bodies behind you
Did you block out the light
leaving others in the cold
Did you take your half
out of eternity’s middle
Did the promises you made
—become the legacy you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 30 Views added 6 years ago
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The light in the window,
candle in the hall
The torch in the jungle
all beacons that call
That voice in the distance,
the one just next door
The whisper screams loudest,
when heard from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 303 Views added 6 years ago
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What strips away
often more important
—than what we chase
What we discard
often the magic
—in winning the race
What we forgive
often the difference
—between joy and pain
And what we love
God's given key
—to a life... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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Logic and
Mysticism
Connect
When knowledge
Becomes
The absence of
Self
A man in the
End
Says one
Final
Goodbye
As birth and
Death
Fade
—to nothing at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 6 years ago
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Holding on to a memory
Holding on to a dream
Holding on ever tighter
Holding on—holding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 22 Views added 6 years ago
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Looking forward,
looking back
Both now futile,
both distract
Past and future,
which to blame
This moments truth
—the only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 27 Views added 6 years ago
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Sleeping in the open air,
reconstitutes my soul
Walking through an empty space,
my spirit free to roll
Looking once but hearing twice,
each calling from above
Seeing clearly deep within,
—new messages of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 243 Views added 6 years ago
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My currency, my letters,
my legacy, their toll
Inscribed within the moment
—perpetually... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 23 Views added 6 years ago
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At nineteen,
I wanted to live in Colorado
Till that first weekend I spent
in Cheyenne
At twenty-five
I wanted to live in Montana
Leaving Yellowstone,
as Glacier took my hand
At thirty,
I wanted to live in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 293 Views added 6 years ago
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A twelve year old boy
stands covered in ‘mud’
What the plasterers call
cement
His Grandfather came
and offered a job
For each hour,
he’d pay fifty cents
The buckets were heavy,
the scaffolding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 337 Views added 6 years ago
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Granting myself permission,
I advanced into the sun
The rays now scorching by me,
this journey zero-sum
Racing toward the present,
all chains come flying off
Into a first beginning
—my dreams and wishes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 6 years ago
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As a walker,
I like pavement
As a traveler,
open space
As a thinker,
I prefer logic
As a mystic,
only grace
A conflict sure,
all age foretells
My soul,
this state decries
The answer dearest
to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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Playing in the front window
of your affection
My love became a storefront
for all to see
Displaying what my heart
had kept well hidden
Priced to sell, and tagged
—on sale for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 6 years ago
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Sleeping alone,
the wrath of the Muse upon me
Chilled to the bone,
her deadly silence enwrapped me
From deep in the night,
a stern warning then came
“Your pen is your phallus,
—my right to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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Under each new leaf,
I was offered love
As her face
then changed again
“Please stay, don’t go,”
she pleaded dear
As boredom
then set in
The names have gone,
the memories stay
The guilt,
my stone to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 36 Views added 6 years ago
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I wish for tomorrow,
as today slips away
Each moment more precious,
the end drawing near
I pray for myself,
in spite of myself
Hoping God is still listening
—my soul a deaf... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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Words pulling apart
Feelings smashed to bits
Memory on the run
Meaning cast adrift
Days repeat in darkness
Lonely with the dawn
Echoes haunt my musing
—nights forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 31 Views added 6 years ago
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If not of this moment,
then what other time
If not of this moment,
your music in mime
If not of this moment,
whose sun brightly shines
If not of this moment
—your search... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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My conviction
—my pen
My blood
is my ink
My spirit
my foundation
My faith
is my link
My love
is the cradle
Where tomorrow
is born
My belief
my transcendence
In this present
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 6 years ago
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Twilight,
Day surrendering
Light into
Submission,
Taking a knee
Before the night,
Entrusting its
Future
To a darkness
Unknown,
Waiting in the cold
—for dawn to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 6 years ago
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The body borrowed,
the soul to lend
The clock runs quickly,
each click portends
The choices wagered,
the chips they fall
The sins if proffered,
a last downfall
Your memory staggered,
the past in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 337 Views added 6 years ago
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If you’re losing you’re winning,
the path leads one way
The steps to the kingdom,
a carpet of pain
If your will is unbroken,
your commitment in stone
The ending assured
—as you sit on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 6 years ago
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Fear, like prejudice,
should not be handed down
To fallow the orchard
—or barren the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 6 years ago
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The days were long
The cotton was high
—laughter was all they had
The sun beating down
Their hands rubbed raw
—spirit’s conjoined... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 6 years ago
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Like a telescope in focus,
the words get sharp and clear
And magnify within the thought,
a feeling oh so dear
Each letter worth a hundred times,
what yesterday did know
New verse now burning laser bright,
—eternal in its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 6 years ago
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Deep within the ashes,
a last ember burned alone
A final spark to light the torch,
to guide your spirit home
Deep within the ashes,
a last beacon in the fight
Refusing to let the darkness take
—your vestige into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 157 Views added 6 years ago
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A mustang of denunciation
—maverick of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 6 years ago
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Can you trust
if not equal
Can you hate
if not shown
Can you love
without taking
Can you have
—but not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 6 years ago
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Can you rise above yourself
to live and speak the truth
Can your parts reform and shun
a past you now uproot
Can you become that special someone
while others look askance
Can the lie you’ve lived before today
—get one last second... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 142 Views added 6 years ago
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Unlike the curse
placed on most ideologues
The Truth
—never contradicts... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 6 years ago
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Do you like the idea,
after its meaning has changed
Do you hang onto the past,
when this moment sets you free
Do you continue to grieve,
as pure joy calls your name
Do the lyrics that you sing
—suture tight or still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 6 years ago
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Two streams below the falls,
the feeling and message part
Drowning with malcontent
—whirling in a twisted... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 6 years ago
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He shed his ego
Like a snake letting go
Of its skin
And wandered into
The land of
Ill intention
And the darkness
It harbored... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 6 years ago
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The more you wander,
the longer the road will become
The more you struggle,
the tighter the knot has you strung
The more you worry,
the darkness turns doubt into fear
The more you resist,
the voice distant—no longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 6 years ago
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Saturated in writer fluid,
lost feelings self ignite
Inebriate of a time distilled,
drunk in the burning light
Memories aging 100 proof,
the flames all dance alone
Memories aging 100 proof,
—this fire now my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 6 years ago
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Emotion,
the capital of poetry
—in currency of what you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 6 years ago
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Grandchildren
—life’s fountain of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 6 years ago
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Trains are romantic,
airplanes are not
The prepared speech pedantic,
‘a song lyric caught’
Your eyes have to choose
between vision and sight
Or your spirit transforms
—changing day into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 152 Views added 6 years ago
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Where would the leaf be
without the branch
The cowboy drifting
without the ranch
Where would the wave be
without the sea
Its motion unformed,
adrift unseen
Where would a song be
without a voice
A silent concert,
a barren... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 314 Views added 6 years ago
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Never let the perfect
steal the treasure from what’s good
Never let epiphany’s flame
burn through what’s understood
Never let the paradigm
cast doubt on your intent
Never let that lonely wish
—block all that’s heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 6 years ago
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The power to look beyond himself
—the difference between a man and a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 6 years ago
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Wonder divides the day
—as fear stalks the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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When you run out of smarts
—you better have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 6 years ago
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The distance between
now and forever
One memory to free
—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 6 years ago
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All truth is hidden
between left and right
Rejecting opinion,
buried in light
Its message transparent,
its power sublime
Defying position,
—master of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 6 years ago
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Destiny rises to claim the night
and orphans out the day
Adopting the silence within our fright
—renamed in what we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 6 years ago
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Freedom lives outside the gate
of all convention
Choosing its own direction
by the broken rule
Captured in the magic
of this very moment
Living inside the promise
—of the coming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 6 years ago
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Through the good times and bad,
I held onto my anger
Either happy or sad,
it was never a stranger
Beginning unto end,
it would surface quite often
Past and future beguiled
—the present to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 6 years ago
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I didn’t ask to be alone,
but I’ve always been alone
Living within the shadows,
that in time became my home
I never asked to be alone,
but I’ve always been alone
Each day a drifting footprint,
among endless stepping... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 6 years ago
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The mind is the ghost of our being,
its voice left to haunt and... – by Kurt Philip Behm & Martina Lynch | 96 Views added 6 years ago
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Is memory left immortal,
once the body dies
Are feelings cast eternal,
the last crow having cried
Does thought live on inside itself,
all time enslaved at last
One flame to burn the meaning deep
—all ashes in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 6 years ago
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The music’s the same,
as a different bell rings
The feelings in tune,
as the chanting begins
The score freshly written,
a new moment alive
The harmony timeless
—its voice yours and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 6 years ago
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Like water,
I went where I wanted to go
Running free,
through eternity’s ebb and its flow
Like the rain,
I fell through the thunder... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 6 years ago
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I died somewhere in between
the dream and the wake up call
Wondering which side had turned
me in
Wondering which side had shut
me out
Wondering in the darkness
—what happens... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 6 years ago
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I took two months off,
all words in remiss
I took two months off,
putting nothing at risk
I took two months off,
your voice—a deaf ear
I took two months off,
without holding you near
I took two months off,
death breathing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 318 Views added 6 years ago
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In the end
when it's all over
and the music stops
The little things
will have played the melody
—that set you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing more than living,
the words in reverse
Living more than writing
—the Muse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 6 years ago
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He found what he was looking for,
his shadow turned inside out
He moved beyond prescriptive cure,
all questioning and doubt
He left the future-past behind,
silhouette of all he’d... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 6 years ago
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A memory climbed out of the dark,
as I listened to the words of a new love song
Taking me back to where feelings were strong,
beyond the flashbacks of a long frozen... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 426 Views added 6 years ago
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The light in the window,
the candle down the hall
The torch in the jungle,
all beacons that call
The voice in the distance,
the one just next door
The whisper screams loudest
when heard from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 489 Views added 6 years ago
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The grass was greener
the closer I came
Its vision clearer,
and calling my name
All reach was extended
beyond my grasp
With dreams now free,
of future—and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 6 years ago
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Knowing the music wouldn’t last,
his lyrics waxed poetic
Becoming immortal beyond the sound
—all history bowing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 6 years ago
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Youth ran away toward the front,
as death pursued from the rear
Catching me inside the paradoxical
whipsaw of life
I stopped, as the boy continued into the distance;
but the reaper stopped... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 6 years ago
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Her book was disturbing,
in an antiseptic kind of way
Cleansing words of their reluctance,
periods gone—commas... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 6 years ago
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The writing came early,
the reading came late
The knot hanging loosely
—untied at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 129 Views added 6 years ago
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They sat around the bar,
saying: “I liked being married”
“Except for the part about
having my husband”
They sat around the bar,
as their eyes stalked the room
Sniffing for money
—the price of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetic editor
—literary... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 6 years ago
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I used the language to my own end,
never respecting rules or laws
I wrote what seemed the shortest path,
between feelings and my thoughts
I thumbed my nose at sage advice,
knowing what I wrote was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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Damn the truth,
damn the lies
Damn the trap,
the choice belies
Damn the freedom,
damn the fate
Behind their masks
—transcendence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 6 years ago
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The darker side of reflection
—cast in shadows
The darker side of shadows
—cast in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 6 years ago
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She followed me downward,
her lips were on fire
From the depths of her lake,
every wish she inspired
Water everywhere,
lily pads on end
A frog left unkissed,
the price of pretend
She looked at me sadly,
the bottom came... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 449 Views added 6 years ago
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Hiding inside the written page,
‘reality’ slipped away
Buried inside a meaning deep,
its wolves were kept at bay
With feelings ablaze, all answers are torched,
a bonfire at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 6 years ago
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The other side of sorrow
is joy
The other side of joy
is peace
The other side of peace
is forgiveness
The other side of forgiveness
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 6 years ago
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The other side of joy
is sorrow
The other side of sorrow
is peace
The other side of peace
is forgiveness
The other side of forgiveness
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 6 years ago
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The past
is but a memory
The future
but a dream
The present
wrapped in splendor
This moment
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 6 years ago
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There once was a time
when you lived on the inside
When you pierced my veneer,
and saw what I saw
You knew what I knew,
and felt what I felt
Your thoughts were my thoughts,
your words finished... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 316 Views added 6 years ago
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Between the lines
You read my story
The pain I felt
You washed in glory
New letters rose
The words reformed
As Angel’s marched
With time forlorn
On Satan’s grave
A vesper bell
Salvation rings
—all lies in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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Purity weds corruption,
a marriage unrhymed
An Angel having fallen
—damnation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 6 years ago
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When the world turns
on a whisper
Why do we insist on
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 6 years ago
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Promises and good wishes
all fantasy pays
The currency of commitment
—is money and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 6 years ago
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Waiting to die,
he took one last card
Waiting to die,
the dealer stared hard
Waiting to die,
his wager was late
Waiting to die,
which Joker abates
Waiting to die,
the odds become clear
Waiting to die,
last gamble with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 340 Views added 6 years ago
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The harder I fight,
the stronger they wield
The sharper their knives,
the thicker my shield
The louder their shouts,
the deeper my scream
Reality theirs,
—all time but a dream
The moment they chose,
my spirit was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 333 Views added 6 years ago
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Nerve ending fuse,
emotional dynamite
The spark of betrayal
—lit by a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 6 years ago
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Looking into my face,
I see my father’s eyes
Staring back with contempt,
through a thousand why’s
Looking into those eyes,
trading fear for pain
My birthright rejected
—paternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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I don’t need flowers,
to have a garden
I just need seeds,
where promise blossoms
I don’t need pieces,
to solve a puzzle
I just need words,
their teeth unmuzzled
I don’t need time,
its grand... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 355 Views added 6 years ago
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Is it ever enough,
will it ever be enough
Today grieving for tomorrow
—all truth in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 6 years ago
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Depravity’s eye,
looking at you
Depravity’s eye,
piercing straight through
Depravity’s eye,
asking for more
Depravity’s eye,
destiny’s whore
Depravity’s eye,
calls deeply within
Depravity’s eye,
the wage of all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 459 Views added 6 years ago
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The questions more insightful
than the answers
The feelings more human
than the thoughts
The reasons more truthful
than the excuses
The beginning more important
than the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 6 years ago
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My Mother called out to me,
I had to come
To the depths of Her longing
my spirit would run
From four thousand feet,
She cried clear and loud
And as her first born,
I rushed downward and proud
From the Canadian Rockies,
my destiny... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 6 years ago
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If doing what’s right and winning,
could only be the same
Our world would strike the final match
—all politics in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 6 years ago
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The more we think we know,
the more deceived we truly become
Accumulating knowledge
—the deception of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 6 years ago
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In Concert
Tilting my words
—the meaning bends inside
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)
The Stain Of Ink
If you’re not being taken seriously
—write it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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What the eyes have not seen
—the heart cannot... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 6 years ago
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Through age and infirmity,
my voice cries loud
With feelings still timeless,
eyes not to cloud
The Reaper waits patient,
his claim has been filed
From outside he savors,
inside I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 415 Views added 6 years ago
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An unknown voice cried out
from the abyss,
As the nameless got in line
with the rest
The promises offered
lies to reclaim,
As the devil called out roll
from his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 6 years ago
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Looming large in my absence,
the silence screamed out my name
Present in my rejection
—refusing to play the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 6 years ago
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In a region divided,
on a hill far away
A last echo subsided
quiet ruling the fray
The soldiers asleep,
as fate waits for the dawn
New blood to be spilled,
ever right—ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 6 years ago
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Victory is a lover
—that must be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 6 years ago
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As days become short,
the more precious each hour becomes
Memories lengthen,
to stretch like the rays of the sun
Time is unfolded,
its layers unmasked to expose
This moment transcendent
—the past and future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 6 years ago
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The older I get
The less people to call
Is it by choice
My spirit’s downfall
The older I get
The less then to care
A life once so pointed
With little to share
The older I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 6 years ago
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Nostrils fill with wood smoke,
a mountain spewing lies
Fifty miles up the trail,
its legend waves goodbye
Lost Dutchman in my memory,
the map no longer clear
While buried deep inside the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 6 years ago
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Dying in the moment,
reborn to eternity
The choice was like water,
the choosing like stone
Dying in the moment,
reborn to eternity
Magic reappeared,
as truth became known
Dying in the moment,
reborn to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 6 years ago
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A steward of memory
—the caretaker of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 6 years ago
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If you’re trapped in silence,
and the words won’t come
—go live some... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 6 years ago
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Career Politician
—what could be more profane
Mandated Term Limits
—forever changing the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 6 years ago
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In reference to nothing
Alone with itself
The truth burns in fury
Damnation to melt
Its legions are many
Believers so few
The stragglers all freezing
And lined in the queue
The mirror the liar
Death hiding within
The priest the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 6 years ago
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Often,
Life’s greatest pleasure
—is getting the pain to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 6 years ago
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My road deeply potholed,
with those left behind
Resurfaced with pain,
all casualties mine
A road often fatal,
to family and friends
No roses to line it,
as it twisted and bent
When forced to look back,
I see nothing but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 6 years ago
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Samurai writer
Bushido inspired
Katana withdrawn
Edge hardened by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 6 years ago
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While listening to everyone but myself,
failing to take my own advice
I married the widow of dark consensus,
betrothed to darkness—divorced of light
I followed her blindly into the cave,
where the leopard of ignorance... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 375 Views added 6 years ago
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What mountains have you climbed
What valleys have you fallen into
How many hearts have you broken
How many lies have you told
How many days have been wasted
How many sorrows have been... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 6 years ago
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The picture worth 1000 words
is priced only one way
Its value screaming
—until eyes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 6 years ago
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What’s that you’ve settled for
What’s that you say
From the library of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 6 years ago
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Hear,
Before speaking the words
Unwritten
Speak,
After writing the words
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 6 years ago
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Pain in the doing,
ease in the writing
Memory calls distant,
words answer back
Time of no meaning,
experience flows
Images resurface
—feelings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 6 years ago
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You till your own garden,
you sow your own seeds
You harvest the memories,
you feast on the breeze
You water those choices,
both made and unmade
Your truth deeply hoed
—veracious to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 6 years ago
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Beginning and ending,
the story transcends
Written to light,
the cold darkness within
The first page a gateway,
its last never ends
Spreading like wings
—the words fly and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 6 years ago
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The words a magic salve….
