Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

But A Memory

To Spark Interest

More than the
competence
And more than
the form
More than
verbosity
And more than
its charms
More than
acceptance
And more than
 the fame
Hoping
to spark interest
Nothing more
— will I claim

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Surrounding His Heart

In a manner
peculiar 
to himself
love was in vain

The standard
that other’s
depended upon
his never to feign

The love of a maiden
the love of a lass
lay broken
to bits

Impaled by the armor
surrounding
his heart
ungiven — remiss

********

 But A Memory

Opening
Pandora’s Box
that regret
cannot close

A.I. preys
unchecked
our heads to
our toes

Pandering
to laziness
its gadgets
 mislead

And hide
its real purpose
to enslave
and deceive

A little bit
pregnant
the feckless
proclaim

Its baby
a monster
our freedom
 to claim

And when it
takes over
to never
 depart

Our pasts
but a memory
 in a future
— that’s dark 

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Alone & Silent

The water
rushing over the falls
belies its force

A trickle
1000 miles North
contains its source

A poem that’s written
then published
and rewrapped in fame

Hides what moments alone
and silence
— forever sustain

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A Last Final Act

Using Logic to
explain Divinity ...
a futile endeavor

Love the gift
that keeps on giving
 through hate and ill weather

Through spirit alone
we return to the source
of our making

Repledging our souls
in a last final act
— of becoming

(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)

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