Kurt Philip Behm

Muddy Waters (+2)

 The words were muddy

  the feelings clear

 

The blues on fire

 —the ending near

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

Centennial Fury

 

The great American Songbook

  whose words march off the page

 

Its music now a footnote

  —to a century of rage

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)

 

 

Thespian Misstep

 

There are stages you run to

  and from stages to hide

 

The performance of a lifetime

  or the shame that will chide

 

There are actors in character

   and actors on loan

 

One change in direction

  —and all meaning has flown

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)