for the unspoken wound
—of a thought once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 6 years ago
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Death once so foreign,
calls like a friend
Voice ever gentle,
heard at the end
Death once a nightmare,
dreams to impound
Now comes to free
—my spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 6 years ago
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While looking for a bridge
to cross over tonight
Connecting time honored values
to internet blight
I thought and I pondered,
as I surfed on the net
But the things that it offers
are sadly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 6 years ago
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To share in Creation
—is to become... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 6 years ago
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What can it mean to a new generation,
when lessons in history
—fail to inspire
What can it mean to a new generation,
when watered down values
—keep dousing the fire
What can it mean to a new generation,
as men hunt each... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 325 Views added 6 years ago
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You want it to make sense
You want it to become clear
Your feigned self importance
No longer precious or dear
But the only one caring
And the one still in doubt
A mirrored reflection
Of what never comes out
The lunch breaks upon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 6 years ago
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Whom could it be, this professional Poet,
selling his blood for a few kernels of grain
Whom could it be, this professional Poet,
pandering to others in search of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 391 Views added 6 years ago
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My fervent wish to die alone,
beyond the maddening crowd
My last thoughts then to be my own,
not spoken out aloud
My firm desire to pass contained,
away from friend and foe
My tracks to fade upon this earth
—as further I must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 6 years ago
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Poetic transfusion,
prose bleeding through
Words but a suture
—stitching the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 6 years ago
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Our memory—the enemy
Remembering back
To when we were stronger
To when we attacked
But now in our weakness
Remembering when
Our tide was still rising
Our will stronger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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A four year medallion
A lifetime of pain
The hours put in
Always fighting the strain
One hundredth of a second
Your dream crashes down
The spoils eluded
Someone else with the crown
No pictures or news... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing in a vacuum,
the magic seals tight
Writing in a vacuum,
no maybe’s or might
Writing in a vacuum,
words floating pristine
Writing in a vacuum,
nothing fettered between
Writing in a vacuum,
no beginning—no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 394 Views added 6 years ago
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The felony of language
—its larceny of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 6 years ago
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Convincing myself of my own importance
—I became an audience of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 212 Views added 6 years ago
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Dancing to the music
inside a mountain garage
—Laura became my partner
Lost within her melody,
found within her words
—never to be alone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 6 years ago
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Fighting my memory,
I watched the calendar turn
Flashes of my grandfather
Racing through my mind
Age wasn’t supposed to be like this
Or then…maybe it was
Darkness
Followed by darkness
Then more darkness again
Where is the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 418 Views added 6 years ago
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An ounce of experience,
—is worth 1000 lbs. of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 6 years ago
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Sculpting with his words,
the verse carved through the silence,
—until screaming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 6 years ago
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Thoughts carried to term,
new words to instill
A message is born,
an infant of will
Its father coarse logic,
its mother the wind
Together they coupled,
a marriage within
Their family heraldic,
with pedigree... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 380 Views added 6 years ago
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Truth shows no favorites,
all lies judged the same
Freedom or prison,
—its light or its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 6 years ago
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A Big Wave Poem,
—it breaks off the page
And swells in your memory,
now hollow with rage
Its blank pages churning,
new sounds fill the air
Deep ink you are coursing,
as breathless you dare
Its words a tsunami,
they tumble and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 6 years ago
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Knowledge first gained,
—the burden of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 6 years ago
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The weight dragged on,
too heavy to carry
The weight dragged on,
memories lost inside
The weight dragged on,
questions without answers
Reasons in tatters,
—the weight dragged... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 6 years ago
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Banks,
Financial assassins
Firing bullets
Of insolvency
At targets
Without cover
Raping with foreclosure
Killing with repossession
Preying and hunting
All trophies out of season
Poaching their eternity
From the bounty of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 6 years ago
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I’d like to be patient,
—but I don’t have the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 6 years ago
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Late September holds onto the summer,
like that promise you made,
—you can never forget
Late September holds onto the summer,
as shadows fall distant,
—and memory... – by Kurt Philiop Behm | 82 Views added 6 years ago
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With every cold defeat
of the human spirit
The answers move deeper
within the polar arc
Victim to its wanton roaming
and endless chill
Questions left to wander,
—fatherless and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 6 years ago
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If only to write the way
a new wave breaks
If only to write the way
a rainbow forms
If only to write the way
the moonlight calls
If only to write the way
a baby’s born
If only to write the way
the dawn explodes
If... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 442 Views added 6 years ago
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I played out my string,
I ran my race
My chaps are frayed,
but spurs in place
Still one horse to ride,
with saddle in hand
That last trail awaits,
—final sunset... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 6 years ago
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You can live
in the past
Or pine
for the future
But only
in the present
Will you triumph
or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 6 years ago
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Because of perversion,
the straightest path bends
Because of perversion,
confusion befriends
Because of perversion,
all smiles a frown
Because of perversion,
up is now down
Because of perversion,
the truth is a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 284 Views added 6 years ago
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Those times I was distant,
those times spent alone
Those times I spent searching,
so far from the throne
Those times when I questioned,
the questions I asked
Those times never answered,
those times that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 353 Views added 6 years ago
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Like a hard drive out of memory,
Alzheimer’s attacks
The downloads that you stored before,
still there and looking back
All recent entries in the trash,
a reboot not the fix
The present distant—past so close,
and future... – by Kurt philip Behm | 124 Views added 6 years ago
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Death arrives late,
but the dying begins early
You sense it in your motion,
—feel it in your bones
Life becomes compressed,
before ending abruptly
Memory all that’s left,
—you lying there... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 6 years ago
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Unlike an opera Diva,
a writer hides his age
Scores to bear eternal youth,
a Contralto dies on stage
Ink reclaims the Land of Oz,
Dorothy to know
Toto barks—old lyrics march,
Peter Pan... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 6 years ago
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In limbo from indecision,
on loan from futures past
Deceit became my calling card,
deception first and last
Borrowing from a fantasy,
while stealing from a lie
The treadmill turned inside itself,
my spirit churning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 121 Views added 6 years ago
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His life spinning inward,
to its center returned
A whirlwind of intent,
—through the maelstrom it churned
His end was beginning,
as the last became first
All time banished outward,
—evil Gargouille... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 6 years ago
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Always drawn to stronger women,
in a cerebral kind of way
He missed the charm of a softer maiden,
the joy her flowers splayed
He married a woman just like him,
who made life a living... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 6 years ago
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I think like a Buddhist,
but pray like a nun
I see like the mountain,
but reach like the sun
I stand like Gibraltar,
but rage like the sea
And love like a child,
reborn unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 6 years ago
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My words live on undefended,
speaking for themselves
My prayer rises, voice ascended,
—death unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 6 years ago
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Whatchu gonna do when
the trim is gone
Whatchu gonna do when
the right turns wrong
Whatchu gonna do when
the whistle blows
Whatchu gonna do when
your feet say no
Whatchu gonna do when
the man comes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 362 Views added 6 years ago
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Word count a burden,
lines adding weight
Meaning gets crushed,
—feelings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 6 years ago
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In the still of night, between the sheets, she came to
me again, her mission clear, I must adhere—and let
the dream... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 6 years ago
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Age is a demon,
age is a shield
Age is a weapon,
age makes you yield
Age is redundant,
age self-defies
Age is the truth,
age often lies
Age calls within you,
age calls without
Age comes to get you,
age never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 316 Views added 6 years ago
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All time an illusion, this moment your gift,
now is forever—soul never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 6 years ago
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You is what you is,
and you ain’t what you ain’t
The last Mojo Child,
—of the love and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 6 years ago
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Eighteen or eighty,
my age the words hide
Beginning or ending,
a life or death slide
My breath stays unseasoned,
its truth zero-sum
A child or a sage,
—together as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 151 Views added 6 years ago
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I don’t bow to money,
I don’t bow to fame
I kneel to that one thing,
that time cannot change
I don’t speak for ‘right,’
and won’t speak for ‘wrong’
My liege is the truth,
all court jesters... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 338 Views added 6 years ago
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Strength in the format,
couplets have power
Magic in tandem,
—mine becomes ours
Marriage so faithful,
words intertwine
Together transformed,
—ink into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 6 years ago
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"You must earn the right
to sing the blues
"No high school chorus,
the hurt you choose"
To wrestle with your demons,
no safety net in place
Often times it’s zero-sum,
a blood trail left to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 6 years ago
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W.M.D.’s
Words of Mass Destruction...
choose yours... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 6 years ago
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Beyond my consciousness,
in stark relief
A place beyond reason,
all spirits unleash
Beyond my awareness,
I inherit the wind
Each breath I blow inward,
new endings begin
Religion, a concept,
that God can’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 6 years ago
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I’m predisposed to Italian food,
even when it’s bad
I’d rather live in a period house,
old windows poorly clad
I tend to favor contact sports,
over all the other kind
My mind was trained to like these things,
though better I would... – by kurt philip behm | 114 Views added 6 years ago
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No matter how much
you bandage a lie
The truth,
—bleeds through and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 6 years ago
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A muzzle
on a werewolf
Will never tame
its bite
Whose jaws retract,
with fangs intact
Enraged,
—to prowl the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 6 years ago
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You hide behind
the angels mask
As truth unsheathes
its sword
Your costume stripped,
the devil unleashed
His fire,
—your fate to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 6 years ago
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Dying,
behind the mask you wear
Victim,
—of your own... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 6 years ago
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Bending that last letter,
like Sonny’s wailing G’
My final breath to rock the world,
old silence breaking free
All lines are set on fire,
the keyboard then explodes
The stage unhinged, the base is singed,
the harpist hits the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 333 Views added 6 years ago
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The fabric has torn
all beds are unmade
The sheets have been soiled,
—the bugs to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 6 years ago
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Baby don’t you stay with me,
Baby don’t you go
Baby what you get from me,
what you got to show
Baby get away from me,
Baby don’t you go
Baby why you hangin round,
Baby don’t you know
Baby don’t you stay with me,
Baby don’t you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 361 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing for confirmation,
all words now zero-sum
As each returns, my ears embrace,
—an audience of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 6 years ago
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Art….
Man’s attempt at
usurping creation
Rejecting all dogma,
—becoming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 6 years ago
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Do your writings age,
like wine
Or turn to vinegar,
—left behind
Do your thoughts get
old and gray
Or stay well muscled,
—youth in play
Is your will still yours
to bend
Enslaved by nothing,
—sans... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 6 years ago
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This last ride almost over,
the train coming to a stop
The mighty engine slowing down,
my ticket punched and clocked
With words I left untendered,
in towns along the tracks
My thoughts there drift upon the wind,
my legacy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 6 years ago
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Living hard,
the writing comes easy
Living easy,
the writing comes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 6 years ago
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My pen is like a blues riff,
not always on the note
I bend within the moment,
new feelings reach for hope
A eulogy unspoken,
on fire around his bed
The Mojo dancing with the Muse,
Marine Band in my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 6 years ago
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True to the Muse, the words instill,
each one a trusted friend
Her voice embedded in my soul,
—beginning unto... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 6 years ago
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My world is different, my world is foreign,
your words do then remind
My vision captive, my soul unpledged,
the music solely mine
Never lonely, but then alone,
my solitude you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 6 years ago
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I offered you the moon and stars,
you took the sun instead
Your darkness preyed, all love waylaid,
my dreams and wishes dead
Beyond all hope, with stolen light,
my fear you then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 6 years ago
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Eric never asked a question,
Stevie couldn’t answer
As hearts aspire, their stage on fire,
the Garden’s roof asunder
One lick and then another,
with Clapton our new mother
As Winwood melts a father’s keys,
—to hell with heaven’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 6 years ago
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Can you escape your own intelligence,
can you cross that final line
Can you release your own magnificence,
starting over, redefined
Can you see beyond your vision,
can you wish beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 6 years ago
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Born to the same words as you,
the feelings were my own
Language shared, intention spared,
a vision fully grown
Our words converse, in separate verse,
your prose unto my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 6 years ago
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Excuses,
hide within my dark prejudice
Exposed,
with every light you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 6 years ago
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Consistent in my thoughts,
honest with my emotions
I walked a familiar path,
—as I set the woods on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 6 years ago
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It’s almost time,”
the Angel said
Last image dancing,
in my head
“The gate unlocked,
the pearls alive”
Both wings she opened,
time proscribed
“Just one look back,”
I asked in vain
“All past is gone,”
her voice... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 377 Views added 6 years ago
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Once the wolf is through the door,
—it’s too late to turn the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 6 years ago
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Left, to my right,
another half
As two we’re whole,
on different paths
My cloudless sky,
your world in shade
Whose peace endears,
my war invades
Our grass once greener,
turns to brown
A soul we share,
now turned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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It’s not important what I know,
but what I choose to feel
The facts once vital fall away,
my fruit now fully peeled
The numbers orphaned, the glory waived,
a whiter shade of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 6 years ago
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Maybe I’ll remember,
maybe you will too
Maybe once it mattered,
maybe more to whom
Maybe this will lessen,
maybe it will salve
Maybe there’s forgiveness,
maybe—maybe... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 6 years ago
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Bend that reed,
Stretch that chord,
Split that vowel,
—drive home the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 6 years ago
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How do you reclaim
thoughts that have gone
How do you say something
you can’t
How do you breathe new life
in your song
With words now escaped,
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 6 years ago
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The Muse in the tower,
whose debt you enthrone
Those jewels that you borrow,
—her crown still on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 6 years ago
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Defaulting on all past
and future sins
The weight of their debt,
—the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing within the moment,
the impostor time must hide
Writing within the moment,
immortal words confide
Writing within the moment,
your first and only chance
Writing within the moment,
—fate and destiny... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 6 years ago
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Reaching into the demon’s mouth,
the search entraps and burns
With every click and byte we choose,
the less we seem to learn
Our privacy we save as bait,
the wolves set free to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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Asking life to meet half way,
you always lag behind
The focus on the things you lack,
not the gold you mine
All compromise and copping out,
your table left half bare
The brass ring distant and remote,
—your reach too short to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 6 years ago
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If you’re not willing to fight the fire,
—you're entitled to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 6 years ago
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The Poet dilettante, pretty words,
—not much else
Your world falls apart, head buried,
darkness felt
Shangi-la’s luxury, your dreams
can’t afford
Rome’s pillars under siege, strong words
must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 355 Views added 6 years ago
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Playing defense with terrorism,
—another name for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 6 years ago
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Pilgrim of love,
the journey far
The road unclear,
its turns unmarked
Faith to guide you,
belief in charge
As voices call,
—within your... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 56 Views added 6 years ago
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The spare bedroom of life,
is where I sleep now
The other rooms taken,
the past dreaming proud
This cot that I lie on,
one sheet to keep warm
With furniture missing,
and curtains all torn
The end of the season,
the end of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 314 Views added 6 years ago
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They come to me phrases,
crying out to be whole
One last bridge to cross,
no fare for the toll
Prodigal wanderers,
not spoken or heard
My breath used as payment,
—conveying their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 6 years ago
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The present is in your future,
the present in your past
The present a sacred mystery,
its moment to unmask
The present is in your memory,
the present in your dreams
The present neither begins nor ends,
—eternity set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 6 years ago
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Wandering into the tall grass
With shears not meant to cut
I pushed and stepped
And stepped and shoved
My direction the only thing dashed
I wandered left
And wandered right
As the weeds took over my path
They seemed to know me
As I tramped them... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 125 Views added 6 years ago
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Hearing the promise
Open up in yourself
Proclaiming his goodness
Epiphany... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 146 Views added 6 years ago
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One word an eternity,
one feeling sublime
One wish an epiphany,
—one choice then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 6 years ago
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The wandering Poet,
so wild—so free
With each mile walked,
a new reverie
Eight Muses to guide him,
his steps fall in line
Their prophecy calling,
their message untimed
The wandering Poet,
won’t stop till he’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 403 Views added 6 years ago
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You have to cross the perimeter,
for your border to expand
Stepping over the line,
of yourself to demand
You have to follow that inner voice,
calling out sacred and new
Rejecting false limits,
on your way to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 6 years ago
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Dreamers search incessant,
hearts cry out undoled
Wishes only whisper,
—love to make them... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 6 years ago
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Different birds,
the same call
Time frozen,
the hour stalls
Mother earth,
bastard son
Nature flees,
—damage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 6 years ago
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I was somewhere deep in Kansas,
on a Triumph 69’
When your song came on the jukebox,
and hit me from behind
I was headed for a bad place,
and cared for nothing much
When I heard the song ‘Melissa,’
my heart and soul were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 6 years ago
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Will anything serve to lessen,
the ache your heart now feels
Will providence bring a blessing,
if before the throne you kneel
Will the pain be slave or master,
can the church bells ring once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 6 years ago
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The ending in sight,
—beginning so near
What’s loosened now tight,
—those deafened to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 6 years ago
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Try as I might,
to hide from the words
Distant and fleeting,
they still can be heard
The nouns are a kite,
lone verb as the tail
Flying inside me,
my heart their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 6 years ago
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Some days my mind is hardened,
on others like a sponge
Today my thoughts are heartened,
with feelings on the run
Tonight as light transitions,
and darkness fills the void
My mind and heart will lay as one,
true lovers—dreams of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 6 years ago
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Dangerous hunt,
critical thoughts
Words set the trap,
—truth to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 6 years ago
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Writing verse,
my distractions are few
Prose unwritten,
the Muse importunes
Writing in meter,
writing in rhyme
Her blessings upon me,
fortune divine
Spiritual kinship,
rind bearing fruit
The flowers to spray,
the soil to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 378 Views added 6 years ago
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Did you try to take it with you,
did you really think you could
Are those moments that you sold for cash,
now spent and gone for good
Did you try to buy forgiveness,
choosing darkness over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 6 years ago
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Where bullets and bombs end,
—the Poet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 6 years ago
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You may not like it,
you may not agree
But religions’ the problem,
the real enemy
A blind ideology,
that kills to maintain
A false image of God,
to blaspheme and profane
The Koran—the Crusades,
the excuses—the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 6 years ago
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I said no to the man,
and made my own bed
I cut my own trail,
with eyes straight ahead
In debt to myself,
but thankful to all
My words freely spoken,
their verdict my call
I beat my own rhythm,
on multiple... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 268 Views added 6 years ago
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This world an
illusion
All faith to
forbear
A friend of mine
struggles
Whose spirit I
share
I feel him inside
me
He calls out my
name
His friendship a
blessing
Augustus,
—I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 6 years ago
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He came to me joyous,
his words still unread
A vision once spoken,
—new life for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 6 years ago
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Are we constantly building
circular walls,
—that we feel safe within
Are the threats contained,
as our minds abstain,
—in our fortress ‘void of sin’
Does the air we breathe,
serve to then mislead,
—forming words that echo... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 428 Views added 6 years ago
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The only thing
that spreads faster than hate,
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 6 years ago
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"Don’t write for Poets,
their knives unclean
With jagged edges,
whose cuts demean
Their opinions frayed,
by wounds... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 6 years ago
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If no man is an island,
what can one man be
If no man stands alone,
to write the words, himself to free
If never beats that distant drum,
one marching out of step
Who will swim against the tide,
—their ink forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 6 years ago
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With verse in debt to time enslaved,
its prophecy of doom
Whose curse to sling like darts and arrows,
destined for the tomb
All words in red, as blood they drip,
from wounded hearts and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 6 years ago
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Our heads so deeply in the sand,
we thought it wouldn’t come
And would never heed its warnings,
our denial zero-sum
The result of our inaction,
this swamp we dwell within
The wolf now shed of Grandma’s robe,
—Armageddon to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 6 years ago
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I could package it different,
I could present it complex,
—I could try to impress and deceive
But the message eternal,
and the one truly spoken,
—needs the simplest of words to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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I lived inside my timeframe,
did you live inside of yours
I lived outside my timeframe,
did you live outside of yours
“I carried things from now till then,
a toll I humbly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 6 years ago
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Will vision trump
conjecture
Can a wish
your fear dethrone
Does belief
control your will
Until love,
—your heart to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 6 years ago
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I spoke my consciousness into the wind,
—eternity to hear
My past, present, and future lives,
eternal, divorced from the fear
Days grow short, my story on hold,
the Muse taking shelter... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 6 years ago
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Messages,
trapped in the wind
Words,
burrow deeply within
Voices,
emerge from the past
Memories,
and dreams overcast”
Leaves fall,
branches reach for the sky
Winter clouds gather,
snow starts to... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 63 Views added 6 years ago
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The words better naked,
the song better clothed
My feelings stripped bare,
my lyrics exposed
I flash and I streak,
the melody warms
Now fully unrobed,
—my song to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 129 Views added 6 years ago
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Traveling beyond your borders,
freedom scents the trail
Traveling beyond your borders,
destiny in the mail
Traveling beyond your borders,
memory in the wind
Traveling beyond your borders,
—without becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 6 years ago
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Oh, to have one thing to start the day,
a smile to greet the sun
Oh, to have toys as a child at play,
a field to chase and run
Oh, to have someone to love me true,
my faults on full... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 6 years ago
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I go to the gym most every day,
my fountain pen in hand
My curls and dips move line to line,
I press as words expand
My repetition sorely felt,
more weight I need... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 6 years ago
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Kidnapped by the Muses,
sentence now unknown
Thoughts are held for ransom,
will denied the throne
Kingdom banned in exile,
usurper in control
Welcoming confinement,
—house arrest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 6 years ago
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It may be poignant,
at its best sublime
But not remembered,
—if it doesn’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 6 years ago
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The sun in arrears,
its moon in default
With stars in foreclosure,
the cosmos to halt
All time repossessed,
the Creator has gone
Awaiting implosion,
—that last singing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 6 years ago
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Can joy be found in everything,
and not in just one place
Can love be used to clear the field,
and watch the children race
Can hearts be free when joined as one,
where parted they were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 6 years ago
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The Muse on vacation,
all thoughts have gone slack
The lyrics unwritten,
the music off track
All time is unsettled,
the Devil has come
His melody tempting,
false promises run
Two days still without her,
the weekend what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 6 years ago
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My soul ancient,
but my spirit new
The past a contrivance,
the future untrue
My thoughts reborn,
all feelings renamed
To christen this moment,
—its present... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 50 Views added 6 years ago
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You belong to the lyric,
you give life the words
You belong where before you did not,
you most need to be heard
You belong to the meaning,
you stare into the dark
You belong to what’s not of this world,
you rechristen the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 6 years ago
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I love you—I hate you,
now one and the same
Betrothed to a heartache,
all feeling... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 6 years ago
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I write from a place
that’s old, endowed
With brass left tarnished
and cobwebs spun
All time unsheltered,
where thoughts conceive
The truth reborn,
—and spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 6 years ago
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I stare in the mirror,
And the devil stares back
Laughing and sneering,
His taunting attack
“I bought you, I own you,
Now run, try to hide
Your soul has been mortgaged,
Your spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 6 years ago
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All magic—today,
past future astray
This moment—alive,
all others contrived
“Juice in the bottle,
cup in your hand
Pour out the goodness,
live while you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 6 years ago
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If you cut it up in pieces,
will you miss the whole unseen
Its DNA in tatters,
and soul now left the scene
In your search for understanding
do your eyes burn hot and fry
From visions tightly woven,
—whose knots you must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 6 years ago
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The words come as brothers,
their sister a song
With mother a feeling,
and father headstrong
Relation internal,
all melding as one
Each needing the other,
—a lyrical... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 6 years ago
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Nature speaks,
in the quietude of dawn
A rapture complete,
last word to your song
Her message repeats,
till daylight is gone
With night bringing sleep,
—and dreams to live... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 6 years ago
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Darkness, tearing into the light,
talons that blind
Redemption, covered in blight,
the omen reminds
Chasing the last ray,
horizon diminished and gone
Words screaming goodbye,
as twilight devours your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 6 years ago
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That road that I searched for,
led me into the words
Their geography inward,
their ownership heard
All possessions relinquished,
no teeth left to bite
The journey soft spoken,
—walking into the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 6 years ago
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Are the best
Moments
Fleeting…
Always
Drifting away
Are those
Feelings
Most precious
That come
And don’t stay
Is magic
Eternal
With it’s
Truth
Never clear
Is the
Music
The sweetest
We still wait
To... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 6 years ago
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Life’s ending is short,
its beginning unknown
The middle is long,
chasing stone after stone
Memories most vivid,
from decades ago
Feelings now drifting,
like wind driven snow
Our seconds tick off,
as minutes run... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 370 Views added 6 years ago
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Some Poets use big words
to try and go
where they’ve been banned
And wander esoteric
into notions
barred to them
They layer on the verbiage,
hoping to become
what they are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 143 Views added 6 years ago
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Do we wait for tomorrow,
as we wait for today
Do we see a connection,
false wishes to pray
Do we draw from the past,
as the circle is spun
Trapped inside or out,
is it then Zero-Sum
Can the memories forgotten,
revisit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 6 years ago
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You fly toward the finish,
and take the last curve
The Mulsanne behind you,
your legend—your nerve
Worn tires losing traction,
the edge of control
Fate laughing inside you,
old blood on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 6 years ago
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With no advanced ticket,
I pay as I go
My boarding left open,
still more things to know
The day train a local,
expresses by night
My spirit rolls inward,
—next station in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 6 years ago
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Not ‘Classic’
Or ‘Beat’
But those naked
Words
That come to
Me in my
Dreams
Each color
Rejected
The Rainbow
Preferred
Refusing to
Choose
Between
In the well dug
Deepest
And well dug
Straight
Hides a
Tempest
Once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 311 Views added 6 years ago
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I walked the path of
William Tell
An apple by my
side
And waited for an archer
strong
To match me stride
for stride
I placed the orb
upon my head
And stood against
a tree
And gave my faith
unto the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 6 years ago
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When lost inside a world of dreams,
the Muse becomes my guide
The days and nights stand juxtaposed,
the sun and moon collide
And though my eyes desert me now,
the past and future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 6 years ago
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Oh, to draft just one
Oh, to say the words
Oh, to remake time
Oh, to once be heard
Oh, to write for you
Oh, to joyous be
Oh, to sing the meaning
Oh, to be set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 6 years ago
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Always the thunder,
never the rain
Deafening bluster,
masking the plain
Never the thunder,
always the rain
Truth buried under,
—rising... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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Lusting after a song unsung,
I hunted through your fear
And trapped the demon that kept you mute,
—whose blood drips from my spear
Desirous of your captive voice,
I hung its head up... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 7 years ago
