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Lest We Forget

Kurt Philip Behm

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 come

(Mesa Verde Colorado: October, 1976)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 07, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX ABA XXX XXB X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 261
Words 44
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

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

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