The Present Reclaimed



Escape in a Poem,
—freedom unchained

Words now alive,
  seven sirens renamed

Brevity conquers,
  all urge to refrain

As magic unfolds,
—the present reclaimed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 30, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XA XA XX XA X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 193
Words 28
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Kurt Philip Behm

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

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