Comments received on poems by Kurt Philip Behm
White Dwarf
L. B. Mek said:
that\'s the serenity of anchored integrity
stemming from wisdom\'s
introspection - excavated, confidence;
where it feels like the world, glides around you
and you\'re speeding, while standing still
realising dreams, you\'ve yet to wish for
and all because, you\'ve gleaned that essential truth
of humility: above all else,
where acknowledging your accountability
of limitations, allows you
to surpass your wildest ambitions...
or if we had the necessary IQ to word it poetic:
\'Doing more with less,
all life from within
Doing more with less,
I qualified nothing
Doing more with less
—Nirvana begins\'..
(we need another word for the depths
you manage to imbue, in such few words
calling it brevity: would be, an injustice!
thank you for sharing and inspiring, dear poet)
July 15th, 2021 04:44
L. B. Mek said:
that\'s the serenity of anchored integrity
stemming from wisdom\'s
introspection - excavated, confidence;
where it feels like the world, glides around you
and you\'re speeding, while standing still
realising dreams, you\'ve yet to wish for
and all because, you\'ve gleaned that essential truth
of humility: above all else,
where acknowledging your accountability
of limitations, allows you
to surpass your wildest ambitions...
or if we had the necessary IQ to word it poetic:
\'Doing more with less,
all life from within
Doing more with less,
I qualified nothing
Doing more with less
—Nirvana begins\'..
(we need another word for the depths
you manage to imbue, in such few words
calling it brevity: would be, an injustice!
thank you for sharing and inspiring, dear poet)
July 15th, 2021 04:44
Et Tu
Jerry Reynolds said:
Fantastic write, Kurt.
Been there, will keep this to read when I go there again.
July 13th, 2021 16:22
Jerry Reynolds said:
Fantastic write, Kurt.
Been there, will keep this to read when I go there again.
July 13th, 2021 16:22
Et Tu
flyingfish said:
Very forceful, though struggled with \'banketing wind\' , but just me. Loved it. Full of imagery and sounds.
July 13th, 2021 15:57
flyingfish said:
Very forceful, though struggled with \'banketing wind\' , but just me. Loved it. Full of imagery and sounds.
July 13th, 2021 15:57
Shallow Grave
L. B. Mek said:
\'there\'s a familiarity to pain
its warmth of suffering
can sustain us much better
than that cold neglect, we feel
at the mercy of enforced - isolation;
that\'s why some of us like the rain
to come in monsoon waves, recognising
its unyielding bombardment of tearful fury
see, because we know
its only ever, truly - over
when we can longer
close our eyes and remember
that tattooed scorching heartburn
of a reminder
that we too: once had it, that good...\'
(what can I say, oh wise poet
but thank you - again, for continuously inspiring me
and offering me a ladder to climb and grow)
a humbling privilege, to read your poetic genius
thanks for choosing to share!
July 13th, 2021 04:12
L. B. Mek said:
\'there\'s a familiarity to pain
its warmth of suffering
can sustain us much better
than that cold neglect, we feel
at the mercy of enforced - isolation;
that\'s why some of us like the rain
to come in monsoon waves, recognising
its unyielding bombardment of tearful fury
see, because we know
its only ever, truly - over
when we can longer
close our eyes and remember
that tattooed scorching heartburn
of a reminder
that we too: once had it, that good...\'
(what can I say, oh wise poet
but thank you - again, for continuously inspiring me
and offering me a ladder to climb and grow)
a humbling privilege, to read your poetic genius
thanks for choosing to share!
July 13th, 2021 04:12
Shallow Grave
Kurt Philip Behm said:
As long as you\'re in motion, Jerry. You know what they say
about stationary targets :-)
July 12th, 2021 13:11
Kurt Philip Behm said:
As long as you\'re in motion, Jerry. You know what they say
about stationary targets :-)
July 12th, 2021 13:11
Shallow Grave
Jerry Reynolds said:
Excellent write, Kurt.
With me it’s about a three days drive.
July 12th, 2021 13:05
Jerry Reynolds said:
Excellent write, Kurt.