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A better critic
than writer…
Your tongue sharpens,
as your pen hacks
Bastardized on the altar
of cold description
Disavowed by the jilted Muse,
—ink bleeding... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 7 years ago
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Questioning forward,
answering back
Ideas move inward,
time has gone slack
This moment eternal,
reference hacked
The couplets on fire,
—reason... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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Between what is and isn’t,
lies a canvas of what could be
Colors in contrasting unison,
tomorrow’s brush strokes—paint can free
Shores of promise, woods of joy,
still-life in eternal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 7 years ago
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The morning bid welcome,
the night said goodbye
The sun gave us reasons,
the moon made us cry
The cycle repeated,
the old freed the new
The darkness retreated,
—the spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 7 years ago
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Is your house built out of certainty,
are the walls made thin or stout
Is your mind filled up with questions,
do you live in fear or doubt
Is your spirit free or servile,
is your will unchained or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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Always the mistress,
never the wife
Dessert that comes last,
motel in sight
Acting the courtesan,
children denied
Life in the shadows,
love that must hide
Everything borrowed,
everything loaned
Feelings on time-share,
never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 400 Views added 7 years ago
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All life is a poem,
new stanza each day
The questions unreasoned,
leaves fall where they may
My story in long hand,
the seasons in verse
Discovery my Muse,
—with soul... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 7 years ago
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They come to me couplets,
they come to me tight
They come to me rhyming,
they come to me right
With lessened confusion,
more light in the air
All youthful illusions,
exposed,
—‘au... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 7 years ago
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Deep in the woods I buried a flower
Far below the leaves and scattered bark
And planted a wish that Spring might grant me
Fearing by May all would be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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I play the highway one on one,
the miles referee
And chase my spirit’s center line,
direction up to me
The wind to fire the starting gun,
with rules set long ago
All past and future curbside bound,
—this moment winning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 7 years ago
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A heartbeat beyond perception,
the verse becomes alive
Its arrow fixed, its prey in sight,
—new truth to hunt old lies
As light grows scarce, it draws its bow,
with aim both clear and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Her hair blown free,
with eyes ablaze
She walked toward me,
through morning haze
Her steps unmeasured,
her cutoffs tight
Eyes palest blue,
the lightest light
Would I speak first,
would she... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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Each Poem wrought,
another day of
freedom bought
Each verse proclaimed,
one more glorious
night renamed
Each line unleashed,
new light is shown
old shadows hide
Each truth I speak,
my soul electric,
—words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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Like leaves in the wind,
words scatter about
From the woods and high grass,
they call and they shout
“Come find us, come free us,
we’re out here alone
“The Muse has deserted,
—and left us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 7 years ago
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Must God stay beyond our
understanding
His prophecy to conscript
and confuse
Are the Trinity and
Resurrection
Both miracles or only
a ruse
Do we build temples to
our edification
Storing Icons that judge
and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 7 years ago
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A captive of your ontology,
a tiger in a cage
Doomed to look with borrowed eyes,
your life played out on stage
You pace the floor incessant,
as anger builds within
And hear the distance calling,
feeling trapped, an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 836 Views added 7 years ago
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We were there,
but we weren’t
We took part,
and we didn’t
There was war,
with all affected
There was death,
and some objected
There was music,
we got lost in
Assassinations,
left us frozen
Alienation,
drove us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 337 Views added 7 years ago
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How can you teach Poetry,
or breathe for someone else
Sharing what your soul has freed,
deep within yourself
Can you cross a bridge unbuilt,
its toll not yours to pay
Squeezing blood from wounds long healed,
—transfusion’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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Though great were Joyce’s writings,
—his preference was to sing
Irish ballads and Welsh folk songs,
his raucous nights to bring
With transience his dearest Muse,
words speaking for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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Buying my life back,
a Poem at a time
The debt was slowly paid,
in rhythm and in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 7 years ago
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Senses untamed,
spaces to reign
Bodies that die,
spirits to fly
By length or by width,
time is a myth
Dimension aground,
essence refound
Eyes looking forward,
eyes looking back
Eyes looking inward,
soul... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you pray without a doctrine,
can you sing above the choir
Can you cast off earthly burdens,
can you burn without the fire
Can you give, no longer taking,
can you welcome strangers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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The question outliving the answer,
the chosen—their verdict was death
The prophecy destroying the prophet,
religion—its God to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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Is your pathway to heaven now structured
with those words that your verse seeks to pray
Is your stairway straight up or diverted,
with remittance and debts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 438 Views added 7 years ago
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Does your past
inhibit the meaning
Does a smile work
to cover your pain
Does today lie in wait
for tomorrow
Your messages cleft,
forever the same
Do you write before feelings
have woken
The letters pretty, in cursive... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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Truth, the first casualty
of war
Love, the last casualty
of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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The places I’ve traveled,
yet still haven’t seen
Those roads that I’ve ridden,
while caught in-between
The mileage piled up,
as memory lay stacked
Where voices call distant
—my mind to go... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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Labels,
crutch for the unenlightened
Support system,
for the crippled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 7 years ago
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If Art …
is our connection to the senses
Then Poetry …
is our connection to the... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 33 Views added 7 years ago
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Apollo now guards
my Prose and my Verse
His Swan sings at last,
—the Raven in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Gripping the meteor,
both hands for dear life
Expelling, compelling,
less heat and more light
Afraid to let go,
knowing what it will mean
My pen to go dry
—my heart not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 7 years ago
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The eggs had been colored,
all scattered about
The baskets were hidden,
the children now shout…
“Was he here mom, was he here?”
they yell from upstairs
“Come down and find out,”
she says—nary a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Did you try to take it with you,
did you really think you could
Did your journey end abruptly,
as you never thought it would
Are those things that you acquired,
much of comfort to you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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Does your writing leave room
for intrusion
With spaces for listeners
to crawl in
Are your words like a sponge
that the reader can drain
Your verses to flow through
them... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 7 years ago
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Is remembrance now a hidden tenant,
that lives throughout your home
Does it lurk in every corner,
to come out when you’re alone
Is that voice heard down a distant hall,
a lost child once left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 7 years ago
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As a writer,
I create my own freedom
And as a writer,
I invent my own friends
As a writer,
I espouse my own truth
And as a writer,
my will never bends
As a writer,
I travel the world
And as a writer,
that journey’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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Devoted to my writing,
a prayer with every word
Faithful to each line I write,
my verse—my spoken... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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If you don’t write
everything down
Then at least take
everything in
Seeds once planted,
ripen and grow
A blind eye,
—the killer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 149 Views added 7 years ago
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The leaves have fallen,
the birds did sing
Memory lingers,
tomorrow brings
A promise spoken,
a solemn vow
The present honored,
—all faith avowed
The years enlighten,
as age sets in
While youth remembered,
still burns... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 430 Views added 7 years ago
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Stricken with blame,
enamored by praise
My words caught between,
—and travel both... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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A stitch past nine on borrowed time,
the memories come rushing back
The Wolf is feasting in Grandma’s bed,
Red Riding Hood a snack
A Cow gets ready to jump again,
when the moon drops from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 7 years ago
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The vision intrudes,
stealing ink from my pen
A thief in the night,
leaving words that portend
A warning’s been given,
its mantle thrown down
But truth will write over
—what darkness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry travels
where Prose cannot go
To sleep with the stars,
by heaven aglow
Each new verse a planet,
orbiting round…
An Epiphanous light,
—burning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 7 years ago
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So far from where I started,
I wrote my final words
And found a stream to fill the well,
with verses left unheard
My last line most important,
leading back toward the first
The circle left unbroken
—all doubt now quenched of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 142 Views added 7 years ago
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To change the way you act,
—change the way you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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Every scepter, every throne,
reverts again anew
The god’s, their will divided,
—an Iliad of ‘truth’
A war of good intentions,
paved avenue to hell
Honor shamed, by Zeus renamed,
—that horse where judgment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 7 years ago
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Man's inhumanity to man,
knows no country, religion, or race
Man’s inhumanity to man,
the one shame that all time can’t erase
Man’s inhumanity to man,
as constant as the spring driven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 7 years ago
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The gray dawn baptized,
—a child of night
Salvation hostage,
—imprisoned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 7 years ago
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To recite it in a Poem,
or sing it loud and strong
Their union an espousal,
one by measure, one by song
Division casts adrift,
as muted sirens fold their wings
This moment reinvented,
—words and melody one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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I put a saddle on the wind,
and rode it through the storm
The bridle placed, the buckle cinched,
the reins, my horse reborn
Inside each stirrup passion spurs,
the present now in hand
Behind whose mane I charge within
—in search of who I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry…
barbell of the written word
Resistance exercise
—for the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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I don’t have to slay the dark,
my verse, the wolf unleashed
I don’t have to court the devil,
my words a sword unsheathed
I can live beneath the sun,
with days both clear and bright
Or sleep beneath the crescent moon,
—my poetry to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Is blood,
the price of art
Is death,
the price of truth
A rose,
its thorn uncovered
And love,
—the price of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you seek protection
from being alive
A turtle in its shell,
a bee in its hive
Do you lust for new armor,
to cover your heart
To shield truth inflicted
—that last poison... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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Tearing through the sky
of my intention
Flying toward the birth
of my choice
Begging the gods for one chance
to proclaim
Chasing the tail end
of my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 121 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you paint the picture
brushless
Can you sing the words
while mute
Can you dance the lone
fandango
Can you rage
beyond your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 7 years ago
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I remember art deco things,
I remember peaches and wine
I remember sirens in the night,
I remember waving goodbye
I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,
I remember an elephant in... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 46 Views added 7 years ago
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Religion… my writing,
all faith in my pen
My savior the words,
—the Muse heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing the lines,
one word remains absent
To give the verse promise,
new voices to fill
Speaking my heart,
I pause before ending
Taking a breath
—as the silence... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 98 Views added 7 years ago
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A Mississippi back road
burns in my mind
Its memory twice buried,
resurfaces, reminds
That Mississippi back road,
you once led me down
Perdition, destruction,
—damnation... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 98 Views added 7 years ago
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The gallows were offered,
guillotine chosen
Executioner a matter
of choice
The sinner repentant,
evil now lessened
Death calls
—in a welcoming... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 142 Views added 7 years ago
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A young Poet is to an
older man
As an old poet is to a
younger man
“When young then old,
when old then young
The past twice borrowed,
the future sung
The old man’s knowledge,
the young man’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Earbuds in and phone in hand,
millennial’s converse
Language distant, eyes unshared,
their lives on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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Too many choices,
not enough reasons
Too many memories,
not enough hope
Too many excuses,
begging forgiveness
Too much to launder
—not enough... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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I go to the city
To be alone…
Distraction
Calling me away
From myself
Isolating my
Memory
Burying my
Thoughts
In endless concrete
Passing 1000 people
Never meeting
One
Never meeting
One
Who will tell me
About myself
Never meeting
One
Who will tell... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 277 Views added 7 years ago
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I never wrote so you’d approve,
I wrote what I believe
How you felt as you read those words,
—is not my wound to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 7 years ago
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Dreams, like orphaned water lilies,
float across the surface
Ferrying my last token wish,
adrift—this silver pond
The swans make way,
as faith glides freely upon the wind
Carrying my fervent hopes
into this moment, present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Suspended moments between the lines,
my mind now lost in space
Sublimated syntax buried deep,
my spirit free to race
A light unfiltered, the sound of horns,
my body starts to rise
The ink is calling, my pen in hand,
new words at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 7 years ago
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Your lies much more exciting,
than any truth you never told
Stolen moments of pure delight,
a fantasies cuckold
Your touch hides what your eyes cannot,
my dreams you come to... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 96 Views added 7 years ago
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If music is the soul of art,
then what can writing be
Is it the eyes, perhaps the heart,
in printed reverie
Is music the stage whereupon,
all other art encores
For if it is, all words rejoice
—to sing for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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Searching through the forest,
chasing dreams your sleep has wagered
And finding yourself in the mindless
spatial wasteland
You play two-handed poker
with the devil of your fright
The Prince holding just one card,
as you gamble it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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To inflict on tomorrow,
the empty promises of fate
The will to reign indifferent
—the devil’s cruelest form of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 7 years ago
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Forty years,
my will unbowed,
—my loyalty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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Archangel Of War To Prowl The Skies,
—Winged Messenger Of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 7 years ago
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Blue skies glisten,
the morning sun kisses
The Robin, announcing
the day
The sweetness of spring,
to all lovers it brings
Renewed wishes,
—the fresh promise of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 7 years ago
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A spinner of poetry,
a weaver of prose
A seeker of truth,
or deceiver of both
Will verse be in conflict,
with chapter’s unrhymed
Can the feeling’s transfer,
is there likeness in kind
Will I always remember,
which prayer I must... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 358 Views added 7 years ago
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My body ages…
as words stay young
Mostly written,
but often sung
Fond memory’s child…
youth starts to rage
All gray outside,
blue-blonde the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 7 years ago
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As you age and days get shorter,
do you reach out for the source
Whether family, friends, or playground,
is the pull a constant source
Is the attraction of returning,
going home then once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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Looking beyond our differences,
the transformation deepened
Speaking without words,
the conversation spiked
Touching without holding on,
all feelings turned to ecstasy
Loving while letting go
—the caterpillars... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 7 years ago
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Myth unlocks the question,
—magic then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 7 years ago
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Forty years of bad road,
a path of broken glass
Potholed memories line my thoughts,
devil waiting fast
Daring me…
“Retrace your steps,
your quickest way back home
“Forty years of shattered dreams
—ahead the millers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 7 years ago
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Horizon set,
all sails to run,
the tiller in my hand
The future drifting,
like the past,
—this moment in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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You thought that you could skip a stitch,
the thread provided free
You thought no one would ever notice,
just one small opening
The seam then weakened steadily,
threads loosened left and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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The charlatans bankrupted
his checking account,
but his love was not overdrawn
Each check that he wrote,
each choice that he made,
trading ingots for righting a wrong
With credit denied
and spirit affirmed,
he continued to endorse what was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 386 Views added 7 years ago
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Winter comes early,
Its heavy coat
Sealing in the cold
The sky
More visible
Its view not the same
The blue faded gray
With distance in charge
And the wind…
The wind never stops
The wind
Never whispers
Like in summer
Sneaking up from behind
Touching... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you eat your own cooking,
do you live what you write
Do you enjoy your own company,
do you dream well at night
When you look in the mirror,
do you like what you see
Through the eyes of a child,
—is your heart then set... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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I often sit here waiting,
for truant words to come
To chase the thoughts now fleeting,
messages on the run
These days I sit impatient,
as I wonder to myself
Are time and memory draining
—precious moments left... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 7 years ago
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Making sense of it all…
our grandest myth
Wisdom born of age,
bleeds from youth’s betrayal
Questions drying unvarnished,
naked meanings
Darker darks reface the cliff,
edges sharper... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 383 Views added 7 years ago
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Is a poem ever finished,
a song completely sung
Does today end with tomorrow,
—is love forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 7 years ago
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Joplin was to Southern Comfort,
what Hendrix was to smack
Morrison was to masquerade,
what Dylan never lacks
Woodstock was to 69,’
what music was to rhyme
Saigon was to those who stayed,
what Auschwitz now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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The enigma of a woman veiled
in what you’ll never know
Despite those things she gives to you,
her secrets bide unshown
Your eyes may taste and hands might touch,
but to herself alone
Her power worn as though a crown
—her mystery, her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing for you,
the words slip away
Writing for me,
all letters in play
Listening to you,
a cry far and wide
Listening to me,
—that voice deep... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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The world is my mentor,
eternity my judge
Each choice confirmation,
the ‘future’ ungloved
Time no longer master,
to deceive or profane
All life in this moment,
—its meaning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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Musical words and painted phrases,
dance around my memory
Reds and Blues and vivid Gold’s,
rush across my bridge of dreams
Stream-streaking into the sky,
their song a magic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 7 years ago
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The Genie is now out of the bottle,
and referred to as ‘The Net’
Where hackers are countries unto themselves,
empowered worldwide—great threats
Able to intrude and disrupt at will,
weaving a new kind of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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Clapton at the ‘Crossroads,’
virtuoso running free
Winwood pounding ‘I’m A Man,’
his genius at the keys
Tonight inside the ‘Garden,’
time stopped as God decreed
Twin fathers back together,
—the ‘Blues’ their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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My ticket punched, my fares been paid,
the train sits waiting, rails now laid
My ticket punched, the whistle blows,
its light shines distant, truth aglow
My ticket punched, the past on hold,
the future scorned, the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing…
the only suture
When the truth
starts to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Tonight,
I had a date with the mountain
Tonight,
I made those promises impend
Tonight,
behind the shadow of my fear
Tonight,
—the devil smiled at me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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You want to define Poetry,
behind the safety of your bars
Open the door to your cage,
a world awaits, whose feathers tar
Dusty journals and how-to books,
no longer serve you here
The price of your admittance,
an acknowledgement of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 396 Views added 7 years ago
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Champion of life,
trophies on the road
Accolades for someone else,
—one more thing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 7 years ago
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Is your memory a circle,
or a trip straight out and back
A beginning and an ending,
or one continuous track
Do you see the same things going up,
that you pass when coming down
Is retention sealed and programmed,
by things going round and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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There are many voices,
—but the truth speaks only for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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Not free, not wise, not kind, not loved,
and tethered to the past
Unwilling to admit the truth,
he met his match at last
His Muse had warned time and again,
a reckoning was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 7 years ago
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Is there an image in your imagery,
a still behind the flask
A spell within the potion,
an answer, question asked
A beginning in your ending line,
a peace that’s worth the bout
A phrase that makes all history shake,
—a whisper then to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 7 years ago
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Poets and Bullfighters,
death to uncage
The truth between horns,
eternity’s rage
One thrust entitled,
mortality damned
Life springs eternal,
—the sword leaves your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry a journey…
each word a life’s misstep
When placing them together,
one voice to bind and set
Its map within a puzzle,
to point beyond the wind
A road that’s never ending,
—all travelers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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Some poems are true monuments,
some lower to the ground
Some verse is loaded, stacked, and piled,
some stored away till found
A phrasing here, a meaning there,
now where to put it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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Living as if already dead,
—his words new
That morning he first understood,
the verse flew
The closer he got to the edge,
the deeper his voice
That day he fell over himself,
—the ultimate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 7 years ago
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Forty years a Poet,
sixty years a man
Calling to me distant,
my last Etesian
Time at best deceptive,
a trinity of masks
Present truth accepted,
the one not first or last
The drums now beating softly,
their rhythm stills my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 137 Views added 7 years ago
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From deep in the shadows of Tin Pan Alley,
the Sage called out my name
With a voice that haunted and eyes concealed,
he made his only claim
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 334 Views added 7 years ago
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The beauty of isolation,
the magic in being alone
A singular attraction,
—sagacious... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 7 years ago
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Deposit after deposit, memory is stored,
interest compounding anew
To transfer its balance of riches and gains,
—avarice must first bid... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 7 years ago
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Literary vignette,
snippet of truth
A little bit pregnant,
—baby’s first... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 7 years ago
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Your heart says yes, your mind says no,
eternity bi-polar
A time to kill, a time to love,
—each dance best danced... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 313 Views added 7 years ago
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Speculation is to the truth
—as opinion is to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 7 years ago
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The inside looking out,
the outside looking in
Two sides of the same portal
—reality a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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For those who love the concept of power,
but hate its execution
A raging tiger has just left its cage,
—to feed on your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 7 years ago
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I knew I shouldn’t,
but despite the pain and hurt I still could
Like the Bluesman said…
“You got a bad way of doing me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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That cartridge in a sniper’s gun,
true Poets kill with only one
The shooters bullet marked by him,
one word to kill what lies... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 7 years ago
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Is your poetry now dusty,
as it lays back on the shelf
Have your dreams become dismissive,
do you live for someone else
Is there mold inside your memory box,
questions now long... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 7 years ago
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Poets write from experience,
dilettantes rave and rant
A price demanded to feed the Sage,
wishing and hoping can’t
Magic to wrap around the words,
feelings and thoughts hard won
Beauty when lyrics belong to you
—in songs now others... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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I was somewhere deep in Kansas,
on a Triumph 69’
When your song came on the jukebox,
and hit me from behind
I was headed for a bad place,
and cared for nothing much
When I heard the song ‘Melissa,’
my heart and soul were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Utopia belongs to the fleet of heart
but the truth,
—only to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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Rewired and poetic,
words light up the night
Casting darkness back to hell
—demon out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 144 Views added 7 years ago
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The Muse more than my mistress,
the Muse more than my friend
The Muse more than a guardian,
the Muse my blood within
She no longer comes to visit,
she only comes to stay
Each wish I make, each word I write,
—within her breath I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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Driven by my message,
settled by the score
Riveting exposure,
fastening secure
Burning through my memory,
reminding once again
The past and future just a myth
—nothing but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 7 years ago
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There just below the surface,
more present than you know
A prophetic Jeremiah,
calls out to us to know
His message serves as warning,
“False idols block the light”
Our gateway through the darkness
—his vision gifting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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If you finally struck gold
And were digging out the mine
Would you leave it for a month
And come back to what you’d find
That’s the way I feel each day
Being blessed to write this verse
The prose insanely waiting,
—for my voice to then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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To catch you in my rhythm,
ensnare you in my rhyme
To make the meter come alive,
and pull you out of time
With lines that end so sweetly,
words pleasant to your ear
For you to carry past today,
and sing from year to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 25 Views added 7 years ago
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Posting then before I’m done,
the baby not quite born
Feelings chase the words I write,
—the sheep not fully... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 144 Views added 7 years ago
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A song more than a verse,
thoughts more than they say
A wish lost in the fall,
recaptured in May
Love more than a feeling,
all heaven to share
Last word redelivered,
—on wings of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 7 years ago
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My tongue on fire,
words despised
The page in flames
—ashes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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No one reads it,
more reason to write it
No one understands,
or seems to care
No one reads it,
the verse sits muted
Not to abandon,
—the future to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 7 years ago
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Chasing the crown,
sitting the throne
—regal opposed
Pursuit once free,
capture enslaves
—jailer demands
Clipping one wing,
grounding the wish
—motion suppressed
Weight pushing down,
hope abandoned
—freedom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 35 Views added 7 years ago
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You try to mask your given voice
in what’s perverse and then profane
But truth speaks only for itself,
your costume tattered-seamstress blamed
This great parade, a grand charade,
your song a flattened... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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One rock cast from the quarry
of the great unknown
Freedom just another way,
—of being... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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I’ve written now a thousand Poems,
in search of just that one
Each word to slay the demon time,
each phrase my soul undone
I’ve come so close a hundred nights,
to see but not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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A tamer version of myself,
I rise from day to day
Fit for consumption publicly,
in camouflage I play
Memories deep, and memories stored,
from oh so long ago
Now sleep inside my attic,
ephemeral they... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 7 years ago
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When meaning becomes enslaved
by the abstraction,
—your Poem is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 7 years ago
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While not belonging anywhere,
beholden then to none
I spread me seeds upon the land,
I let my spirit run
I cast my lot into the air,
direction fate be known
And far beyond prevailing winds,
—my heart now rests... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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Are you now denied all access
Has your ticket long been punched
Is your fear stuck in the alley
Intermezzo—out to lunch
Will you even see the picture
From the far end of the line
Would a curtain serve to raise your hopes
Can a loser ever... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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The light burns brightest,
that burns within
The embers warm,
as memory dims
That final verse,
an Angel’s hymn
The light burns brightest,
—that burns... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 7 years ago
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Fighting Tuesday’s boredom,
he decided to play a game
And because he’d never done it,
he decided to test his fame
He mouthed the most nonsensical words
with imagery askant
Then wrote them down from right to left,
a backward forward... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 7 years ago
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Stop searching for Divinity,
—become... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 202 Views added 7 years ago
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A hunter of the frozen past,
I stalk all time unanswered
To kill the demon inside the ice
with eyes that burn,
—its truth to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 7 years ago
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Youth takes my hand and holds me back,
as old age points the way
Unwilling yet to leave this Spring,
as Winter calls my name
The image in the mirror fresh,
the one my eyes now see
Of Lochinvar and Lancelot,
in dreamlike... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you play inside the Corn Flakes,
or are corn stalks more you game
Is that Hersey Bar the answer,
or the cocoa or cocaine
Do you clerk for someone’s feelings,
inspiration all be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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There is no African American history,
or Native American history,
or Irish American history,
or Italian American history,
or German American history,
or Chinese American history,
or Hispanic American history,
or White American... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 7 years ago
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Straddling the candle,
too close to the flame
A fiery benediction,
—a smoldering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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Your page now short on substance,
yet colorful the rhyme
The words used in abundance,
where lesser might define
Intention slave to beauty,
all meaning zero sum
Pageantry lost in the wind,
—your blood left still to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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The aging artist has a trait,
those short on sight can’t bear
All normal signs of waning,
a crown now his to wear
Wrinkles and sparse graying hair,
still negative to some
But when they light upon a Sage,
—the moon bows to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 7 years ago
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The mish now buried in the mash,
the dog caught rooting through the trash
With litter scattered far and wide,
the pieces gather, the Cheshire hides
All lollygaggers out in front,
those last now first, a noble... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 339 Views added 7 years ago
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Like wine uncorked to breathe the air,
my heart and mind become
The richness of this life I’ve lived,
all fortune on the run
Not looking back, but looking in,
the key to feelings... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 7 years ago
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She’s familiar,
aint that the blues
Sleeping beside her,
I always knew
Chipped beef on Monday,
Thursday cold stew
Dishes piled high,
paycheck gone through
She’s familiar,
ain’t that the blues
Home from work early,
today around... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 330 Views added 7 years ago
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To tell if you’re a Poet,
from the first line to your last
Do your words connect with feeling,
—the future to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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My life a poem, forego the count,
that comes in threes and fours
The space between to catch new breath,
that time may now allure
These moments gifted more than once,
now constant in their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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Palliative to hospice,
I jump from stone to stone
The river waits in silence,
—its waterfall... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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She's familiar...
