Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

Only A Poet

Before Its Asking

Only a Poet
can grow lilies 
in the asphalt

Only a Poet
can dry laundry
in the rain

Only a Poet
can answer a question
before asking

Only a Poet
can cheat death
— from the grave

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The Bravado Of Pander

Self-endowed warriors
skirt the edges of danger
Lost approbation 
their instincts to hunt
Dodging slings and arrows
of outraged propriety
The bravado of their pander
— in love with itself

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Lost Aspiration

Freedom
 an outrage
to those
in their prisons

Its arrogance
and swagger
threatens
their bars

To wander 
a cell
their chosen
vocation

In lost
aspiration
 dying forever
— alone

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Everest Measures

The great majority
content to be average
But a few stir their actions
to test limits and law

The difference between
the strongest and weakest
Everest measures
— and Sir Edmond recalled

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Dicere Maximus

Say It Big
Say It Bigger
Say It Biggest
— BUT SAY IT

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Foretelling

The magic portendo
seducing the stillness
Alone in the shadows
— at home in the dark

(The New Room: June, 2026)

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