My Pen To Flow

Kurt Philip Behm

I’ve forever written

  as myself

 

Few influences will

  show

 

Neither Hemingway nor

  Faulkner

 

 Not Melville or

  Thoreau

 

But as one who saw through

  all of that

 

With so much more

  to know

 

 I search the land

   and stars above

 

For ink

  —my pen to flow

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

Sleeping Untold

 

Like a blanket or quilt,

  the Muse wraps me in consciousness

 

Sealing me in with her warmth

  each night rejecting the cold

 

Like a filter or screen,

  the Muse tempers all consequence

 

 Under her protection and safety

   —words sleeping untold

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

 

 

Last Moth

 

There’s a zone beyond safety

 where the timid can’t go

 

Beyond reasoned decision

 intuition to flow

 

Past valor and triumph

 past glory and fame

 

There’s a zone beyond safety

 —last moth to the flame

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 29th, 2018 11:05
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  • Laura🌻

    Kurt,

    • “My Pen To Flow”
    May your search continue on so the ink in your golden pen may flow ad infinitum to quench your readers’ thirst with your extraordinary poetry!

    • “Sleeping Untold”
    I can envision your Muse wrapping you “in consciousness” and sealing you in “with her warmth”!

    • “Last Moth”
    Timid you are not...
    courageous you are!
    That “zone beyond safety” you will venture in without a doubt!

    Three excellent writes! Thank you for sharing!

    ~Laura~

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thought you might enjoy seeing this (from 2015)

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    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks Laura, your comments always make the writing that much better.

      Have a great weekend. I got Colby's ashes back yesterday, and your card
      sits right beside them on my shelf.

      Kurt

      • Laura🌻

        You’re welcome!


        I can “see” him at peace in the shade under that living tree. A beautiful vision that makes me smile!

        May your weekend be joyous!

        ~Laura~



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