ain't that the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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A motorcycle and leather bag,
life seemed so perfect then
When everything I cared about…
my backseat was for them
The world was such a smaller place,
ideas grandiose
To wander aimlessly I did,
and never be... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 36 Views added 7 years ago
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A great man silenced,
his voice at rest
Last stanza written,
—as time will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 7 years ago
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Deadly to his enemies,
confusing to his friends
While faithful to his writing,
—all justified intent
Furious in times of war,
in peace his vision burns
But past the fray, inside his words,
a gentler spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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The pen and the keyboard…
their white flag of truce
Now shattered and tattered,
new words on the loose
The ink stains once mighty,
a cursor now reigns
As deep into cyberspace,
—the future... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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The voice of a Poet,
the breath of a child
The curse of the Devil,
—forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 7 years ago
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To pierce todays attention span,
fewer words are best
A point honed sharp for one deep thrust,
—one is all you’ll... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 7 years ago
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Is death the price of truth…
“The light shines brightest
—that shines at the end”
Is death the price of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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Are you a Poet or tactician,
or “A Rose By Any Other Name…”
Are your words stained with patina,
some would scrub and some would blame
Is your Kingly ode too rough for some,
finding safety in their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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Can a back door open,
when the front door shuts
Can truth escape,
when death interrupts
Can an exit be made,
main entrance denied
Can tomorrow live on,
—once the present has... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 7 years ago
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To my Grandchildren, those great and beyond,
whom I will never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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Prose on one side, verse the other,
—distance in between
The bridge has burnt, the Muse now two,
each seeing only green
The breaths that flow are then contained,
no synergy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Selecting the misery,
crown jewel of my pain
To wear like a necklace,
but serve as a chain
Its dark stone on fire,
all light one’s defaced
Reset in a solitaire,
—black diamond... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 152 Views added 7 years ago
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Married to the sacred word
Committed to its ideal
Betrothed to sworn fidelity
Divorced from the unreal
My wedding duly prearranged
With choice not mine to own
I conjugate my solemn vowel
And spread the verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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Flying above the torment and fray,
the blood drops from my wings
The scars I carry to then remind,
the true cost delivery brings
The clouds incumbent upon my soul,
their cover not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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Did you flavor it with Hemingway,
or season it with Thoreau
Did you structure it like Eliot,
or was Melville more your go
The rocks you choose to stand upon,
—just supports to look... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 398 Views added 7 years ago
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Like eating your own cooking,
do you favor what you write
Do the words digest completely,
—the stove again to light
As you walk that final mile,
in those shabby cobblers shoes
Will you then embrace at last,
—what was never yours to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 7 years ago
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Slowing down the motor,
running low on gas
The lies, the HOV lane,
the truth off in the grass
The speed counterproductive,
it warps and then transforms
The magic in the stillness,
the beauty heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 304 Views added 7 years ago
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Vowed inside a rhythm,
married to each sound
The cadence plays a wedding march,
the rhyme to pledge out loud
Betrothed inside their union,
a love forever grows
Verses come and children play
—as heaven only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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To live life as a Poet,
to slay the demon time
Your spirit freed with every verse,
in meter and in rhyme
To reach beyond your passion,
to say what others feel
To bring tomorrow home today,
the devils wrath to... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 56 Views added 7 years ago
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Does corruption blind intelligence,
does greed devour truth
Will intention cast the final vote,
its motives never moot
As David slew Goliath,
Lilliputians lie in wait
To bind and tie an Angels wings,
—the Devil at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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There’s a poetry to life,
that gets lost between the lines
A secret in each memory,
that the future often finds
A stillness born of movement,
that will last beyond today
Salvation in this moment,
—as eternity has its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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A custodian of life…
guardian of the coming dawn
Survivor of the truth untold,
—protector of what’s yet to... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 77 Views added 7 years ago
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Refusing to be labeled,
rejecting type and cast
With choices so enabled,
my freedom first and last
All fantasy as token,
its myths now cast aside
My path remains unbroken,
—false branding singed with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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Choking on her
greatest asset,
America dying
from freedom abused
Twisting in the wind
a talonless eagle,
Her heart ripped open
—her power... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 112 Views added 7 years ago
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If you know that you can,
do you really still have to
With uncertainty gone,
does incentive still thrive
Must you then prove to others,
what you know beyond measure
Is it anticlimactic,
—once the bee leaves the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 7 years ago
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Softly,
I leave you
Within the falling
rain
And take my leave,
the storms reprieve
Its tears,
—to wash the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 7 years ago
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Breaking through the dialectic,
good and evil behind
Beyond to where the sky breaks clean,
and time does not apply
Escaping from the either/or,
my mind now free at last
Lost in the perpetual moment,
—rules not hard nor... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Life’s journey through the darkest night,
whose final verse is clear
Temptation preying on itself
—all heaven for an... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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A scant twenty years,
grieved a century or more
Poetically perfect,
in spirit and lore
A man and his horse,
out riding the range
The cattle his instruments,
and music to play
Civil War veterans and blacks
from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 7 years ago
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Five strangers walked into my dream,
all male and all different versions
of my deceased mother
They looked at me one by one,
with that look—her look,
that had been gone for so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 7 years ago
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The rhyme,
my consort
The meter,
my friend
The music,
my mistress
On whose love,
—I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 7 years ago
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Wishing It had been different,
I used my last borrowed breath
And made a vow to repent for
each denial
Praying for absolution,
my final hope into the wind
Saying:
“Damn me if you have to,
but first deliver me from this... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 7 years ago
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Wishes for horses,
beggars to ride
Hope cinches tightly,
—dreams that won’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 111 Views added 7 years ago
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The performances gone,
all memory survives
A spirit most willing,
whose body still tries
All motion much slower,
directed regret
Intention unwavered,
—times ravage... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you save it in a poem,
as you free the words out loud
Can you write it as a picture,
softly drifting to the clouds
Can you fill the lines with music,
as the verse begins to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 7 years ago
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Like cement before it dries,
Like a promise before it’s kept,
Like words spoken,
—yet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you remember what you’ve written,
can you elicit every thought
Does it stay within your memory,
or escape to others sought
Is it linear or transcendent,
on the page or in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 137 Views added 7 years ago
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Sneaking into the enemy camp,
the guards all fast asleep
Crawling past the sorrow and pain,
old promises to keep
Deep within the saboteurs grasp,
for one last time, alone
Burrowing into uncertainties lair
—to despoil the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you write in spite of comment,
can your soul withstand the pain
Can you free those words hid deepest,
can you shoulder all the blame
Can your heart and mind together,
walk arm in arm as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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You’re only as strong as your weakest link,”
the Postman said out loud
“Space creates room to get lost or expand”
he shouted out so proud
True wisdom appears when it chooses the time,
it has always been that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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My heart stays in Wyoming,
as Montana calls my name
My spurs and bits ‘a jingling’
my soul goes north again
Cody up through Beartooth Pass,
Cooke City just below
The Great Divide off to my left,
the glaciers ringed with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 7 years ago
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A warrior lives
like he’s already dead
Honor intact,
his last mission ahead
Destiny called
by an enemy name
All glory to God
—no dishonor or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 7 years ago
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Polymath Siren,
—in a flower returns
new stirrings to write
new melody to learn
Renaissance memory,
intrudes unannounced
Freeing your psyche,
past-future recount
A Polymath harlot,
all love pledged... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 412 Views added 7 years ago
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Wrestling in heaven,
two Archangels beset
An arm bar on hell,
to the devils regret
Scepters now grapple,
as eternity waits
One rule to pin down,
—a reckoning at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 7 years ago
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Allowed to grow unfettered,
allowed to grow unnamed
Allowed to grow beyond myself,
connected once again
Swept up by the wind that brought me,
and free of nether mind
A light now shines within my soul,
—that once had come to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 7 years ago
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I never read it,
the way it was written
I never wrote it,
the way it should read
The lines connected,
were for me to be broken
A lesson once ending,
is where I began
I spoke out of time,
out of place…out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 359 Views added 7 years ago
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We meet adversity,
friend or foe
One to run from,
the other to know
Their dress identical,
intention the same
Accepted—Rejected,
the truth is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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If wishes were dreams,
—eternity could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 146 Views added 7 years ago
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The friendly enemy,
or enemy friend
What matters the difference,
or need to pretend
Either stabbed in the front,
or knifed in the back
The wound just as fatal,
in either attack
Blood given freely,
or blood taken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 339 Views added 7 years ago
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Consumed within my writing,
devoured in the verse
A sacrificial empty draft,
waiting for the hearse
Buried just below the line,
a dead unwritten verb
A victim of tomorrow,
—whose pen has lost its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 7 years ago
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Forever an outsider,
a key without a door
Locked in your detention,
its barrier secure
Always on the outside,
forever looking in
My actions well intended,
your eyes see only sin
I spend my time in silence,
rejection as a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 500 Views added 7 years ago
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Escape in a Poem,
—freedom unchained
Words now alive,
seven sirens renamed
Brevity conquers,
all urge to refrain
As magic unfolds,
—the present... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 46 Views added 7 years ago
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Dying alone on foreign land,
death now grips his blessed hand
Never choosing time or place,
but method certain,
—the Angels wait
An oak to fall on alien soil,
all seeds to heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Who speaks to you sincerely,
who calls your name out loud
Who plates your image clearly,
and picks you from the crowd
Who tends your words forespoken,
as you wander near and far
Who waits for you rewoken,
—just beyond the nearest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 7 years ago
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The sharper the point,
the deeper the wound
The shorter the verse,
—the truth at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 7 years ago
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Trapped in the meter,
a prisoner of rhyme
My spirit indicted,
destroyer of time
A minstrels disciple,
epistle in hand
The sound and the rhythm,
my souls contraband
New couplets my jailer,
their sentences... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 7 years ago
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All virtue intended,
but darkness conspired
The moon bringing shadows,
the wind bringing liars
Our memories entrapped,
as time’s myth reigns again
From clouds that are hidden,
—where thunder... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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Perfection and honor,
concealed in the words
Shame and disloyalty,
rejected unheard
Deep in a poem,
truth’s finality hides
Inhumanity cursed,
—its verses... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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Feeling beyond touch,”
the Sorcerer said…
“Knowledge beyond thought,”
all memory ahead
“Faith beyond healing,”
its mercy divine
“Love beyond giving,”
—a journey... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 151 Views added 7 years ago
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The Lies about tomorrow,
define all truth today
Deceived by joy and sorrow
—all promise gone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 7 years ago
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A prisoner of devotion,
a Saint indentured pure
The light now holds him captive,
on knees bent to the floor
His silence for a jailer,
his sentence now unlocked
With handcuffs loose and falling
—their key from heaven... – by kurt philip behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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Can we ever know creation,
can we ever reach the source
Can knowledge of its power,
transcend this mortal course
Can we join in transformation,
as the old is new again
Is there really a salvation,
—where the truth is freed of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 7 years ago
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The words all come together,
their meaning front to back
Like birds of common feather,
they follow the same tack
Existing for each other,
alone their letters gone
All strength inside their union,
—where quiet turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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I took you into my arms,
to ask about tomorrow
But then you went and stole my heart,
from dreams of yesterday
Reaching deep inside my pain,
you took away the sorrow
All hurt now gone and future spun,
—the present here to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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Seven dark prodigals approached in the night,
saying: “One has escaped and
journeyed into the light”
Seven dark prodigals with shadows now gone,
longed for he who had left them,
—for he who was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 401 Views added 7 years ago
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A song yet unsung,
my prayer in the wind
A blessing assured,
—eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 7 years ago
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Drifting off untethered,
I was caught by my soul
Redirected into providence,
—all pieces again... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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I’ll create my own reality,
in spite of what you say
A distant voice you fear the most,
—the hunter not the prey
You wish for something then hope it’s true,
and wait with fingers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 7 years ago
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Symptomatic folly,
the tail now wags the dog
Whose bark, it whimper’s drolly,
all teeth removed and gone
Reacting, never acting,
new victims every day
All courage has retracted,
—the future in harms... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 333 Views added 7 years ago
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With age in my body,
but youth on the page
A sword old and rusted,
now tempers with rage
These bones may be brittle,
with feet slow to drill
But fire still burns,
—in my memory and will
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 7 years ago
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Crossing all borders,
its fever befalls
Power infectious,
—the cure long... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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Like a wounded dog,
I can never forget
As the memories grow,
not fade
My warning stated,
“The Ice Is Thin”
Where my sun turns
into shade
If I told you once,
I told you twice
“There’s a line,
you’re not to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 428 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing verse,
I dally forth
The hour more stole,
than loaned
The prose to suffer,
and stand in line
With time once more,... – by kurt philip behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Here today and gone tomorrow,
the worm can quickly turn
A sun last set, all vision spent,
—the sum of what you’ve learned
The baton is passed, your race has run,
the finish line now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 7 years ago
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My currency
My words
My fortune
My thoughts
My freedom
My expression
My salvation,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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The day now split
drifts off unpromised,
the dream remains with me
Our words as jewels
now treasured pawn,
their tickets burning free
The nights by measure
mornings fled,
those times you woke and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 351 Views added 7 years ago
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Poets,
Special Forces
Of the literary world
Rescuing confusion,
And then
Setting it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 123 Views added 7 years ago
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Only a Poet…
can change feelings into air,
begetting a new feeling
Only a Poet…
can transform thoughts into verse,
birthing a new thought
Only a Poet…
can define the indefinable,
words meaning more than their letters... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 359 Views added 7 years ago
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My mind now passes through,
—what my heart must leave... – by Chrysalis | 80 Views added 7 years ago
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All power in the caliber,
not the number or the count
Its penetration deeper,
when focused and avowed
The wound well placed is mortal,
its shot not heard till then
But a gun’s not half as lethal
—as what’s fired from your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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Empowering the indolent,
the fox is now inside
The vermin on the loose,
the truth now plagued by lies
The takers stalk the givers,
those on the dole now scream
“We want what you have worked for,
—the fruit without the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Nuclear Poetry,
a single bomb drops
To wipe out the hate,
to reset the clock
A megaton scream,
its verse burns alive
The plague of excuses,
—deception and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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Hand me down memories,
borrowed not owned
Dreams that are mortgaged,
—the present on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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Once I was zoetic,
and words became life
But now I am dead,
—and death becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 7 years ago
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There are Poets
for the stage
And Poets
for the page
The difference
often subtle
In your eye,
and in your ear
There are Poets
for the stage
And Poets
for the page
One well for them
to draw from
Two voices,
—flowing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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To the ladies,
my youth
To the children,
my love
But to forever,
my words
Hawks that fly
—with the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 7 years ago
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January 1st,
a crescent moon
The past crossed over,
the future looms
A New Year dawns,
as daylight breaks
With wishes fresh,
new oaths to take
Feeling lighter,
old burdens gone
New lyrics written,
a familiar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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The only way to cross eternity
is in a poem
Distance not measured in miles or years,
—epic ballads to intone
The light speed meteor will chase forever
the wake of verses... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 149 Views added 7 years ago
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Long before title,
long before name
A wish was granted,
to begin again
Legacy ransomed,
escape from the night
A voice breaking through
—into the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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Political correctness,
—prison of the new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Salvation rises,
only from the depths
of the unsure
Its light ablaze,
exposing fear
while pronouncing the cure
Redemption hovers,
over death and its
pestilence below
Casting all there reborn,
in the warmth
of eternity’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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Splashing on the fragrance
of what your betrayal
has left behind
The perfume of your silence
lingers,
—in scented feelings without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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If you always face left,
try once facing right
Stuck deep in the mire,
all truth beyond sight
It’s the questions at hand,
as answers unwind
Past and future a myth,
—the present to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 7 years ago
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What will they say,
when I’m gone
What will I write,
as I take
my last breath
What will they say,
when I’m... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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Tapping into redemptions dream,
I put my smaller dream aside
And reveled in its greater power,
—reclaiming truth from lies
So blessed in this light ablaze,
than by candlelight... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Each drawer that I fill,
stores something past
The future spread out
on the bed
As each one closes,
its memories sleep safe
Dreams quilted
and looking ahead
Layered inside
and kept neatly stacked
In silence,
their stories... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 160 Views added 7 years ago
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As I lay dying
there were no regrets,
. . . because I answered back
From all beginnings
to every distant end,
. . . I answered back
Not waiting for any higher calling
or mystery on the wind,
. . . I answered... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 7 years ago
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A warrior can be an artist,
but can an artist go to war
Can the craftsman ever breathe the fire,
that tempered the blade he forged
The warrior-poet, not the poet-warrior,
the difference in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Some will then tell,
still others describe
Those feelings of bliss,
those hearts that decry
Each new phrase bringing life,
to words once alone
With a meaning immortal,
—now heavens to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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Money, wrapping paper
of disowned creation
Destroying the gift,
—laying claim to the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 7 years ago
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Created perfect...
