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Ancient Voices

Kurt Philip Behm

All bareness forgiven
the razors gone dry

The excuses all shaven
no more asking why

A soul once abundant
my face starts to fill

No sentence redundant
no lines to go shrill

New destiny chosen
man’s burden unsung

The look becomes learned
masculinity sum

All chains have unshackled
a face that goes deep

A beard now awakens
—ancient voices that sleep

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on February 08, 2019

Modified on March 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB AB CD CD AX XX XE XE X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 391
Words 65
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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