Unoriginal Sin

Kurt Philip Behm

Did you flavor it with Hemingway,

or season it with Thoreau

 

Did you structure it like Eliot,

or was Melville more your go

 

The rocks you choose to stand upon,

—just supports to look beyond

 

As you add your face onto the mountain,

new words inscribed in song

 

Past voices serve to push you,

to that place you’ve never been

 

Where your breath may cleanse forever

the stain,

—of unoriginal sin

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 15th, 2017 09:31
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Comments4

  • MendedFences27

    Love expressed poetically , fostered by the likes of Eliot, Thoreau, Hemingway, et al. Is this what I see here? Experiencing the words/wisdom of the great poets lea s to better expression of our own emotions. Well, that's what I thought reading this. Smooth and beautiful as always. _ Phil A.

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Yes, but just as a base—not to be copied!

    Thanks, Phil

    Kurt

  • Augustus

    If we stand on a foundation of a good life we can in faith ask for forgiveness.

  • Tony36

    Wonderful write



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