Dreams Undreamed
If you never write
another word
will what’s written
be enough
If you never speak
another rhyme
will your Muse
in silence rust
If you never hear
another’s plea
will you bear
the selfish cost
If you never feel
another’s pain
will your dreams undreamed
— be lost
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Aces & Eights
Luck is for losers
wish as wish may
Winds of your folly
— keep fortune at bay
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This Instant
Stop waiting for your
just reward
the gift has come
today
Not past or future
but wrapped
inside
this moment on display
Freeing you from
reference
and statutes
that define
Presenting you
in every way
this instant
— most sublime
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A Freer Time
Voting against ...
no longer for
Our ballots
cast in vain
The product of
a system rigged
What’s left
in hope’s disdain
Our heroes locked
inside death row
Their skeletons
remain
The remnants
of a freer time
Elections
— forcing change
(The New Room: June, 2026)
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Author:
Kurt Philip Behm (
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It is the last of your poems that provoked most thought. How is it that heroes are always in the past where time allows exaggeration of heroic acts. A lovely write Kurt
Time is actually kinder to villains than heroes.
That is probably true their faults are toned down
Their Legend’s Reprieve
Time
is much kinder
to villains
than heroes
Their sins
lost to history
their myth
in real time
With bullets
as roses
in tribute
to romance
Where death
and its plunder
in legend
— rewind
(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)
Kurt, what I admire here is how much weight you're able to carry with so few words. From the questions in "Dreams Undreamed" to the reminder in "This Instant," these pieces invite reflection without forcing conclusions. The whole set gave me plenty to sit with. Wonderful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
You make the effort worthwhile. Thanks TR.
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