Kurt Philip Behm

Lines Impearled (+1)

Is a poem ever really done,

can the last word not begin

 

The Angels voting lines impearled

each phrase into a hymn

 

Is a poem ever given back,

to whom the words behold

 

Each letter turned into a string

—a harp of heaven’s gold

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)

 

 

The Burn

 

If you’re not willing to fight the fire

—you’re entitled to the flames

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)