With me it’s about a three days drive.
July 12th, 2021 13:05
First & Last (+1)
Jerry Reynolds said:
Profound write, Kurt.
Now you got me waxing bottomless.
July 9th, 2021 16:44
Jerry Reynolds said:
Profound write, Kurt.
Now you got me waxing bottomless.
July 9th, 2021 16:44
First & Last (+1)
flyingfish said:
The last one triggered thoughts of gravitational waves. Good read, cheers
July 9th, 2021 12:46
flyingfish said:
The last one triggered thoughts of gravitational waves. Good read, cheers
July 9th, 2021 12:46
Into The Mist
Kurt Philip Behm said:
Custer Battlefield @ 2 am, strange things happen...Voices come and go
in the wind.
Thanks LB.
Kurt
July 9th, 2021 07:16
Kurt Philip Behm said:
Custer Battlefield @ 2 am, strange things happen...Voices come and go
in the wind.
Thanks LB.
Kurt
July 9th, 2021 07:16
Into The Mist
L. B. Mek said:
such an emotive dedication
words bathed in a warrior\'s symbolism,
I wonder when you were doing your research on crazy horse
was there a specific trait, and its accompanying anecdotal story
that you were really drawn to?
July 9th, 2021 03:18
L. B. Mek said:
such an emotive dedication
words bathed in a warrior\'s symbolism,
I wonder when you were doing your research on crazy horse
was there a specific trait, and its accompanying anecdotal story
that you were really drawn to?
July 9th, 2021 03:18
A Day Late...
Kurt Philip Behm said:
And as always, your comments are truly valued.
Kurt
July 8th, 2021 07:53
Kurt Philip Behm said:
And as always, your comments are truly valued.
Kurt
July 8th, 2021 07:53
A Day Late...
L. B. Mek said:
\'Proof in the abstract
as far as it goes
Ninety-nine cents to the dollar,
the penny to know\'..
A day late in arrival
a lifetime of borderline, survival
freedom\'s dollar-note, fisted
future\'s hurdles: thwarted...
(a great shorty
read it a few times
and as always, found myself
inspired to reply)
thank you, dear poet!
such a meaningful write
July 8th, 2021 03:19
L. B. Mek said:
\'Proof in the abstract
as far as it goes
Ninety-nine cents to the dollar,
the penny to know\'..
A day late in arrival
a lifetime of borderline, survival
freedom\'s dollar-note, fisted
future\'s hurdles: thwarted...
(a great shorty
read it a few times
and as always, found myself
inspired to reply)
thank you, dear poet!
such a meaningful write
July 8th, 2021 03:19
A Day Late...
Jerry Reynolds said:
Good write, Kurt.
A penny for your thoughts. :-)
July 7th, 2021 08:43
Jerry Reynolds said:
Good write, Kurt.
A penny for your thoughts. :-)
July 7th, 2021 08:43
Phoenix Reborn
L. B. Mek said:
Federico García Lorca\'s, assassination
a lightning-rod of consequence
to nationalist communism\'s eventual demise in Spain..
Dostoyevsky\'s last minute firing-line, salvation
giving birth, to the profoundly empathetic insight\'s
that curated Soviet and Russian
drastically - more humane: ideologies
in the last century..
Émile Zola\'s \'J\'accuse\' open letter
in defence of Alfred Dreyfus,
foreshadowing the early 20th century
Europe-wide, Jewish persecution
and continued victimisation
as landless people - ripe, for use
as easy political scapegoats
perpetuating,t housands of years
of cyclical and abhorrent antisemitism..
\"I disapprove of what you say, but
I will defend to the death your right to say it\"
sentiments of \'Voltaire\'...
\'Paper may burn,
but vision lives on
In ashes of memory
—and words to a song
Phoenix Reborn!\'
this is the meaning behind your
seemingly insignificant: brilliantly profound poetry
dear Poet..
its just, we live in a time
when people rather belittle and denounce
than learn and be enlightened
to the potential, they willed
in every word:
they, think
they, speak
and write...
