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Before the Letters Form

I want the dripping edge of my words to be raw, like wind in a hurricane like creation’s power before it acted like anger before attack or lust before love Intuition before reason Samson before Delilah Meaning before definition Epiphany, —before the letters form (Train To New York: August, 1999)

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 7/27/2016 4:05:00 PM

This is very good, but I'm not sure you are writing Ballads, may want to check under 'Forms.' I like the meaning in this, the imagery is most effective and dramatic. It is almost any writers wish which you effectively convey - I know I have felt this way, a desire for my pen to burn like that ... CayCay

Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 7/27/2016 4:47:00 PM

Thanks Cay Cay, and you're right ... I'm really not writing ballads. I usually don't typecast or put my writing into a tight box so to be consistent, I just keep picking 'ballads.' I'll take a look at forms. Thanks again,