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No More Could I Seek

Kurt Philip Behm

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 earth’

My spirit is lifted,
I’m home from my search

Both steadfast and loyal,
to themselves and to me

No more could I ask for,
—no more could I seek

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching the New Hampshire Primary- February 9th, 2016)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on February 09, 2016

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Scheme Ax xx xb xb Ax xx xx xx x
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 459
Words 85
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 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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