in your raising were you tainted
From self-interest and corruption your
waters darkened
In the distance you were lost, unable
to find your way back
From depths, where your spirit lies cold
and... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 40 Views added 7 years ago
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A pound of silver,
will never buy
an ounce of hope
Its invoice blank,
in memory
of tomorrows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 7 years ago
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Checking the pulse
on insanity’s wrist
Its beat never constant,
—as demon’s persist
The pressure to rise,
with each maddening twist
Whose heart then to burst,
—into lunacy’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Time waits…
the handmaiden of love
Love waits,
—only upon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 7 years ago
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Like children, pages
drift away adolescent,
refusing what I offer

Defiant
in their questions,
beyond all answers in their parting
Forcing what’s left, to live trapped
in the abandoned distance
between us... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 74 Views added 7 years ago
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Is anything more beautiful
than a Tchaikovsky waltz
The Nutcracker sublime,
Swan Lake to exalt
Where violins elevate,
and horns renew hope
Archangels in heaven,
by his music elope
Is anything sweeter
than a Tchaikovsky... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 351 Views added 7 years ago
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Dinner almost over,
Dessert
Becomes a sweet
Memory
When no longer served
Time …
Main course of those
Not famished
By tomorrow,
Abundantly served
To those already... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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If language a bullet,
the pen is my gun
Its wound self inflicted,
—the verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 7 years ago
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S
H
E
C
A
M
E
MY HEART AS RANSOM
S
H
E
L
E
F... – by Kurt Phiip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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As in all beginnings
no matter how small,
—lies implicit the end
As night to follow, days
promise is kept,
—and the circle is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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Each phrase a gift,
mine to unwrap
The Muse bequeaths,
when spirit lacks
Each word a jewel,
to cut and shine
Together placed,
—then shout... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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Blood,
fires from my pen
like a well shot round
14 karat penetration,
mighty wound of
self aggression
Letters,
reducing armies
into a special force
Time dying,
as mortared ink strikes
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 396 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you understand
beyond thinking
Can you know more than
your mind can learn
Can you overflow
without leaking
Can you warm beyond
the fires... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 7 years ago
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The magic of the instrument
travels down my fingers
and onto the page
Liberating my spirit,
as the laughter of a child
fills a room
Like a corkscrew,
first to pierce the miracle
inside the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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Is a Poem one,
or a thousand words
The bee sting fatal,
—last shot... – by Kurt Phiulip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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The words dropped from my hand to
the pen unbroken,
—as light in a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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Visionary’s promise,
what’s never seen
Believers die invested,
in lives that wait
Junctions of immunity,
and sweeter air
A mutilated oneness,
—we call the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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Together,
Our hearts may start a fire,
That in isolation
Waits a spark
Eternal,
Our souls may join as one,
As our spirits
Light the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 7 years ago
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In winter, distance forced him into
silence
Spring brought us the promise of fresh captivity,
and the protection of a wish
On summer days, we played in fields,
and hid from him under the cover of bg... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 7 years ago
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Escaping the prose,
I hid in the verse
My mind to compose,
instead of converse
Defying description,
I sang through the notes
And placed my inscriptions,
in lyrical rote
I chose to hear music,
over reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 389 Views added 7 years ago
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Raw and uncut, the Poet
sharpened his edge
The entry wound targeted,
with fury bright red
The first cut the deepest,
and clean to the bone
His wound bleeding freely,
—its suture... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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The shortest road
to emotion,
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 7 years ago
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Translation,
the executioner of emotion,
—and rustler of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 7 years ago
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A Prince of Life—A Prince of Death,
two courts for him to flee
One horse disappears under a ransomed
moon,
—a drawbridge now unseen
Eyes close tight and turn within,
all royalty... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 7 years ago
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I want to die
in the winter,
—when it’s cold
With the reality
of being alive, stronger,
—than all fantasy of being
Where branches
break crisply,
—like a soul in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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In the middle—the center,
a bullseye did hide
Its heart bleeding red,
to target the lies
It cried out for justice,
it cried out in pain
Until an arrow struck deeply,
truth firmly... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 369 Views added 7 years ago
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Love freely given,
no heart denied
A soul in flight,
—Angelic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 7 years ago
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My thoughts are my weapons,
my pen is my sword
My will is my whetstone,
my knighthood,
—my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 143 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing the words,
—I set myself... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 7 years ago
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I happen to be cast a
different way
Molten like igneous
stone
I live on the boundary,
where others won’t play
At the edge of the scary
unknown
The chess board on fire,
as the Russian sage... – by Kurt P Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry is more than words,
some is written—some is heard
Often long—yet sometimes short,
its power shared in strong retort
Questions cry—demanding verse,
with feelings new, still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry...
the marriage of
raw emotion,
—and unbridled... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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To live as an artist,
but die as a man
The dust forever chasing,
—what heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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Sometimes,
in the shadows
of the early morning light
Resting in the
shade,
awaiting the beginning

And hiding
from the end
of all that’s unpromised
I watch
the questions disguise themselves
as often... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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I believe I know,
—do you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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A father teaches a son
everything he knows . . .
Sometimes, it
isn’t enough
Furrows plowing, seedlings
dying, a daughter screams,
As young Johnny goes off
to the city
A step-child of his
own... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 7 years ago
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Feeding my soul,
I look at barns
and want inside
Feeding my soul,
I smile at children
and touch their hands
Feeding my soul,
I talk to truckers
and watch them cry
Feeding my soul,
I tip the hobos
and hear the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 7 years ago
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In youth,
my writing slaved beneath my leisure
To answer questions
only when the pen aroused
But as grayness enters now
on a near horizon
New feelings past my age emerge,
—beyond my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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Where have all the
Poets gone
Where are all the
songs unsung
Where does the mystery
unravel sublime
Where does the majesty
reach the Divine
Where does tomorrow
turn into today
If not for the Poet,
we've all lost our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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I meet with three faces
that come in the night
In dreams that preplace,
masks of darkness and light
Their voices once spoken,
remain in my head
Until words are then written,
pitting joy against... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 337 Views added 7 years ago
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The floodgates are open,
the waters rush forth
New words have been spoken,
— their meaning on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 143 Views added 7 years ago
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Sages and broomsticks,
motherless pearls
Witches that threaten,
fatherless girls
New curse of the ages,
old grudges remain
A coven of stages,
to hide from the rain
The mark then of Satan,
the touch of the Lord
The death plated sunset,
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 7 years ago
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A prisoner of my poetry,
a captive of this chair
The air I breathe connects me fast,
this corner now my lair
I take my meals here sitting,
my sleep in naps between
The written and the spoken word,
—both jailer to this... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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Yes, I’m a Poet,
but I refuse to be tormented
I refuse to be a victim,
with my words made out of stone
I refuse to bleed my heart out,
on a page of blank simpatico
I refuse to give you weakness,
knowing strength you have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 7 years ago
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To steal injustice,
from the eyes of a child
And place it beyond their sight
Is to save today,
when tomorrow is gone
The future—blinded by... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 7 years ago
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I never chose to live among you,
and choose to die alone
My thoughts in writing here beside me,
—last verse my ticket... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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Live
Hard
Write
Easy
Footsteps
Vanishing
With
The... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you synthesize your anger,
do you cauterize the burn
Do you anesthetize the wonder,
when your dreams are drugged and scorned
Is your judgment tempered badly,
with emotion fiery... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 408 Views added 7 years ago
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In the depths of the forest,
a lone candle burns
That light into forever,
your spirit still yearns
In the trees and the darkness,
its promise burns bright
With eternity waiting,
—and just out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 7 years ago
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It’s those desolate interludes,
that create the new space
For our souls to exhale,
—and our dreams to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 7 years ago
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When words rape the feeling,
any pregnancy is wrong
Delivery most premature,
verdict quick—sentence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 7 years ago
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Thoughts ignite
and words burn
As everything considered,
—turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 7 years ago
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Lost,
in what is still to be forgotten,
—reawakening... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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Memory of light,
vision of God
Centered return,
—orbit of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 7 years ago
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The hour has come,
—no word left unspoken
The reasons have vanished,
—all emptiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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With death on the floor,
he tried to hang up his salvation
But the coat hook to eternity
was full
The closet door to redemption,
now locked from the inside
The cloak of forgiveness,
—for someone else to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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My eyes explode,
within the beauty of your image
My ears implode,
within the magic of your words
My mind expands,
within the thought of you inside me
My heart ignites,
—within the fire of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 7 years ago
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Can you own the present,
while renting the past
Can you steal back the truth,
from the future at last
Will the reasoned excuse,
ever be reason enough
For all questions to merge,
with the answers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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If consciousness were to exist
beyond the self
What opinions
might it change
Can something exist outside its
own space
Can something be something
it’s not
Is time the new slave
to the master it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Left just one chance
to gild the night
One kiss,
… before you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 7 years ago
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People of
Reposition
Men of
Calm
Islands of
Immunity
Centuries
Palm
Keepers of
Kingdoms
Regents of
Sight
Pilgrims of
Pugilance
Nomads
Delight
Seekers of
Solitude
Freedom
Within
Sages with
Sustenance
Queens on
The wind
Dogmas... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 371 Views added 7 years ago
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On which side of the authority line
do you fall…
The pulpit,
The assembly line,
The suite down the hall
Who makes the decisions,
do you stand—do you kneel
Is it giving or receiving,
do you take—do you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 356 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you demand my lies,
instead of the truth
Do you hem and sigh,
or stammer uncouth
Does the word unfiltered,
get trapped in your brain
Does the message uncovered,
then wash down your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 334 Views added 7 years ago
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I don’t write Sonnets,
or Limerick verse
I don’t write Haiku,
though often terse
I don’t write Ballads,
or Horacian Odes
I don’t write Parables,
to self-implode
But I do write in Rhythm,
and often in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 352 Views added 7 years ago
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Borrow from a liar,
—but steal from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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She stole your heart
without asking,
—leaving only a dream to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry should never answer,
—more questions than it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 7 years ago
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Living without the need
for either love or hate
And immune to the emptiness
of which so many talk
I marvel at the effects
they both instill and extract
As my mind understands in concept,
—what my heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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Falling leaves mark the beginning
of natures fast . . .
Winter is coming
Hear her Icy bell blowing distance
through your memory,
as trees half naked
spot the ground with clearer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 7 years ago
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Like a Buddhist mantra,
its chord transcends worry and strife
In the song of Gautama,
souls flee the delusions of life
Its highest form, charming saints
and sinners... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 7 years ago
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T
R
U
G
G
L
E
ARRIVAL
D
E
C
L
I
N... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 7 years ago
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Memories,
diecast in their emotion,
—catalysts of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 137 Views added 7 years ago
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Am I the Poet that I used to be,
or the Poet of tomorrow
Am I the Poet of this present moment,
to own or then to borrow
Am I the Poet that I used to be,
or the one I will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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Sometimes, when sitting alone,
I feel your lightness come upon me
Watching my shadow run
toward the brightness of your smile
And like a child,
lost again for the first time
I am carried away in your moment,
—as you bring my shadow... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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The older you get,
the lighter your shadow becomes
Daylight, constantly giving birth
to new—and ever increasing promise... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 82 Views added 7 years ago
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When your mind
is free
How can you trap it
with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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Love destroys what sex begins,
as playgrounds and schoolyards
hide the true nature of the King
Innocence bleeding,
within the deep warm incision
of a preternatural... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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The last of the bread bakes silently in the oven,
as feelings stir warmly inside my heart
The smell and the aroma, an invitation to greatness,
as the temperature rises—announcing I’m... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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The duplicity of solitude,
— thinker and thought
The lies we tell ourselves,
hoping never to get caught
In darkness, living behind walls
that conceal
Our thoughts from our feelings,
—masquerading as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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The Camp Cooky’s singin again outa tune,
about turnin 60 today around noon
"What good is there in it?" I hear him say,
and it got me to thinkin . . . seein it was his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you have the key
that will unlock a new door
Do you have the words
that will heal an old wound
Do you have the eyes
that can share in the tears
Do you have a heart,
—not yet wrenched from your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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The Emperor walks naked,
with eyes all alone
To his subjects he panders,
his pride for a throne
His strut his true signature,
exposure supreme
Your opinion of no matter,
—as he colors you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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I look at the money,
asking what’s it all mean
From the toys to the honey,
and the years in between
I look at the statements,
as my love takes a bow
Thanking God my abatement,
although late—came... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 125 Views added 7 years ago
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The logic in morality,
lay hidden in the math
The danger in neutrality,
an unwillingness to act
The numbers tell the story,
as no Poet ever could
Their truth the final glory,
—in those values time... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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Forgetting to remember,
remembering to forget
Old choices escape us,
new decisions unmet
Forgetting to remember,
remembering to forget
The path to the altar,
salvations... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 7 years ago
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My deal with the future,
—my debt to the present
My deal with the present,
—my debt from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Without religion,
where would we hide
What would be our reason,
could souls justify
What would excuse the killing,
cleaning deaths stain away
What would forgive tomorrow,
for the sins of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 374 Views added 7 years ago
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Professional Poet,
I cringe at the term
A lonely consensus,
so much to learn
Days writing couplets,
nights dreamed in verse
Feelings when gifted,
not mine to rehearse
Professional Poet,
to run and then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 429 Views added 7 years ago
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Unchained from the structure,
enslaved by the words
My voice to the wind,
—freeing silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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Can memory destroy vision,
if the tables turn
Can time surpass insight,
as its distance churns
Can faith supplant reason,
from its place on high
Can love be the fifth season,
—and our final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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Half the time,
you don’t know where you are,
—even when you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 7 years ago
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Seven years of perfection,
the memories still deep
in my heart
A constant beginning,
one vow
that we never would part
With time and the seasons,
and those reasons
that neither of us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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When emptiness
replaces memory
The wind,
—forever ceases to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 7 years ago
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Before you fall,
you’ve got to stand
Your voice once stalled,
no reprimand
The paradigm floats,
on swamps that drain
Where praise cries out,
false hope... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing for the ages,
—not for the agent
Answers became questions,
—all wonder... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 7 years ago
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You bought one more tomorrow,
from my borrowed yesterdays
My voice to sing with Angels,
your love the music plays
You bought one more tomorrow,
from my darkened yesterdays
Replacing grief and sorrow,
—with a torch that lights my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 7 years ago
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The most important things don’t need a reason,
—just because
The falling leaves beyond their season,
—just because
The sun trades the night to the rising moon,
—just because
The lateness that brings one last final goodbye,
—just... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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There’s a hope that exists beyond reason,
like the refrain of a well written song
There’s a tragedy entrapped in each season,
where right is still captive of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 370 Views added 7 years ago
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I harbor a mean spirit
but not in my soul
He roams through my
consciousness as havoc and pain
Trying to break through
to that place where he’s banned
Trying to break through
to where my innocence lives
Again and again he forces
his will
But it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 167 Views added 7 years ago
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My pen would be dry if the world
were the only cry for more
But Laura’s voice from within,
asserts with a solemn command
Kindling my eternal fire—stoking the
questioning cord
Burning away the doubt,
—and turning me back... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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When staring death in the face,
do not look back over your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 7 years ago
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Is the artist in me a liar,
or the one who walks outside
Are my words and deeds in conflict,
which to breathe and which to hide
Would King Solomon have an answer,
to this split I often... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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I hate the ‘Body
Politic’
Whose wave blasphemes
and grows
I battle to swim against
its tide
Or be abandoned in the
flow
I hate the way it stunts
my voice
'Old Dominions' chosen
side
I hate the fact—it’s hate
I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 7 years ago
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Did you edit away the fire,
in your attempt to be correct
Do your words make you a liar,
as they break and disconnect
Is that order you chased after,
now deserted no-mans land
With your mind and spirit sinking,
—in a literate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 7 years ago
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The Question I Posed ….
If your Poem is still
an open wound
And you stitch it tight
with editing
How…
will it ever bleed free?
(James River Writer’s Conference: October, 2016)
The Actual Poem ….
For All To... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 352 Views added 7 years ago
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I turn my collar up against the wind
and place my eyes along the skyline
Hoping in the darkness for some sign of you
a colder truth I’ve never known
I pull my jacket tight across my chest
and watch the waves crash upon your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 7 years ago
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Living on the surface,
dinner’s always served at eight
Living on the surface,
pride forever casts your fate
Living on the surface,
things always seem just fine
Living on the surface,
plays an endless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 7 years ago
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Time may be short,
but the memories are long
Of a life I now celebrate,
in poetry and song
My body though challenged,
my eyesight forlorn
Those promises I kept,
the blanket that warms
The sun may be setting,
with leaves turning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 418 Views added 7 years ago
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Round and round,
went the memories of pain
As the joy slid off,
in an unending refrain
Round and round,
the promises spun
And one by one,
into lies they’ve become
Round and round
my heart was passed... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 406 Views added 7 years ago
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If you live your life fully, death approaches as a
friend
If you’ve risked it all, holding nothing back,
his greeting will not offend
If you exceeded your limitations, you are finally no
longer... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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Celestial things massacre time
with their importance
Like Carlos Santana playing
‘Black Magic Woman’
Earthly things embody the moment
within their transformation
The caterpillar—the butterfly,
the wood before the fires... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry in its essence,
—renders itself obsolete
Transporting the reader,
beyond words though profound
Casting off its burden
of expressive supplication
Pure thought and pure feeling,
—symbiotic... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 7 years ago
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My reservation made
My ticket punched
My racket strung
My hole card trumps
My lead dog ready
My rudder long
My hope restructured
My spirit strong
My story ending
My fable begins
My memories endowed
All faith Now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 7 years ago
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No Conflict
No Contest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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A sweetness comes with age,
like fruit that’s overripe
A Poet then a Sage,
on this journey into night
A wish distilled from all regret,
its seeds to be re-sewn
A sweetness comes with age,
that buried youth could never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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With time,
the beginning gets close to the end
With time,
I no longer need to pretend
With time,
the feelings now stand on their own
With time,
the reasons are best left alone
With time,
the music alone mine to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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The Crucifixion self-endowed,
by the greatest of all men
His death then chosen, not denied,
his message not forsaken
His torment was a sacrifice,
an offering to all
Our souls to rise through bread and wine,
his voice again to... – by Kurt Phiulip Behm | 41 Views added 7 years ago
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Giving birth to new feelings,
life to the unborn
Eternity now swaddled,
cradled and warm
A labored delivery,
nibbed forceps demand
Prying out a new meaning,
each stroke of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 239 Views added 7 years ago
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One day beyond mourning, a new sun to shine
a promise remade, not a cloud in the sky
One day beyond mourning, your spirit still warm
your flesh now at rest, on the hill past the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 7 years ago
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This poem to be read
at the end of my life
When I bid you adieu
from the joy and the strife
A verse filled with hope
and with love from within
To carry inside,
my song on the wind
I’ll try not to preach,
as others have... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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Loving one woman…
a joy unto heaven
Loving two women…
a curse upon the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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At the far end of the casket,
his girlfriend hugged his wife
And told her she was sorry,
that she had tried to steal her life
Their tears then ran in unison,
for one who loved them... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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Let the thoughts simmer,
let the words breathe
Excesses slimmer,
passions reprieve
Leave the ink arid,
keep the page clear
Treasure the silence,
—that only you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 7 years ago
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Are they waiting for me patient,
as I’m caught up in the game
Are they counting down the moments,
till I breathe my last refrain
Do they wonder why I dawdle,
with an opening so wide
Do excuses stoop to waddle,
as my tardiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 7 years ago
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Release your mind from the
drought of expedience
And harvest in the crops
of your insanity
(Philadelphia, Woodand Ave: September... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 102 Views added 7 years ago
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Is there a thread that binds and ties,
an artist to his art
Is it thin or thickly woven,
does it hold or come apart
Is it there to free or wear one down,
with the memory of its form
Does its very nature reattach,
when in fury it is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 331 Views added 7 years ago
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Once truth is judged delusion,
we choose the lesser of two lies
Abandoning that voice unheard,
—stillborn, a baby cries
The ideal in dark remission,
all hope now cast in flames
Making bargains with the Devil,
—as the future writhes in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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Every thought,
a link in the chain
Every feeling,
joy battling pain
Every moment,
a dream set to fly
Every decision,
—to live or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 7 years ago
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The night I gave in to
reckless abandon
Was the night I embraced,
—what I’d never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 7 years ago
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Full contact Poetry
The ultimate fight
Death match supreme
The truth within sight
Pulling no punches
The ink bleeding free
The wound beyond mortal
A Fait... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 7 years ago
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Can a phrase rule
over a paragraph
Can the right word
stand alone
Can a thought be held
within one breath
Can the truth in short
be known
Can you single out
the future
Can you paraphrase
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 362 Views added 7 years ago
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There are many futures,
—but only one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Making love to your memory,
I watched her walk past
Blonde, eighteen and tan,
and this decade my last
A memory comes back,
as new feelings release
Of a field in September,
when our hearts were at... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 7 years ago
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Delay success for as long
As you can
Living up to an image
Will only cloud your vision
Stealing what you can least
Afford to lose
Dragging you into the illusion
And myth
You have spent a lifetime
Railing against
Dragging you into the
Vicarious... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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With a new honesty,
I began to write
As the fog was cleared,
liberating my sight
From lies and confusion,
the wrongs became right
My days now lengthened,
—turning darkness to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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Is it Crosby, Stills, or Eagles for you,
Republican or Democrat to vote
Is it Chinese takeout or Italian bistro,
or the prose or poetry you wrote
Is it bland or spicy, thick or thin,
as you struggle yet to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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Write it big
Write it strong
Write it eternal,
…a poets song
Make your words clear
Make right from wrong
The message short,
…the meaning long
This time only lent
The whispers uncloud
The opening prescient,
…reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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How open is your window,
how tall is your door
How wide is your pool,
how slippery is your floor
How fresh is your perception,
how broad is your scope
How clear is your reflection,
how real is your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 554 Views added 7 years ago
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Stolen from eternity,
the feelings would not
lend themselves—to... – by kurt Philip Behm | 61 Views added 7 years ago
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Late into the night,
the characters become real
And the words that I’ve written
cement and congeal
Late into the night,
they take over my soul
My reality transformed,
—my emptiness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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The only time I am truly honest,
—is in verse
The only time I clearly hear his voice,
—is in rhyme
The only time my salvation appears,
—to transverse
The only time my heart really bleeds,
—so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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Fame is
Contingent
On
One of two
Possibilities
Complete
Rebellion
Or
Absolute ... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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The Poetry Of Friends
The Music Of Love
The Beginning Of The End
Death From Above
The Unwritten Word
Wuthering Heights
All Truth Now Unheard
A Thief In The Night
Advise And Consent
A Darkening... – by kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 7 years ago
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Quantifying Art,
quality by the pound
Feelings like hair part,
—separation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 7 years ago
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Thoughts inflame as feelings stir
Words simmering yet to boil
Unspoken sparks drift through the night
A pyre still to burn
Delphian in its natural form
The smoke a treacherous friend
Ink rekindles and lies cremate
The mind, its woods on fire
As... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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Yesterday and tomorrow
The same impostor,
—wearing different... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 7 years ago
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I’d rather write the truest book
for just one man to read
Than draft that one of mass appeal,
—to blush but never bleed
I’d rather speak that one great line
to a canyon vast and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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A Rhyme to end
Each chosen line
Conjoined to those
Before
Each couplet
Like a stair step
Each stanza
Something more
The sound that’s made
Betrothes at once
All foreign and
Obscure
The glue within
Our spoken word
To bind us... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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Inspiring you to write your own,
my words fell silent
your heart to roam
Creating space for thoughts to breathe,
new feelings await
my loves... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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Poets…
spiritual escape artists
in a shackled and mundane... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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Thoughts ignite
And words burn
As everything considered,
—turns to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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Birth—Coronation
Belief—Creation
Pain— Debilitation
Sin—Damnation
Joy—Association
Despair—Isolation
Praise—Adulation
Time—Anticipation
Truth—Revelation
Faith—Salvation
Death—Divination... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Tell me you love me,
tell me you’re sure
Tell me again,
tell me once more
Say it resplendent,
one breath to endure
Say one last time,
those words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 129 Views added 7 years ago
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The Poetry of Philosophy,
The Philosophy of Truth,
A equals C,
—‘Carmina... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 334 Views added 7 years ago
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You can listen with hope,
or listen in pain
But listen you shall,
as my words will explain
"You were left in a tree trunk,
neither hollow nor full
With a decision impending,
a test of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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The layman will ask…
always questioning what
The poet observes…
always adding a why
The universe inhales
within the difference
And with each ensuing breath,
—new verse... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 7 years ago
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With age,
My sword
Is deeply scarred
But its edge
Now twice as sharp
With age,
My words
Are penned in blood
But their meaning
Takes to heart
With age,
I embrace what
Truth reveals
And step toward
My final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 7 years ago
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Youth,
Like cement before it dries,
Like a promise before it’s kept,
Like words spoken,
—yet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 41 Views added 7 years ago
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He died that night
In a cheap motel
In Maryville Tennessee
$35.00 Karma mixed with
The smell of curry
Coming from the front office
No one would ever understand
Why he chose to die here
Especially those few
Who claimed to know him well
The gravel... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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The great reward of my life,
—being a writer
The great punishment of my life,
—living within those... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 7 years ago
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In the middle of the storm
you were a beacon,
calling me onward
A lighthouse reaching out
into the fog,
giving me hope
When seas were rough
and days long,
you kept my tiller... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 363 Views added 7 years ago
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Don’t wait for that perfect poem
to appear
It lives in the seeds of your
imperfection
Waiting for new furrows of wonder
and strife
To flower in soil you have yet
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 7 years ago
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Carrying your heart inside my pocket,
I travelled the world
And reached for you,
when my fate turned inside out
You never complained as I forgot to thank you,
time after time
Staying curled up and quiet,
waiting for me to reach... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 171 Views added 7 years ago
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The snow fell,
freezing my hope
to the branches,
—waiting for spring
The snow fell,
dropping its cold
reminder,
—onto feelings bare
The snow fell,
through its grayish white
shadow,
—an untrodden... – by kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 7 years ago
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The tears of a warrior
Blood from above
His fury unleashed
In a most perfect love
Though few understand it
Living for others alone
To die then immortal
And be welcomed back... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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The only time we live the myth,
—is when swallowing the lie
The only time we live as equals,
—is in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 7 years ago
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(From My Novel 'Searching For Crazy Horse': Published 2011)
Song From The Mountaintop
Columbia Falls, Montana- September, 2003
The cry of an eagle floats across a distant peak
bear tracks visible in the spring thawing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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(From 'Searching For Crazy Hose' Published in 2011)
Crazy Horse's final words to me as our search ended....
