Poems from Kurt Philip Behm
You can’t destroy
a word
like vanquishing
an enemy
Its meaning cast
immortal
beyond
— victory or death
(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)
We could’ve
we would’ve
we should’ve
— but we didn’t
(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)
Oh
to leave all chains
on top
of the mountain
Oh
to leave a world
setting
— everything free
(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
I don’t know
what it is
I know
what it isn’t
Revealed
in the offing
An image
— takes form
(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
He climbed atop
an oak on fire
Its sap transformed
by flames concealed
Each branch he passed
a year he traded
For what’s unseen
— by...