Poems from Kurt Philip Behm
When I was
a young man
I wrote as
a young man
Needing music
and art
to deal
with the times
But now
as an old man
my heart
chases...
You remind me
of a person
I’ve never
met
Of an
idea
that I’ve
never had
Of a
feeling
never mine
to feel
In a
moment
forever
— lost...
Bury a prophecy
— resurrection assured
(The New Room: April, 2025)
‘Normalcy’
has its
depression
built in
Mundane
and ill formed
life hiding
from sin
Each day
like the former
unseasoned
and bland
...
Neuroscience
takes a world class meal
grinds it into bits
and tries to convince us
— its taste has improved
(Villanova University: April...