This is the legacy, of literacy
this is our downfall in-all of history
this is our only path: to salvage
the fallible beauty, we\'ve titled - Humanity...!
thank you! for sharing your wisdom dear poet
Iam but one, of the beneficiary Phoenix\'s
your words, helped emancipate!
July 5th, 2021 04:59
L. B. Mek said:
Federico García Lorca\'s, assassination
a lightning-rod of consequence
to nationalist communism\'s eventual demise in Spain..
Dostoyevsky\'s last minute firing-line, salvation
giving birth, to the profoundly empathetic insight\'s
that curated Soviet and Russian
drastically - more humane: ideologies
in the last century..
Émile Zola\'s \'J\'accuse\' open letter
in defence of Alfred Dreyfus,
foreshadowing the early 20th century
Europe-wide, Jewish persecution
and continued victimisation
as landless people - ripe, for use
as easy political scapegoats
perpetuating,t housands of years
of cyclical and abhorrent antisemitism..
\"I disapprove of what you say, but
I will defend to the death your right to say it\"
sentiments of \'Voltaire\'...
\'Paper may burn,
but vision lives on
In ashes of memory
—and words to a song
Phoenix Reborn!\'
this is the meaning behind your
seemingly insignificant: brilliantly profound poetry
dear Poet..
its just, we live in a time
when people rather belittle and denounce
than learn and be enlightened
to the potential, they willed
in every word:
they, think
they, speak
and write...
This is the legacy, of literacy
this is our downfall in-all of history
this is our only path: to salvage
the fallible beauty, we\'ve titled - Humanity...!
thank you! for sharing your wisdom dear poet
Iam but one, of the beneficiary Phoenix\'s
your words, helped emancipate!
July 5th, 2021 04:59
Phoenix Reborn
Doggerel Dave said:
Book burning? No acceptance, please, Kurt. However song existed before paper ,so....
July 4th, 2021 20:04
Doggerel Dave said:
Book burning? No acceptance, please, Kurt. However song existed before paper ,so....
July 4th, 2021 20:04
Vanity\'s Bonfire (+1)
AnxiousMane said:
This style is very interesting! I wonder what a \"dreamsleep\" is.
July 2nd, 2021 20:25
AnxiousMane said:
This style is very interesting! I wonder what a \"dreamsleep\" is.
July 2nd, 2021 20:25
Vanity\'s Bonfire (+1)
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well done, Kurt.
A lot to think about here.
July 2nd, 2021 16:50
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well done, Kurt.
A lot to think about here.
July 2nd, 2021 16:50
Scio Te Ipsum
L. B. Mek said:
\'And only an expert
—at being me\'..
and that too, only
after a depressing journey of introspection
excavating those parts of ourselves
we hide, in those shadows of night
so as to belatedly, realise
just how common we are, to the very person
we once chose to despise;
not knowing
it was our recognition of self
that fuelled our intolerance, to begin with...
\'In most things a fledgling: to some degree\': Kurt Philip Behm
\'We must cultivate our own garden\': Voltaire
\'gnothi seauton\' - \'know thyself\': Socrates
and as Confucius outlined in detail
\'To put the world in order
we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order
we must first put the family in order;
to put the family in order
we must first cultivate our personal life:
we must first set our hearts right.\'
July 2nd, 2021 03:19
L. B. Mek said:
\'And only an expert
—at being me\'..
and that too, only
after a depressing journey of introspection
excavating those parts of ourselves
we hide, in those shadows of night
so as to belatedly, realise
just how common we are, to the very person
we once chose to despise;
not knowing
it was our recognition of self
that fuelled our intolerance, to begin with...
\'In most things a fledgling: to some degree\': Kurt Philip Behm
\'We must cultivate our own garden\': Voltaire
\'gnothi seauton\' - \'know thyself\': Socrates
and as Confucius outlined in detail
\'To put the world in order
we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order
we must first put the family in order;
to put the family in order
we must first cultivate our personal life:
we must first set our hearts right.\'
July 2nd, 2021 03:19
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