Poems from Kurt Philip Behm
Cotton is picked
before cloth is made
Footings poured
to support the stage
Laws enacted
before crimes take place
Love embracing
— for...
My Heart Was Saying One Thing, My Mind Another ...
Some things you just know — like the feeling I get when looking at my children or the...
Words left borrowed
heavy on the heart
Actions defaulting
stillborn and dark
Pawning the foundling
orphan on loan
Love unbequested
—...
Libby’s Retreat
January, 2056
It was January 2056, and Rays membership to Libby’s Health & Romance Retreat was about...
Cathedral Mosque
or Synagogue
their masquerade
the same
Preaching what
they don’t believe
the Good Lord
to profane
Christians Jews
and...