Writing pretty words
you hide from the truth
Arrangement your mantra
all substance eludes
Masked behind structure
embedding each line
An empty betrayal
— in meter and rhyme
(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
All, Or Nothing At All
Everything ...
both before
and after
— comes down to now
(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
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Author:
Kurt Philip Behm (
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Comments2
Great job, Kurt. What really lands is the contrast between surface and core. You keep pressing on how polish can become camouflage, and the poem never lets the reader hide behind craft alone. Very well done! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thanks, sometimes it's hard to find the marrow.
You are most welcome and, yeah, I hear you there. And it is sweet when we do. Merry Christmas, my friend!
So true my friend so may poems written just for their sound with no substance. Loved it Kurt and Happy Holidays to you
And to you, Soren. You’re always right on point.
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