“My son, you can search,
but without your vision it’s hopeless
Its message I saw before you
so very long... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Partisan dreamer
audience of one
Killer of grammar
words on the run
Paragraphs frozen
the undotted ‘I’
The meaning now freed
all language... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 7 years ago
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The magic of the perpetual
and everlasting moment
Defining my existence,
—no beginning and no end
Exploding its epiphany
into this and every instant
The brightness of its light
shining on all that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 7 years ago
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Oftentimes, what doesn’t get said,
—makes the loudest... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 7 years ago
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Political Correctness…
handcuffs that restrain
until the executioner... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 146 Views added 7 years ago
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I- Insight without intuition
N-Never to understand
T-Trapping what can’t be caught
E-Endgame to confound
R-Riddle we play with ourselves
E-Earnestly said nothingness
S-Spoken in bewilderment
T-Time and again
I-In our ongoing confusion
N-Never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 7 years ago
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There are no other words
that better describe…
So I rethought the terms
‘future’ and ‘past’
Bringing them into my
perpetual present
To feast,
—instead of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 7 years ago
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Trapping that one line,
the truth to follow
Couplets misleading,
away from the bait
Seasoned with hope,
the first cut the deepest
One maxim, one line,
to capture and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 7 years ago
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Prepackaged compliment,
our badge of delight
Symbol and emblem,
—deceptively bright
A pandered acknowledgement,
—slap on the back
Others controlling,
the acceptance we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 7 years ago
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Is your courage abandoned
in the cold and lost
From a temporary crisis,
—an unplanned confrontation
Does it wait for reassurance
as you run and hide
From a seconds indecision,
—a momentary... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 7 years ago
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Locked inside my indecision,
death opened up the door
And let me look inside my fear,
which I hated and abhorred
The view not half as frightening,
as the stories others lied
And its arms extended toward me,
standing frozen—heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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The rain stopped
the sun was gone
Mercy was in
short supply
Smoke hung over
the battlefield
A bugler in the mud
with his cry
Bodies were being
carted off
New songs were written
to the dead
Just another day in
World War 1
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 148 Views added 7 years ago
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Are your children the frame,
—that your love is pictured... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 7 years ago
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Editing Poetry…
which face comes off the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 7 years ago
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It’s all been different
It’s all been the same
It’s all been anonymous
It’s all had a name
It all had a beginning
It all has an end
Its truth lost in winning
Its game of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 447 Views added 7 years ago
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Aloneliness,
thickening fog
haze to look out of
safe in your bog
Aloneliness,
creating the space
for Laura to fill
her words to efface
Aloneliness,
time and again
taking me places
love’s never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 440 Views added 7 years ago
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How do you teach Poetics,
can experience be forged
Maybe Emily will share her secret,
what did she explore
How can you convert a feeling,
into words beyond the main
How do they become a Poem,
—without scars to mask the pain
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 135 Views added 7 years ago
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Release the hasp
Pull back the mask
The key has turned
Your face to learn
Unlatch the lid
Reach down amid
What’s hidden deep
—your secret sleeps
Confront the lie
The souls new stye
Wash clean the pain
With loves... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 7 years ago
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Deeply hidden within thoughts
that linger
A centuries old message to know
and then feel
Remembrance crying out from the
darkness approaching
In a voice so familiar—our fortune
to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 7 years ago
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At 12:00
High-Noon
The train left
New York
For the
Coast
Inside,
Echoed
A warning
From a shell
High dry
And remote
In the boxcar ….
“I’ll be back
In the spring
For rebuttal
When the lead
You have now
Is worn... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 143 Views added 7 years ago
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Bugles
Calling horses
Some missing riders
The enemy dead beyond
A five hour victory march
In the morning the burials commence
The following day all men to rest
And with the subsequent dawn—to start... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Is the right proprietary?
Is arrogance ordained?
Who gets to decide?
Who gets the acclaim?
The writer of the lyric?
The critic who disdains?
Who gets to call it Poetry?
Whose blood has left a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 7 years ago
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His Riches Claimed
A fool
A rich father
A poor boy
A dream
The theater
Of experience
One whines
The other screams
The reckoning
Once predicted
Is here
The world in flames
The fool
Just canon fodder
The boy,
—his riches... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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A common man with bad intent,
can damage and do harm
But a genius with an evil heart,
—makes hell-fire seem... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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Liberals with a credit card
Debts they’ll never pay
Mortgaging our future
The present now ‘in play’
Conservatives with a checkbook
The balance no concern
Hope now bouncing downward,
—when will we ever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 7 years ago
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Into the forest
Out of the trees
Over the hill
Quixotic trapeze
Through the valley
Crossing the lake
Into the meadow
Time overtakes
A messenger calls
The cave now in sight
Daylight behind us,
—into the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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My first breath every morning,
a thank-you to the Lord
My heart beats then in tribute,
single note in heaven’s chord
My last breath every evening,
as I close my eyes to sleep
To thank him softly once again,
—his grace now mine to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 125 Views added 7 years ago
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Would I trade the words…
would I trade for a song
Would I trade the words…
for a life ever long
Would I trade the words…
for a pulpit on high
Would I trade the words…
for the moon and the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 308 Views added 7 years ago
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The great gift of intelligence,
—the gift of language
The great gift of language,
—the gift of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 44 Views added 7 years ago
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The tide of redemption,
—catches all in its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 7 years ago
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She promised me tomorrow,
stealing all my yesterdays
A future blackened with her lies,
—the present gone... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 7 years ago
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If I could go back and write,
in all the places that I lived
I wonder if I left memories there,
or stories that I hid
If I could travel back in time,
one question to atone
Is part of me still orphaned there,
—in darkness and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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The only winner in a war of attrition,
—is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 7 years ago
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Logic will never explain the Spirit,
its reasoning is vain
Metaphysics not transcendence,
all thunder—never rain
Ontology dismissing love,
a life of death and pain
Lusting for what we’ll never have,
—hating what we can’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 7 years ago
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I wrote so many
in hope of one
A lyrical surfer
his wave to come
One verse to ride,
the search complete
And all eternity
within my reach
As the quiet ended,
in a thunderous roar
The wait was over,
its message... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 7 years ago
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Do your words sharpen,
as your feelings dull
Do your actions harken,
what’s still to know
Do your wheels spin faster
as you sink in place
Does the meaning retreat,
as you blindly chase
Do your moments forecast,
or serve to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 388 Views added 7 years ago
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Another bed turned down,
I sleep between its lines
Dreaming of an empty space,
wishing in 4-poster... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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Three dead cops…
our thoughts and prayers
Will we ever learn,
what will make us care
The end will not come,
as false prophecy ordains
In political correctness,
our blood will... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 7 years ago
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Once the words are written down,
—you will never die... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry 101:
‘Write what you know, write what you feel’
Poetry 401:
‘Write what you know, write what you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 214 Views added 7 years ago
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Twas once a time you stole my heart,
then Laura stole it back
Through all those years our hearts on fire,
she waited and she sat
She hoped one day our lives would part,
to never meet, as... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 121 Views added 7 years ago
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In his science
he wrestled
With my verse
just the same
As his numbers
refigured
The words
I renamed
Two roads
to one place
Distant windows
one light
Time still to
confound
Albert’s shadow
so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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Will eternity have
a Yin and a Yang
Will the forces that govern
applaud and harangue
Will the blessings have value
if darkness moves on
Will it all even matter
—once the future is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you change the meaning
in favor of form
Do you add a new comma
because it’s the norm
Do you shorten the sentence
because it’s advised
Do you scour the pages
re-dotting your I’s
Do you read and reread
again to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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Night erupts…
The maddening glow
Of a closing minute
Of a final hour
Shines pale
Against the frozen concrete
As the drumbeat starts
And the chanting starts
My last broken link
Forever lost—Forever lost
Salvation,
The calling card
Of a new
Abyss
My... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 60 Views added 7 years ago
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I’m a two-winged poet
not just single-wing
And would never clip one
to fly into this wind
As one wing goes up
the other comes down
Until both work together
when flying most proud
The zero-sum landing
with talons so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 7 years ago
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What are words
if not remembered
What are feelings
never spent
What is time
if not then fleeting
What is love
not heaven sent
What are gifts
beneath the wrapping
What are wishes
beyond all hope
What are words
if not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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Winter,
buried feelings
—frozen in time
Spring,
buried promises
—soon to be mine
Summer,
unburied love
—all days then sublime
Fall,
buried alive
—in unbroken... – by kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 7 years ago
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Is it novel,
or the persona of
writing a book
Is it accomplishment,
or the ability to
brag and to strut
Is it knowledge,
or the prestige of
having a degree
Is it passion,
or a fire blown out
in the... – by kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 7 years ago
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Do your words inspire,
or serve to explain
Do your actions aspire,
or fail then again
Does your love encircle,
and endear you to all
Do you look up and smile,
—at the thought of it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 7 years ago
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The mold has broken,
our future uncast
The best of remembrance,
severed in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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Two hearts met as children,
and from both we would hide
To now share the loneliness,
of one final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 7 years ago
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Prince without a lineage
King without a throne
Master without servants
Lover of that unknown
Hearer of what’s unspoken
Seer of things divine
Lord among the jesters
Voice for all the mimes
Reason when excuses falter
Questioner when answers... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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Keep your words close,
—but the silence... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 7 years ago
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I never wanted to own the words,
but only rent them
I never wanted to stay too long,
just not leave early
I never wanted to hear the answer,
and keep the question
I never wanted to give my name,
—a heart now... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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There’s comfort in knowing,
things come and they go
The wind brings a newness,
whether lilac or snow
There’s joy in all laughter,
freely accrued
Music in words,
spoken only by you
A place to be born,
a moment to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 37 Views added 7 years ago
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Charge boldly charge
No quarter asked
From the valley
They stormed
An enemy
Struck
As blood
A sideways rain
Blinding those
Left afoot
With horses
Shot
A hill to be
Taken
No more reason
Than that
Dead Captain
Face down
His riderless
Mount
Chasing... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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The ending recaptures,
what my beginning set free
A swan in pure flight,
—wings open and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 7 years ago
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Irish Poet by choice,
the teachers did fail
Because of my voice,
not to their unavail
The structures they hammered,
the forms they imposed
All lost to my whimsy,
—myself I then... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 7 years ago
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God is a poet,
his blessings in rhyme
Salvation unmetered,
inspiration divine
His voice calls us inward,
temptation now gone
Where the wings of an Angel,
carry words into... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 7 years ago
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Time waits…
the handmaiden of love
Love waits,
—only upon... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 71 Views added 7 years ago
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By darkness I trolled,
in my oft-shedding skin
Hidden alleys I roamed,
for new victims at whim
But at last I must face
the deception I’ve wrought
And relive every memory,
that festers and rots
As the truth in rebellion,
turns its anger... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 7 years ago
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I answered with love,
you questioned with
anger and pain
I then held you close,
but your eyes
failed me again
I told you truly,
as our wishes
dropped to the floor
Then you asked again,
and my heart,
—your swinging... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 7 years ago
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Those who betray their dreams,
—are forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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What the heart holds captive,
—the mind will never... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 7 years ago
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I’m a Type A Poet,
literarily incorrect
And in the company of fools,
my pen goes for their neck
They sing to the choir,
while we cry and spill blood
Their trash in the fire,
their lies in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 7 years ago
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The meter—the castle,
the rhyme in the moat
The battlements weary,
all meaning afloat
The knights at the ready,
swords sharpened and drawn
Each piercing a sonnet,
—each flag a new... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 7 years ago
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All of our passions,
border on sin
The reasoning gray,
—the line often thin
All of our joy,
dances freely between
That Angel above us,
—and a Devil... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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The real is the nursery,
where fantasy begins
The clay the permission,
for the sculptor to sin
The keyboard, the staircase,
to a heavenly score
The day not forsaken,
but its... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 7 years ago
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A battalion of feeling,
a dead soldiers thoughts
A war of contrition,
last battle not fought
Distant artillery,
final shot from within
Its smoke covering over,
—the most original... – by kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 7 years ago
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Not ready to die,
—less ready to live
The choice was made for me,
—with nothing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 7 years ago
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None of you are listening,
the ending now is real
Heaven’s in the cart,
and the Devil’s at the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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Is the truth even electable,
—with redemption now a sin
The confessional a voting booth,
—where liars dwell... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 7 years ago
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The enemy of my enemy,
—often masquerades as my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 34 Views added 7 years ago
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A Poet with no following,
a speaker without ears
A siren in the shower,
a guitar no one hears
A frame with no picture,
an actor on loan
A choice with no decision,
a house—but no... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 7 years ago
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Did you waste your life,
just making money
Did you eat the bread,
and not the honey
Did you sell your soul,
as the children watched
Was your heart left cold,
in a tinderbox
We’re your excuses detailed,
and your reasons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 7 years ago
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The light of remembrance,
the will’s DNA
Stolen by dementia,
—forever in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 7 years ago
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The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the last rose
Of summer
Or the fragrance she wore
For that final... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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Writing in meter, ending in rhyme
the journey became clear,
—destination in mind
Writing in meter, ending in rhyme
my words pillared inward,
—their meaning sublime
Writing in meter, ending in rhyme
free of the ramble,
—heartbeat... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 7 years ago
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The contract unsigned,
pen firmly in hand
The bliss not for barter,
its insight freestands
Fame and notoriety,
may go where they please
To my grave and beyond,
the verse teaches and frees
No pity I ask for,
understanding I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 7 years ago
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Stop trying to be a poet,
and say what you feel
Kill off the dilettante,
both hands on the wheel
In front of the mirror,
we all wear a crown
Are your verses to be written,
—by a sage or a clown
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Knowing,
—not repeating
The weakness,
of all refrain
A first cut,
true and deepest
Once healed,
—its scar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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I never wanted to be famous,
I only wanted to be great
I never promised you an answer,
even now, as your questions inflate
I traveled from corner to corner,
you pushing back time and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 7 years ago
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Reading for inspiration,
and not for fact
The words paint a picture,
in my mind
Like dominoes falling,
one by one
They rise from the page
to my hand
My fingers enliven,
and start to draw
A vivid story,
new image... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 7 years ago
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Day surrounds your memory,
as evening frames your smile
But what I most remember,
—is morning in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 7 years ago
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Stopping just short of judgment,
his mind took a leap
Whose soul rose as substance,
now ready to speak
Words before never uttered,
or spoken in vain
This acknowledgement followed,
crying out in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 111 Views added 7 years ago
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You stir it one way, and they the other,
but the pot stays just as hot
You attack their motives, and they attack yours,
while the mixture boils and rots
“It needs to be this way”… the other side revolts,
your mind ‘faulty’ with avarice and... – by kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 7 years ago
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Journalistic integrity,
give me a break
Your lies are on fire,
the devil at the gate
Journalistic integrity,
the wages of sin
All truth has been twisted,
your soul has worn thin
Journalistic integrity,
oxymoron... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 7 years ago
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When eternity is mortgaged,
—your soul its true... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 7 years ago
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When we all get to heaven,
do we pray in one voice
Or keep our wills separate,
then to still have a choice
When we meet the almighty,
will our thoughts be our own
Or is identity sacrificed,
—on his altar... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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Sleeping with Laura,
and not making love
Lost in her aura,
and thoughts from above
Sleeping with Laura,
all vanity chaste
A feeling impregnates,
—the blame heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 7 years ago
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The channel seemed open,
its tuner was stuck
A dial now frozen,
mixed static and such
The needle was missing,
its knob wouldn’t turn
Transmission now distant,
—all frequency burned
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High caliber verse,
its cartridge hand loaded
A new target centered,
all focus then squared
Its barrel's been filled,
with red molten fury
Whose trigger awaits,
—a desperate... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 7 years ago
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The only sin uncommitted,
—is the one... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 7 years ago
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Every book has 100 messages,
trying to get out
And every song has 10 inside of it,
waiting to sing out loud
Every painting has 1000 images,
fighting to be shown
And every poem has a hidden voice,
—dying to be... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 7 years ago
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The night in riches,
my vault again full
The words overflowing,
old debts now annulled
The stillness a fortune,
its quiet sublime
The meaning unmortgaged,
—a poem... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 7 years ago
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The night a gift,
though minus sleep
With dreams adrift,
and words to keep
Blankness woven,
connection spun
A poem born,
—dark on the... – by kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 7 years ago
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Left on their own,
my words turn to prayer
Renewing my faith,
—confirming you’re there
Spoken aloud,
they lodge in my soul
Warming my heart,
—and keeping me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 98 Views added 7 years ago
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My window opens wider,
as my focus narrows down
The words are now much richer,
than what I used to think, profound
The light brings joy and substance,
filling corners deep and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 7 years ago
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So it shall be written,
—so it shall be said”
A voice from the darkness
—hovering over my bed
“So it shall be written,
—so it shall be done”
Your faith unto choice,
—your love... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 7 years ago
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The answer never welcome,
—the price of joy is pain
A question forever mired,
—in millennial disdain
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The words came together,
and stretched on the frame
Their meaning spilled over,
as paint in the drain
The canvas so porous,
the easel divine
The curtains blew outward,
faces calling in mime
The streets all a-chatter,
it was Paris in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 7 years ago
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Darkness,
the beginning path
Burns brightest
at the end
Storm clouds
over a troubled youth
Success now on
the mend
Struggles, trials,
and failures past
Just fuel,
to keep you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Sentenced wrongly,
imprisoned well
The bars a fortress,
—where voices... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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From the rock of ages,
—a pebble thrown
A thundering crash,
—from David’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 59 Views added 7 years ago
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The raven, the idiot,
all hate on parade
The cages now empty,
—the demon charade
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I want to write dirty and convoluted,
connected and wet
And in the mess of my words
Feel the stain run down
Over the nice clean ordered objective, detached
From the structure you claim to know about
I want to write congested
And ingested,
Not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 7 years ago
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"A man’s true spirit can only be forged and replenished,
—in the fire of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 7 years ago
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Left to themselves,
—words turn to prayer
Wishes now blessings,
—hope in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 51 Views added 7 years ago
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Art,
the DMZ
between nightmares
and dreams
Escape
for the traveller,
forgotten
and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 90 Views added 7 years ago
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The older I get,
—the closer it seems
The past from the future,
—what’s real, to my dreams
The older I get,
—the deeper it feels
Distraction aborted,
—all distance revealed
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The intrinsic beauty
of the present moment
Exploding beyond consciousness
rewriting the hymn
Outracing the words
to an epiphany of reflection
Outpacing all time,
—absolution... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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Contentment has set in,
—all restlessness is gone
The hour is growing short,
—the day forever long
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The kingdom of knowledge,
—to its crown we are wed
Its light our betrothal,
—the heavens our bed
The words ever regal,
—trousseau never to beg
Thus, will it be written,
—to all, may it be said
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Using words to create feelings,
—not feelings to create words
The letters but a footprint,
—along the path to being... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 130 Views added 7 years ago
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Get caught in the conversation,
—before the day is late
Don’t wait for an invitation,
—as they slowly shut the gate
The wolf now dressed in spun wool,
—has broken from his cage
He hungers more for what we’ve lost,
—a legacy of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 33 Views added 7 years ago
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The progressive death knoll
sounded,
—a final serpent to mount
The excuses now
abandoned,
—the dragon’s fire is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 7 years ago
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Should God destroy a mountain,
—because you're afraid of heights
Should the sun stay fixed forever,
—to keep away the night
Should the birds all sing in unison,
—drowning out the siren’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 7 years ago
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I often walk a mile,
—to go just fifteen steps
I often write ten pages,
—for that line that dries and sets
I often talk a blue streak,
—hoping for one special word
And often love beyond my heart,
—with the grace sent from our... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Lay it all out there,
—put it on the line
Send your fear back down to hell,
—forever to remind
Evil in submission,
—darkness wrapped in fright
Its voice now silenced with your words,
—prisoner of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 45 Views added 7 years ago
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Do I grasp for understanding,
—or is knowing quite enough
Or deem then that important,
—if the difference smooth or rough
Do I understand a mountain,
—or the bear that lives... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 39 Views added 7 years ago
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I’m tired of hating,
—and tired of baiting
I’m tired of winning,
—in a rained out inning
I’m tired of loving,
—when the love’s not returned
I’m tired of crying,
—tears borrowed and churned
I’m tired of reasons,
—and excuses for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 7 years ago
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Life,
—forever promising more
Death,
—its own reward
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Can you look at something,
being totally neutral
Not slanted or biased,
with no opinion at all
Can you dodge the particulars,
until the big picture forms
Your options still open,
as you weather all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 7 years ago
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Surrendering to love,
—an imprisonment of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 7 years ago
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Do you have to do something
you loathe or then hate
To finance the thing
that you love
Do you dance to a tune
both off key and off step
To waltz freely with what
comes from above
Do the moments you steal
and those stolen from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 7 years ago
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We do no favors,
—in labeling genius
We do no favors,
—channeling the light
We do no favors,
—immortalizing perfection
We do no favors,
—underwriting... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Identity, born from strains of inheritance
Seeing only his back
The day's remained long
Promise and hope our failure reclaimed
With the fat lady mute,
—and the robin's in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Hope trumped last,
—a prisoner of death
A final capitulation,
—devil's ransom... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 7 years ago
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Beneath the cover of defeat,
—final victory comes late
Sustained only by a will,
—refusing to give in
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A Poem dies without rhythm,
but only bleeds without rhyme
All motion its substance,
—all coupling its shine
The lifebeat of words,
as they pull you within
Their cadence restructured,
—a song, now a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 7 years ago
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Good feelings or bad,
results the same
When a nerve is struck,
to start the game
The words can soften,
or strike with fear
Once through the surface,
—the truth is near
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The notion of time
a potion sublime
A bottomless pit
the physicists fit
Today or tomorrow
the future or past
As your arms wrap around it,
—your hands lose their... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 7 years ago
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Tonight,
I was ready to die
But death
Wasn’t ready for me
Tonight,
I was ready to die
From a past
That refused to be free
Tonight,
I was ready to die
But the light
Of salvation rechose
Tonight,
I was ready to die
But the door
To eternity was... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 84 Views added 7 years ago
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The tragedy of the new
school of ‘thought’ ….
