Kurt Philip Behm

Rock & Roll (Blues Poem #2) +3

Papa Blues

  and Momma Jazz

 

But ain’t that baby

  —Rock and Roll

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)

 

 

Plato\'s Bequeath

 

The extravagance of leisure

   —to have exploited spare time

 

Beyond the reach of my grandfathers

  —beyond the joy and the pain

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)

 

 

 

 

Eternity\'s Door

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die,

But death

Wasn’t ready for me

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die

From the past

And a future unseen

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die,

But the light

Of salvation rechose

 

Tonight,

I was ready to die,

But the door to eternity

 —was closed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)

 

 

 

Let Me Ask

 

How important is the music

 to your verse

 

How important is the blood

 in your veins

 

How important is the picture

 to the words

 

How important…

 let me ask you once again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)