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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     29 mins ago

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Full Circle

Her face held
no memory
Her body
no past

The light trapped
within her
As first comes
— to last

(Dreamsleep: July,...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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Killing The Host

All artists are frauds
most deservedly so
Escaping themselves
into something unknown
Their costumes transform
always trying to hide
The truth of their natures
— left dying inside

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

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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The Famine Of Bliss

We were in love
but never at peace
Starving together
— choking the feast

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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Aesthete

Not the painting
or the sculpture
Not the music
or dance

But the process
leading up to
Their beauty
— enhanced

(Dreamsleep: July,...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

To write
like me
You must
think like me
And see
like me
And feel
like me

To write
like me
You must
ask not tell
For words
rung clearly
By fortunes
— bell

(Dreamsleep: July,...

– by Kurt Philip Behm

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Thanks Jack.

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Thanks so much.

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Thanks for reading.

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Thanks for all the reads and comments.

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Thanks Alan, much appreciated.

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Thanks for reading

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Amen! Thanks Charles.

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Thanks Charles.

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Thanks, I always try for brevity. It's the only way you are remembered today.

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