To know ‘about’ everything,
—while knowing naught
Where universities foster
professorial demise
Poisoning the young,
—with their fantasy and... – by kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 7 years ago
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Wringing feelings
Like a sponge…
The words dripped down
From my lips
Onto the page,
—staining my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 7 years ago
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Poetry…
Conduit
Of the truth
Speaker
Of the forbidden
Silence
Last synapse
Of a feeling
Lost
Nerve ending
Of forgotten... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 7 years ago
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Tell a good story poorly,
—not a poor story well
Your current raging over,
—all trough laden... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 7 years ago
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Money….
—an ungrateful heir
Disowning all memory,
—while your ashes are still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 244 Views added 7 years ago
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What is the baseline
of your life
What is the chord structure
of your meaning
What is that riff that no raff
can destroy
What Is your drum roll
at the end
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You hate in your enemy,
—what you most love in yourself
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Poetry...
the marriage of
raw emotion,
—and unbridled thought
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Keeping emotion inside,
—the words go mute
Casting decision aside,
—all choice less acute
The feelings unbirthed,
—words fatherless stray
The future untold,
—tomorrow,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 111 Views added 7 years ago
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The older I get,
the louder the Muse does parade
The shorter the moment,
the deeper her message invades
The older I get,
distant voices now filter and fade
With death on the fringes,
all focus now centered and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 7 years ago
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Are you the greatest poem,
you still have to write
And if not—what’s the point
of it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 7 years ago
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Thick skin
Thin skin
Are they worn the same
Praise yes
Blameless
Does any truth remain
Thick skin
Thin skin
Does it open or hide
Reasons for
Excuses against
To laugh or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 63 Views added 7 years ago
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Never giving it all
Never losing it all
Sound wisdom
From the voices of drought
Emptying my heart
A soul never to part
With promises
Vain wishes in spades
But giving it all
New rain started to fall
My eyes opening up
From... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 57 Views added 7 years ago
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Watching myself
Watching you
Standing alone
And looking through
Watching myself
Reach out through the pain
A shadow in the darkness,
—a tear in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 8 years ago
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Out of great struggle,
—emerges even greater... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 8 years ago
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Through the keyhole darkly,
he could now remember his name
Through the keyhole darkly,
his medicine kicked in once again
Through the keyhole darkly,
he knew his daughter by her face
Through the keyhole darkly,
he was back at home in his... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 8 years ago
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Everything written to inspire,
—rises above our nature
Everything written to inspire,
—transports and transforms
Everything written to inspire,
—makes all that is old new again
In ways that only the heart can feel,
—and the spirit know
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 8 years ago
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If Keats was right,
and beauty is truth...
Then what lies of this world
have we... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 8 years ago
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Compression ingestion
The world starts to implode
The numbers insipient
—any space now in rows
From diamond to carbon
Spinning wheels in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill,
—new millenniums... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 8 years ago
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Do you live your whole life,
in a partially filled space
Do you swear up and down,
about reasons defaced
Do you sing in a choir,
where the music has died
Do you brand all as liars,
as your knots are... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 54 Views added 8 years ago
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Authenticity,
Does the word ring true,
Does it call from the outside
Or the inside of you
Authenticity,
Your voice renewed,
Zero-sum once committed
Zero-sum payment due
Barnes & Noble Plymouth Meeting Pa: January, 2016 (While reading... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 8 years ago
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The day you realize it’s a gift,
—is the present you will never give... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 8 years ago
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An abundance of denial,
your mind turns away
What spirit embraces,
choice hides and delays
“The dignity of the old man
in worn tattered clothes
Frayed pants covering high
button shoes—but not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 8 years ago
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Neither over nor under,
ahead or behind
My position unreferenced,
your judgment so blind
Not over or under,
ahead or behind
So easy once labeled,
—so hard... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 8 years ago
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Are we truly masters
of the word
Are we really in charge
of what gets heard
Are we truly finished
at periods end
Are we really past the point
of starting again
Are we truly out of sync
or out of time
Are we really tired
of questioning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 359 Views added 8 years ago
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Are you the hero
of your recurring dream
Or the victim
of a life that’s undone
Are you the ambassador
for all you esteem
Or a fugitive,
—a soul on the run
Are you a real friend
beyond trial and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 338 Views added 8 years ago
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Is heaven where you live out
your dreams
Those fond wishes life never
allowed
Is eternity that place
not yet seen
Where you awaken,
—a high flying... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 141 Views added 8 years ago
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Smiling to himself …
Again, he had fallen in love
Amazed at the moment …
A line crossed, forever blurred
Laughing inside …
His humanity back on display
All doubts ignited …
Old embers near extinguished, on... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 8 years ago
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Folding in to convention,
Sealed in creases of acceptance,
Maligned and misled
By the false promises
Of a stolen heart,
We chase the white whale
Of validation
Into waters of denial,
“Fury…the rallying cry
of our vengeful spirit
Hate…the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 66 Views added 8 years ago
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The mother lode of nighttime verse,
arriving late,
—all Satan’s curse
The dreamer wakes, all sleep forgoes,
old words unbirthed,
—in shadows... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 8 years ago
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Not judged in reference,
—kindred spirits they dance
The words when spoken,
notes and palettes enhance
The music enlivens,
what phrases will say
While a painting embodies,
what verse can convey
And the only conflict,
—in the critics... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 387 Views added 8 years ago
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Having fun with the words,
the party lasted till dawn
The sun now a blanket,
covered verses to warm
Having fun with the words,
all new phrases to sleep
Resting inside my heart,
until daylight’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 8 years ago
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Too close to the flame …
too far from the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 8 years ago
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Are you judging from halls
academic
Or from places where words
cannot hide
Are your hours immersed in
false reference
Or in a visceral pursuit
that defies
All bias and excuse
living tethered
In their ivy green mansions
of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 376 Views added 8 years ago
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The dreamer …
only he can see the journey’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 95 Views added 8 years ago
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Living an eternity,
within each given day
The calendar subservient,
to the present foray
The moment at hand,
the only timeframe ordained
Exploding at once,
—over and over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 8 years ago
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Do you bore yourself?
Do you rent the space
You’re standing in,
Owning nothing
But default
Do you recycle words
Until their utterance fails,
Do you mistrust your ability
To judge what’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 401 Views added 8 years ago
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Lying to myself,
the truth broke free
Escaping prevarication,
abandoning my schemes
The water got deep,
as the weight dragged and pulled
Until veracity returned,
—resuscitation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 8 years ago
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Repelled by tradition,
and past status-quo
I enter the jungle,
—where hides the unknown
Rejecting excuses,
and all that’s passé
My bow is drawn tightly,
—with fear now my... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 43 Views added 8 years ago
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Carrying them with me,
traveling through time
The words seed my memory,
—new meter and rhyme
Spreading them freely,
over days fallowed thin
New feelings sprout upward,
—I feast from... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 8 years ago
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The chain cut again,
—the demon is loose
Deep into the night,
she hunts weaker truths
The hallway’s back stairs,
her favorite retreat
Until daylight threatens,
and her bite becomes... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 330 Views added 8 years ago
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What is not profane,
need not be defended
Like a sunrise or waterfall,
—or the laughter of a child
The best of life tenures,
beyond our confirmation
Calling out just once,
—over and over... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 8 years ago
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Carving up Christianity,
like steaks on a grill
The vision seared,
—as salvation... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 8 years ago
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The tightness of the words,
protects the freedom of the thought
Whose voice when spoken gently,
—can silence thunder and dragons... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 8 years ago
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The deeper the pond,
the clearer the water
The older the wine,
the richer the flavor
The longer the gaze,
the sharper the picture
But the fewer the words,
—the less risk of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 8 years ago
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My fist now drunk and kidnapped,
—the grains shift evermore
Flames call out “something more be done,”
—fury to rage and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 113 Views added 8 years ago
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Are your wishes scribed in combat,
are your hopes relined with pain
Is your motion found still wanting,
as you climb the stairs again
Are your words now of this moment,
is your verse free and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 122 Views added 8 years ago
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Words in my fountain pen,
—bullets in my gun
Blasts of rapid insight,
—ink that doesn’t... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 8 years ago
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Can you separate your art
from your politics
Can you separate the temporal
from the divine
Can you separate the excuses
from the reasons
Can you separate true purpose
from those wasted... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 386 Views added 8 years ago
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Social Media,
the web we are all caught in
Waiting for the spider's bite,
—and our venomous... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 8 years ago
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It was Christmas 1973,
as I straightened up his brace
A disabled body with unconquered mind,
best friends in different states
As she walked straight down the cellar steps,
my future in her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 8 years ago
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To change one word and rock the world,
—a new verse dancing free
Its weight unmeasured and breadth untold,
—whose key unlocks the dream
The bottle open, the genie gone,
—the last domino to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 8 years ago
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Not only did the words come,
they brought their friends along
They pitched their tent and built their fire,
and began to sing their songs
The sparks flew, as memory rose,
good tidings in the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 52 Views added 8 years ago
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In the darkest final hours,
I began to write
And my words now spoken new,
from scattered ashes light the sky
To begin and end each day
caught up in beauty’s distant wake
All loneliness filled by pages lined
with happiness and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 8 years ago
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Will the words come,
will the words go
Are they forever,
how do I know
What do I think,
what do I feel
Memory escapes,
a spoke off the wheel
Written in blood,
spoken in rhyme
Forever to echo,
forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 397 Views added 8 years ago
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The present ordained,
past futures distained
The Poet and Jester
—as one
Living unclaimed,
free and unnamed
Archangel and Devil,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 8 years ago
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Sleeping with the Muse,
my nights have grown short
Sleeping with the Muse,
my spirit comports
Sleeping with the Muse,
words dance with delight
Sleeping with the Muse,
confronting my fright
Sleeping with the Muse,
her will tests... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 8 years ago
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My richness my words,
my legacy foretells
New questions unreasoned,
old mysteries dispelled
No breaths taken lightly,
no lines left undone
No memory forsaken,
last verse—zero... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 8 years ago
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If we were young men,
if we were strong
If we had fresh words,
to add to our song
If we were soldiers,
with war in our veins
If we were poets,
our voices reclaimed
If we were lovers,
of women that... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 8 years ago
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The memory bitter,
—from the taste of love’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 8 years ago
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From Lederhosen,
a monster chosen
A Third is damned,
—inked slaughtered lambs
The eagle rises,
truth despises
A country shamed,
—those quiet... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 8 years ago
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The livery on fire,
all horses set free
Misery beckons,
the future to bleed
The gates are now open,
streets painted red
Death has awakened,
life dragged from its bed
One bugle is left,
blowing perdition’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 359 Views added 8 years ago
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Another day with a voice,
—one more glimpse into heaven
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 76 Views added 8 years ago
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Before I returned to writing prose,
verse took my pen by decree
Days fully structured and measured on end,
tonight,
—words yearned to be free
The story cerebral, its plot bellicose,
new music pushing forward in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 107 Views added 8 years ago
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A prince without a lineage
A king without a throne
A master without servants
A lover of that unknown
A hearer of what’s unspoken
A seer of things divine
A lord among the jesters
A voice for all the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 388 Views added 8 years ago
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Crossing over,
I thought I’d be different
Crossing over,
I thought things would change
Crossing over,
I thought I’d be better
Crossing over,
I fought through the rain
Now looking back,
I see... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 385 Views added 8 years ago
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My heart belongs to providence,
I walk the final mile
My footsteps bought and paid for,
I clear the last denial
My faith is bold and steadfast,
new rain begins to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 260 Views added 8 years ago
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Is life about how many,
or then about how much
Is the truth in computation,
or in what those numbers touch
Is the measurement empiric,
with a final answer shown
Is salvation in your lyrics,
with the word count still... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 133 Views added 8 years ago
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Wrapping emotion around
the conflict
The war played out
with words
The fury of shouted
diction
Slaying enemies still
unheard
Shooting a feeling
into the onslaught
Attacking the silence
as legions advance
Loading insight into
the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 138 Views added 8 years ago
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I sold my soul
for new meter and rhyme
Trading salvation,
for a thing greater still
The joyous embrace
of one hell damning phrase
Now immortal, perpetual,
—fulfilled
I sold my soul
as the Devil laughed
Knowing not, my final words... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 376 Views added 8 years ago
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Combining thought with emotion,
the words came to life
The images eternal,
as feelings ignite
The lines now in concert,
all stanzas to meet
My psyche impassioned,
—my spirit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 8 years ago
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Are the feelings soft,
but the words rock hard
Turning emotion into anger
or worse
Are those wishes pure
when the ink goes down
Are the letters aligned
or off course
Are the feelings soft,
but the sentences vile
When frustration... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 359 Views added 8 years ago
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When my words are read
by the common man
No higher praise could
any writer have
The awards and the accolades
from the intellectual elite
Pale dim in comparison,
to that man ‘in the street’
When my words are read
by those ‘salt of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 334 Views added 8 years ago
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Splashing on the fragrance of what your betrayal
has left behind ...
The perfume of your silence lingers,
—in scented feelings without... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 86 Views added 8 years ago
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Writing the words,
—I set myself... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 8 years ago
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Words once you free them,
—no longer slave to your name
(From a longer Poem: Fall... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 109 Views added 8 years ago
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Not cute or in genre,
—in tune or in tone
The message drives forward,
—the muse casting stones
Untimely eternal,
—a voice speaking fast
My pen now a torch,
—the darkness is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 8 years ago
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I always felt,
when it was time to die
The Muse would know,
before you or I
The hours borrowed,
the moments loaned
Return to feelings,
and verse unflown
And with eyes never clearer,
or heart so bold
I will make my exit,
—with... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 8 years ago
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You can wish and hope for a hundred years,
or play the game a day at a time
You can focus on what’s at the end of the road,
or eeke three nickels out of your very last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 329 Views added 8 years ago
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Living inside the base of a
hollowed out tree
Since childhood, my dreams
have been formed
Living inside a space where
the walls almost touched
Kept me hidden, protected,
and warm
Living inside a place that
no others could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 427 Views added 8 years ago
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The truth came flying out of the mirror,
—its reflection veracious and new
Flowing into my eyes, an image so clear,
—its talon’s resharpened and honed
It left without warning, my emptiness torn out,
—heading back to a place out of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 311 Views added 8 years ago
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Inside the fantasy of a broken dream
rages a ‘Lost Inferno’
Where we burn in fearful anticipation,
—waiting for the alarm to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 145 Views added 8 years ago
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To live beyond the moment,
and write as love doth now befriend
It’s light burning brightest
as my hours grow short
The beginning reunited
with the journey’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 441 Views added 8 years ago
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Fantasy,
a past remembered
Travesty,
regret in embers
Sophistry,
all reason proffered
Majesty,
the treasure offered
Artistry,
the future tendered
Modesty,
true self is rendered
Memory,
a life is gathered
Presently,
—in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 8 years ago
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Mired in apathy,
—lost in a doldrum of denial
“Your head’s in the sand
the canary at hand”
Armageddon,
—the price of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 8 years ago
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Severed madness,
the wound bleeds again
The stitches once broke,
just a stain at the end
A sutured indemnity,
promising nothing but pain
All flesh now in enmity,
—bugles call out your... – by kurt Philip Behm | 104 Views added 8 years ago
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The vineyard has ripened,
new words on the vine
The meanings have deepened,
new blessings Divine
Consecration so sacred,
the blood pouring free
The verses fermented,
I drink unto thee
The vineyard has ripened,
fresh words on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 100 Views added 8 years ago
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Nocturnal flower
In need of sleep
Your petals wilted
The count for sheep
Shoulders hunch in darkness
The dice are cast
A croupier blocking
Sun’s setting mask
Through court and courtship
Lost adrenalin runs
A jester beckoning
His joke... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 346 Views added 8 years ago
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If you think it’s just one thing,
while believing it’s not
Or you hope it’s another,
then folly’s your lot
If you swear it sits outside,
as you dream from within
All meaning encrypts,
and your eyes close... – by kurt Philip Behm | 97 Views added 8 years ago
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When you mire yourself
in apathy
You sink into doldrums
of denial
“head in the sand
canary at hand”
Armageddon, the price
of your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 75 Views added 8 years ago
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I lived inside her laughter,
—I slept inside her song
I wrote inside her meaning,
—till our wishes all were... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 117 Views added 8 years ago
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A chorus of enlightenment …
she’s woken up again
With sheets still warm, my heart she bathes,
ablution wet within
Through steam I see her message clear,
the mirror does confirm
My words now washed, fresh thoughts to dry,
—new melody to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 125 Views added 8 years ago
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Is anyone ever a total fraud,
—or totally sincere
Is anyone committed beyond mere space,
—to a notion fond and dear
Is anyone ever one hundred percent,
—with subtraction the rule of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 8 years ago
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Never asking for permission,
always being sure
His head was held firmly,
his mind had stayed pure
Never seeking your acknowledgement,
or umbrella against the rain
His words—exploded thunder,
truth pouring down... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 73 Views added 8 years ago
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Broken feelings
My chest of gold
A ransom of torment
No trinkets sold
My treasure bounteous
Walls lined with blood
Its hurt and pain
I have withstood
The jewels lack sparkle
But shimmer deep
Their cut and clarity
My soul to keep
And words disloyal... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 476 Views added 8 years ago
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The Muse continues to punish me,
whenever I write prose
Her slaps severe with pain heartfelt,
—no fury 'hell hath known'
She sentences me to endless nights,
and days when words won't... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 8 years ago
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The string is broken,
the past is lost
A road forgotten,
—fresh winters frost
All memory erases,
new thoughts to spin
The distance thawing,
—another... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 8 years ago
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Do you have that place,
that place where you hide
So tranquil and peaceful,
and hidden from eyes
Do you have that place,
looming close but concealed
Where your essence rests freely,
where your soul can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 38 Views added 8 years ago
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Dreams carry me across
a mysterious land
Where the voice of my fathers
so gently commands
It echoes now softly
in words only sung
A joyous recital
my soul rewoven and spun
I never can stay there
I’ve begged till I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 372 Views added 8 years ago
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Authenticity,
Does the word ring true
Does it call from the outside
Or the inside of you
Authenticity,
Your voice is renewed
Zero-sum once committed
Zero-sum payment... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 8 years ago
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Writing words of forgiveness,
—a bridge from the grave
My ashes unscatter,
—my memories reclaim
Treading a verse of atonement,
—all steps unto thee
Whose vision, my journey,
—from death set me... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 94 Views added 8 years ago
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Poetry….
