In Song

Kurt Philip Behm

With prose,

I saw only with two eyes

and wrote with either hand

 

With poetry,

my eyes and hands were abandoned

leaving only my heart

 

While in the distance played a lyric,

freeing what my written words

could never unchain

 

And in that instant

when I first heard its melody

my heart was carried away,

 

—in song

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 20th, 2016 10:10
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  • Tony36

    Great write

  • rrodriguez

    I've read your poem several times. Maybe digging and digging for the hidden message. But the message is in the interpretation of the reader. Nicely written!

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    The hierarchy (IMO) of verbal expression— lower to higher...
    a) Prose
    b) Poetry or Verse
    c) Song

    I have always believed that music is our highest form of artistic expression.

    Thanks as always for reading!

    Kurt



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