Kurt Philip Behm

Short Straw (+1)

Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Mo,

drums beat loud, a finger shows

 Tigers prowl within our reach

—on tippytoes our fate impeached

 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)

 

 

Improvisus

 

A jazz musician

wonders back

to his days at the keyboard…

each note over practiced

until melody pure

and magic releases

 

A poet in laurels

wonders back

to his primers and notepads…

each word placed in order

until imagery calls

—and syntax digresses

 

(Villanova University: October, 2021)