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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     1 hour ago

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'Now'

A finer point
this very instant
all stars align
— the word

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)...

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Now

A finer point
this very instant
all stars align
— the word

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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22 Caught

Knowing they were
discreditable
He refused to examine
the motives

Refusing to examine
the motives
He discredited
— himself

(Dreamsleep: June,...

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Father Frank (unedited)

Part 1:
He looked out of the third floor window of his office, wistfully, at the last of the students going home for the summer. The exodus had started Friday and today, Monday, was the last day they had to vacate their rooms.

Father Frank...

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The Glue

Before there was light
before there was sound
Gravity wandered
the universe round

Plotting the orbits
of things still to come
Spacing the essence

 of all zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)...

– by Kurt Phiip Behm

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Thanks Alan.

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Thanks RB.

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Thanks

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Me too.

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Thanks for taking the time to read it, Alan.

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Thanks so much.

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Appreciate, thanks

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Thanks for reading.

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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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