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Bespoken


Poets

don’t create

a thing

But

recreate

what is

 

Ordering

their

size and shape

In lines

bespoken

his

 

Poets

take what life

gives out

Then

changing 

mass and form

 

In words

not used

their way before

With

feelings

— newly born

 

(Villanova University: November, 2025) 

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Kurt Philip Behm

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Philosophical meditation on poetry's nature and creative act itself

SparseMeasureDense

Dense ideas on craft compressed into 8 lines, multiple concepts stacked

DarkSentimentBright

Affirming tone celebrating creative power and transformation; hopeful

StillEnergyExplosive

Measured intensity with momentum builds toward 'newly born' conclusion

MicroLengthEpic

Eight lines total; micro-to-brief length category

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Metaphors of recreation and rebirth present but moderate ornament overall

LyricVoiceDramatic

Primarily lyric voice with some distancing; mostly internal reflection

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