Capturing the feeling
Before debasing into thought
The joy
Of a melody
Before the lyric is wrought
All transport
Incumbent
On wings heaven sent
Its meaning
Unencumbered
By definitions... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 80 Views added 8 years ago
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The Mountains are never as grave as the Sea,
their great heights with all dangers exposed
But those depths that lay sullen, undiscovered and dark,
—hide a nightmare to sailors like... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 105 Views added 8 years ago
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Is anyone ever a total fraud,
—or totally sincere
Is anyone committed beyond mere space,
—to a notion fond and dear
Is anyone ever one hundred percent,
—with subtraction the rule of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 8 years ago
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Compression of the flesh,
—the clock has stopped
Your soul has imploded,
—Zombie... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 145 Views added 8 years ago
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If you can't stand the heat,
—you don't deserve the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 114 Views added 8 years ago
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The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard,
steals emotion from the night
Holding a vigil in the darkness,
waiting for the light
The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard,
among the screams and homeless... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 49 Views added 8 years ago
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Poetic dyslexia,
the words juxtapose
The meaning in crisis,
where God only knows
Poetic dyslexia,
all feelings collide
Emotions in conflict,
—literary... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 8 years ago
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Like the marathons of my
forgotten youth
I now shy away from
longer poems
Sprinting restlessly anxious
through the waning light
New moments explode,
—old voluminous tomes
(Flight To Las Vegas: January 22,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 8 years ago
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Poets need to marry,
—and live in the world
But when writing,
—their divorce becomes final
Promising only …
‘another affair to remember’
‘another tryst with the spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 142 Views added 8 years ago
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The Strip or the Boulevard,
the outcomes the same
Fates wager a coward,
smoky mirror to blame
The bet beyond reason,
its folly ingrained
The layoff now treason,
as you wallow in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 8 years ago
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Never asking for permission,
and always being sure
His head was held firmly,
his mind had stayed pure
Never seeking your acknowledgement,
or umbrella against the rain
His words poured down like thunder,
truth exploding once... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 140 Views added 8 years ago
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The ship has sailed,
—but its memory anchors still
My dreams unmasted,
—in a harbor drained and filled
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January,... – by kurt philip Behm | 87 Views added 8 years ago
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Writing,
—confirmation that I was once alive
—affirmation that I did more than just... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 8 years ago
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Are you part of the conversation,
—or hiding outside the spoken word
Is life a spectacle where you only watch,
—muted by choice and deaf to your chosen... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 8 years ago
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Every man is his own Cathedral,
—stained glass window of the battles fought
Each man is to life eternal,
—new weapons made, until salvation lost
(Grantham New Hampshire: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 8 years ago
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The truth is one thing,
what you remember another
Memories, real or imagined,
often masquerade as truth
The facts not having to swear
allegiance
And history not having to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 91 Views added 8 years ago
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Writing many,
—in search of the one
The ink remains plentiful,
—new words on the run
Writing the many,
—all phrases collide
In explosive exposure,
—where truth cannot hide
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 40 Views added 8 years ago
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My feelings untied,
—letting go of my fear
As the coming storm passed,
—through the hangman’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 8 years ago
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The dreams of the soldier,
—undead on the ground
A warrior's spirit,
—his enemy found
Though death be not permanent,
—all death is unkind
The battle once over,
—a new war to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 145 Views added 8 years ago
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Don’t let your words become
a dark stranger to you
Or orphans, in search of a lost
paternity
Never let your feelings wander off
abandoned and alone
But rechristened, as children
of a greater dawn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 55 Views added 8 years ago
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How many rooms are
locked away,
—deep inside yourself
Are those doors closed and shut
from the outside,
—or from within
Are the feelings there orphaned
and unnamed,
—waiting for... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 142 Views added 8 years ago
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Political correctness,
—the Shakespearian poison
—of the new millennium
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 87 Views added 8 years ago
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The Muse awakens,
—all sleep has died
New words partaken,
—their meanings cried
The hour though late,
—her voice later still
Through the blackness she whispers,
—my soul again... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 118 Views added 8 years ago
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The naked epiphany,
—visions only Queen
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 72 Views added 8 years ago
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Real poets do not hide
behind ivy covered walls
But write within the maelstrom
of the voices that call
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 8 years ago
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Be careful as you age …
when they try to convince you
that your rough edges need to
come off
Be careful when they say that
“Your words need to be more
carefully chosen and more appropriate
to the politically... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 47 Views added 8 years ago
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A man must be measured
to call himself such
A storm must be weathered
its helmsman so clutch
A fire must be extinguished
for new growth to begin
From seeds of new virtue,
—where was once only... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 8 years ago
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Where do dreams go
once you’ve dreamed them
Where do feelings go
after you’ve felt them
Where does the pain go
after suffering it all
Where do the memories go,
—once you’re... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 8 years ago
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Living transcendent
Within a better future
A promise reinvents,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 8 years ago
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Romancing reality
the poet said
“I get paid for that
I get out of bed”
With words that hover
and words that rhyme
Truth undercover,
—temptation blind
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 144 Views added 8 years ago
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Playing cards at
29
I bet the man with
my last dime
He set the clock
he kept the time
The table swung
the voices climbed
All chips transparent
a pot sublime
A last wager made,
—the contradiction rhymed
(Villanova... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 79 Views added 8 years ago
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America has been hi-jacked
By the mainstream media
Reality being distorted,
—and the truth now scorned
Soundbites of political daggers
Impale a Constitution so wounded
Where patriots are held hostage,
—as Lady Liberty mourns
(Villanova... – by kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 8 years ago
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Quantifying Art,
—Quality By The Pound
Where Feelings Like Hair Will Part,
—Leaving A Memory... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 85 Views added 8 years ago
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Truth is often sacrificed,
— on the Altar of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 108 Views added 8 years ago
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Oh, Mr. President
Oh, Mr. President
your agenda has failed
Oh, Mr. President
the unfortunate wail
Oh, Mr. President
your tongue has been forked
Oh, Mr. President
your policies pork
Oh, Mr. President
your blinders fit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 8 years ago
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Oh, Mr. President
your agenda has failed
Oh, Mr. President
the unfortunate wail
Oh, Mr. President
your tongue has been forked
Oh, Mr. President
your policies pork
Oh, Mr. President
your blinders fit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 129 Views added 8 years ago
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Deception wears many faces,
—the truth but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 78 Views added 8 years ago
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The 50 dollar a day poet
Spending more—saving less
Trying to find it
Before it finds him
In a world deep in anguish
And... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 121 Views added 8 years ago
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The eyes of the artist
—the spirit of the man
The fire before the spark
—the vision, before the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 70 Views added 8 years ago
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Beyond your reach
And in possession of... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 120 Views added 8 years ago
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Mesmerized by his own
success
A tiger lay stalking
inside
An eighth world wonder
built deeply in sand
His achievements cried for him
as he lied
The one link he had
to a legacy born
Asked for only one thing
as he... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 380 Views added 8 years ago
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Climbing in through an incision
Never open before
—a wound now unsutured
And I dive deep to the core
Old feelings rush by me
Desperately searching for air
To harden dry in awareness,
‘A truth now a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 364 Views added 8 years ago
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Mentally on the road
while spiritually at home
My mind got to wander
while my soul was at peace
Mentally on the road
while spiritually at home
My thoughts got to ponder
what only distance could... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 375 Views added 8 years ago
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Shadows,
—of a former self
Shadows,
—of that no longer felt
Shadows,
—the memories hide within
Shadows,
—the future past... – by Kur Philip Behm | 114 Views added 8 years ago
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Marooned among the
ripples
I am stalked by the next
rising... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 132 Views added 8 years ago
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My DNA lettered
My bloodstream in verse
My feelings in couplets
My last goes to first
My breathing in prose
My expression in rhyme
My horizons unwritten
My soul there to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 8 years ago
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How do you measure
an emotional response
How do you quantify
a feeling
How do you gauge
what’s only felt in the heart
How do you record
aspired meaning
How do you lengthen
and broaden a wish
How do you box up
a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 360 Views added 8 years ago
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To live inside
your laughter
To your heart
will I belong
To write inside
your meaning
As all wishes
turn to... – by Kurt philip Behm | 42 Views added 8 years ago
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In reference to nothing
In search of itself
The truth burns in fury
An iceberg to melt
The legions are many
Believers so few
The stragglers all freezing
Alone in the pew
The mirror the liar
Death hiding within
The priest the deceiver
And threatens... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 8 years ago
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Growing simpler with
each passing year
The leaves turn
and my mind releases
Freeing what it’s taken
a lifetime to acquire
Freeing what only this moment
can... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 89 Views added 8 years ago
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My mind rushes through
— as my spirit pays
All thoughts underwritten
— from the treasure of my soul
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August,... – by kurt Philip Behm | 134 Views added 8 years ago
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Is it smart enough,
—is smart ever enough
Is smart ever enough,
—until an angel sings
And the heavens sigh,
—a last goodbye
A last goodbye,
—on spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 110 Views added 8 years ago
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If I don’t first have your eyes,
will I ever have your ears
If I don’t first have your mind,
will I ever have your heart
If I don’t first have your eyes,
will I ever have your ears
If I don’t first hold you far,
— will I ever hold you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 126 Views added 8 years ago
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Running from who you are
—the end closes in
Where robbed of any more new
beginnings
The past and future now get to
choose
As time perpetual blinks,
—one last... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 131 Views added 8 years ago
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The more we are given,
— the more that gets taken away
Like Stephen Hawking looking out
from his empowering inferno
His vision to create and inspire
anew,
Exhausting the very flame,
—that he lives to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 56 Views added 8 years ago
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The shorter the money
the dearer the wealth
Like that last breath inside
the magic of the final moment
All perception inhaled and spent
—never to be released... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 8 years ago
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Walking the line,
each step was measured
—and long
Walking the line,
the memories strung together
—in song
Walking the line,
the time seemed forever
—to last
Walking the line,
the future so distant
—from the past
(Villanova Pennsylvania:... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 8 years ago
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This prison I’ve created
is totally self made
This world I’ve evaded,
the fodder I trade
The reward is the punishment
in not taking part
The scars not to heal,
as I sit alone in the dark
The consensus, the polling,
all truth on the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 74 Views added 8 years ago
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I don’t care where I’m going,
—I know where I am
I’m not worried about the future,
—I’ve never been to the past
I’m not sad about what’s missing,
—only joyful for what’s present
I am here and not there,
— and my words make it... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 8 years ago
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Thank you for the confusion Lord,
— and thank you for the doubt
Thank you for all those unsure moments,
— when I could neither whisper nor shout
Thank you for the people Lord,
— those who loved me or hated in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 150 Views added 9 years ago
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The earth cracked in Nepal,
— with fire and shame
And thousands lay dead,
— in the mountains and plains
Its crust was ripped open,
— a heart now exposed
And lives were reclaimed,
— from a heaven... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 413 Views added 9 years ago
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Thank you for the confusion Lord,
— and thank you for the doubt
Thank you for all those unsure moments,
— when I could neither whisper nor shout
Thank you for the people Lord,
— those who loved me or hated in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 127 Views added 9 years ago
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Could or couldn’t
Would or wouldn’t
Should or shouldn’t
Can’t or would not
Does or doesn’t
Was or wasn’t
Has or hasn’t
Can or cannot
Must or mustn’t
Have or haven’t
Are or aren’t
Is or is... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 136 Views added 9 years ago
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An artist or laughingstock,
— who makes the choice?
A genius or fool,
— will spirits rejoice?
A sage or a caricature,
— who gets to choose?
The one now exposed,
— or he with nothing to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 115 Views added 9 years ago
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Each word,
cutting through ten pounds of flesh
The Muse,
--- killing me with her... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 81 Views added 9 years ago
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How much is freedom
worth?
How much will time
allow?
How many questions
asked?
How many answers,
---... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 69 Views added 9 years ago
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The words are still perfect,
as speech becomes flawed
Their intention unblemished,
their delivery though scarred
The memories embedded,
the flashbacks infirm
Escape now for others,
--- their messages... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 92 Views added 9 years ago
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I’ve always been good at making an entrance,
while never choosing to stay
I’ve always been good at passing through,
and most often, forgetting the day
I bypassed adulthood, becoming a child,
as your legions mocked and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 451 Views added 9 years ago
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To live on in the memory
of those you've served
Is wealth,
beyond your means
To live on in the hearts
of those you've loved
Is a legacy to
... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 128 Views added 9 years ago
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Shrinking immortality into
the moment
Ignoring the impostors,
--- future and past
Inhaling eternity’s thunder
with every breath
Breathing out,
--- fire and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 64 Views added 9 years ago
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Are people religious because
they’re good?
Or good, because they’re
religious?
The question remains, its
verdict unclaimed
The wrong answer deemed,
---... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 116 Views added 9 years ago
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If I could be of simple mind
and simple faith
And hold your love within my heart
for just an hour
On bended knees my arms would raise
toward heaven’s gate
Like petals reaching out,
--- from a morning... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 96 Views added 9 years ago
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Can you be distracted by the critic
or the public acclaim
Can you see through the fire
and renew all that’s burnt
Can you look past the signposts
and those messages now fixed
Can your soul stay undamaged
as the world tempts your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 145 Views added 9 years ago
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Those who betray their dreams,
--- are forever... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 83 Views added 9 years ago
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Where science ends,
--- poetry begins
And the wonder of it all,
--- questioned... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 101 Views added 9 years ago
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With subconscious desire,
my blood pressure on fire
The needle ready to break
through the glass
I try to calm down,
as the muse rises and pounds
Saying…
"Don't---even bother to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 147 Views added 9 years ago
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On summer days, we played in the fields
and hid from him under the cover of big trees
In winter, distance forced him into
silence
Spring, brought us the promise of fresh captivity
and the protection of a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 99 Views added 9 years ago
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Eternity shook
as the words fell free,
--- startled, but... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 9 years ago
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Would you give two cents back,
if I were to give you a dime
Would you slightly then trust,
if I pledged all of mine
Would you carry me astray,
if I could then lead you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 153 Views added 9 years ago
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I rode the feeling
down a running stream,
--- to the river of no return
And cast its fortune
into the current's wake,
--- toward a waterfall... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 65 Views added 9 years ago
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The last fight of the night
two warriors squared off,
all marbles
now at hand
With feet and fists wrapped
their spirits attacked,
and of their bodies
they now would... – by kurt philip Behm | 374 Views added 9 years ago
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Flying alone,
over fury enthroned
Its colors became
quite clear
The enemy strained,
as freedom remained
Covered in blood,
now spent and dear
Stitched yellow and blue,
its message true
This banner does
not... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 405 Views added 9 years ago
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Twilight fell onto my
windowsill
Demon fire in full
retreat
The stars above,
glowing pulls on a rug
Woven deep into the blackness
I sleep
Day’s grip has now changed,
the cantor sings as he... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 343 Views added 9 years ago
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If you ask me to read something
I’ll say only the good,
---in spite of what others might think
Once your blood has been spilled
and the wound is now deep, my task to heal,
---not push to drug or to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 317 Views added 9 years ago
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Reborn a poet,
--- and then set free
To live beyond wealth,
--- and all... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 119 Views added 9 years ago
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Looking over the edge
of an emotional cliff
I saw new feelings
for the very first time
Crying out from the backs
of the Seraph’s wings
They were begging for me
to climb on
Promising a flight above
reason and... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 396 Views added 9 years ago
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Just another closeted
academic
Describing the parts,
while missing the whole
Your hallways are dark,
your majesty thin
My heart bleeds …
for those minds that you... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 9 years ago
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Music is more slave to fashion,
--- than the written or spoken... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 124 Views added 9 years ago
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To write poetry on the battlefield,
is to write poetry from the heart
Words to cover the scars and wounds,
--- grief peeling back like bark
As the verse flies like bullets,
and all bayonet's... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 53 Views added 9 years ago
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The eggs had been colored,
and all scattered about
The baskets were hidden,
as the children now shout…
“Was he here mom, was he here?"
they yell from upstairs
“Come down and find out,”
she says with nary a... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 93 Views added 9 years ago
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I hide in the shadow
of other's fear,
that the voice may go away
And then left
inside an orphan's silence,
to recount every wordless day
To walk a path
that other’s break,
beneath a dark and gloomy... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 9 years ago
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My cupboard’s a mess,
my sink filled with lye
My stables now empty,
my well has gone dry
My pastures are fallow,
my timber all burned
My streams have been fished out,
and what have I... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 378 Views added 9 years ago
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I thought it was the words,
--- but it was more than that
I thought it was the feelings,
--- but it was more than that
I thought it was the insight,
--- but it was more than... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 139 Views added 9 years ago
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Through the fire,
and across the lake
We made it to land,
with our innocence raped
Its memory now enough,
to scare and profane
What the future never promised,
--- when we straddled the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 62 Views added 9 years ago
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When the feelings are polished,
--- the words can remain... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 103 Views added 9 years ago
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It was Hemingway
early
And now Dickinson
late
Those early
exposures
The trail of
my wake
No bar left
unvisited
Or brawl left
unfought
No school that could
answer
Their dialectic
corrupt
Now this corner
I sit... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 361 Views added 9 years ago
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When the spirit listens,
--- the heart... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 77 Views added 9 years ago
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One hour of inspiration,
burdens for twenty the pen
Those flashes of light,
taking days then to bend
But the feeling unfiltered,
as it lands on the page
Is a joy to be treasured,
--- and one never to... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 67 Views added 9 years ago
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Memory, the historic steroid,
--- of an enlightened... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 50 Views added 9 years ago
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Walking around a
Mythical town
That doesn’t exist,
And looking for what
I would never find,
I trod those same streets
That I had been down
In my dreams before,
The sky barren,
Except for the sound
Of the exodus
Of wings,
Hovering over people
All... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 111 Views added 9 years ago
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Envy is a curse,
with the darkest shadow
All yearning left unsettled,
--- in a greenish cast
Jealousy its evil twin,
beyond veracity’s purview
Coveting the stolen torches,
--- of all darkness... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 106 Views added 9 years ago
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Waiting for an epiphany,
the darkness trampled inside
As distant hooves of enlightenment,
lead a thundering... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 149 Views added 9 years ago
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Starting on the emotional freeway,
I stayed between the double lines
But traveling beyond the factual byway,
I hitchhiked through my mind
Passing each word going north or south,
and then driven to what I might... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 157 Views added 9 years ago
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No time set aside
The words then formed,
Again at their own pace
No place to reside
As they’re written down,
On a napkin or empty space
When I try to hide
They find me sure,
In mountain or in... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 48 Views added 9 years ago
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Escaping into verse,
the base of the tower rumbled
the ground beneath was shaken
with new cracks within its walls
Escaping into verse,
all towering deception crumbled
as the self-appointed jumped and fell
landing prostrate, and so... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 58 Views added 9 years ago
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There’s a voice deep inside me,
that still tries to get out
No matter my mission,
it screams and it shouts
Its call is then loudest,
on those darkest of nights
When my mind seeks new refuge,
from this Seraph’s... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 422 Views added 9 years ago
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Nothing could be further from the truth,
--- than politics or... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 88 Views added 9 years ago
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Drunk on the strength of our own
misgivings
We stagger and stray,
--- toward the sound of the... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 68 Views added 9 years ago
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Run away from the what,
let the how lead the way
Keep the questions before you,
and the answers at bay
Deem your motion perpetual,
with all stops left behind
As those presents unwrapped,
open up in your... – by Kurt Philip Behm | 468 Views added 9 years ago
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