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Lifelong writer with 15 books published ( three poetry). I wrote my first serious poem in 1971. Website: kurtphilipbehm.com

  March 2015     3 hours ago

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Panoply

Poetry’s spoken armor
repels the pointed spear
warding off tomorrow’s scars
enemies in fear
Each word thus protected
as phrases form anew
to vanquish what the darkness brings
— new battlegrounds in view

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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One For One

Creating one more empty space
for every one I fill
Answers close within themselves
— questions open still

(The New Room: May, 2024)...

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Is There ...

Memory
without language
Joy
without pain
Sight
without prescience
Deed
without claim
Truth
without compromise
Faith
without prayer
Grace
without blessing
Love
— never shared

(The New Room: May,...

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Nothing In Common (Chapters 7 & 8) unedited

Chapter 7: Learning To Share

At St Thomas Of Villanova Grade School we learned how to share. We had shared desks, shared inkwells, shared coatrooms, and no individual lockers. Any valuables that we did have were out in the open and under the...

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Into The Valley ...

Soldiers
in the fog of war
body count
a blur
Casualties
both left and right
voices
go unheard
Winners
walk a losing path
politics
in charge
Nothing changes
nothing ends
death
— the final bard

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)...

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Thanks Amanda. Very kind of you.

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Thanks again, Alan. My son and I wrote this together.

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Don't worry about subjective ratings — follow your heart.

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Thanks AJ, I really sleep fine. Just a metaphor.

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Me too, Alan. Thanks

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