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Time's Hostage


A new beginning An older end Which way to enter To Break or bend From start to finish Who gets to choose What time holds hostage To win — or lose ******** Without Care Women can love in an instant But men only able at times Women get lost in the daydream Where men stay aloof undefined Women hold onto each moment A man throws away without care Women will question those feelings That men so evade — au contraire ******** Passions Shower Art is the wayward sister of sex The wellspring of creative power Paying its dues to what lust behooves Planting those seeds only — passion can shower ******** Spark And Fury Daring you to think Asking you to wonder Step outside your comfort zone Meet me in the thunder All the trees majestic The sky bright crimson red Where voices that your birth set free Call out to you again Your home where spark and fury ignite the fire inside And welcomed back you’ll not return To where excuses — hide ******** Your Fate When you incorporate with the devil A junior partner is all you’ll be The I.P.O. seals your fate forever Your soul — no longer free (The New Room: June, 2026)
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Kurt Philip Behm

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Mix of personal reflection and abstract philosophical questions about choice, time, identity.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple dense ideas across poems: choice, gender dynamics, art/sex, transformation, moral compromise.

DarkSentimentBright

Predominantly dark/questioning tone; some empowerment in 'Spark and Fury,' but mostly melancholic.

StillEnergyExplosive

Urgent, commanding voice especially in 'Spark and Fury'; active verbs; moderate to high kinetic intensity.

MicroLengthEpic

Five poems totaling approximately 52 lines; falls in 31-60 range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Rich metaphors (devil/IPO, spark/fury, wayward sister), personification, vivid imagery throughout.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Primarily lyric-reflective with some dramatic address ('Daring you'); mostly internal voice with audience awareness.

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