But Winners & Losers Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

But Winners & Losers

I have no regard
for other poets
how could it be other

As they conscript
the words away
of which I've not discovered

A battle royal
zero sum
as phrases block and parry

The winner left
his voice reclaimed
— the loser most disparaged

(The New Room: February,2024)

Thursday, February 8, 2024
Topic(s) of this poem: poets
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