Kurt Philip Behm

The Question (+1)

To be,

Or not to be

A Poet…

 

Who’s to say,

Who’s to know

—who’s to really care

 

(Dreamsleep: March, February)

 

 

Vietnam

 

Some came home…

but never came back

 

Some came back…

but never came home

 

Caught between

forever

 

And what forever

—had disowned

 

(Vietnam Veterans Memorial: March, 2020)

 

 

 

Love Surrounds

 

Persuading you with

my verses

 

Never convincing you

with my yarn

 

Your heartstrings twist

in braided strands

 

To mend my spirit,

darned

 

All shouts have turned

to whispers

 

New melodies

resound

 

A phrase to dance

inside your head

 

As love

—each word surrounds

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

 

 

Only A Tiger

Nursey Rhyme #48

 

Only a Tiger will approach a Tiger,

Lions never do

 

To give him pause and make him think,

“What will this Tiger do”

 

All other beasts he rests cocksure,

a meal they will become

 

But faced with one of his own kind

—to stay or then to run

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)

‘For Kiley, Hunter, Braden & Parker’

 

 

The Camel Threads

 

No off position

on the genius switch

 

No light

to then burn out

 

No cracks to form

on Leonardo’s bronze

 

No Frazier Ali

rout

 

The expectations

stretch beyond

 

What humanity

can span

 

The eye of the needle,

the camel threads

 

What always could

—still can

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)