Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

Winter Winds

Montagues & Capulets 

The trouble
with me
is you

The trouble
with you
is us

The trouble
with us 
is them

The trouble
with them
—  is me

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)



The Inkwell

Arrogant enough
to believe in his words
begging to be heard

Committed enough
to run from the crowd
 couplets crying loud

Living each phrase
in debt to each thought
the moment duly caught

His pen is refilled
the inkwell unmired  
— new verses to aspire

(The New Room: February, 2026)



Indentured

Beyond
the critics
Beyond
the pundits
Beyond
agenda
— beyond the hype

A poet
lives
Without
pretension
Indentured
to the truth 
— and light

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)


Cracks Of Wonder

Some situations
embraced by instinct
When reason is powerless
to explain

All words fall useless
in cracks of wonder
Where prescience waits
— our hearts to claim

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)


Where Fortune Smiles

You get one chance
to make it right
to capture sound
and bottle sight

One chance alone
is all you’re willed
to box the moment
time distilled

You get one chance
to make your mark
to chase the demon
from the dark

One chance alone
if fortune smiles
to etch your name
— where memory files

(The New Room: February, 2026)


Kerouac Calls

Hitchhiking
my way
into
tomorrow

My thumb
in the present
My heart
— in the wind

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)

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