Only The Dead Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Only The Dead



The drums have restarted,
the chanters proclaim

The dancers with coup sticks
in shadows remain

The flames burn in tribute
to death songs before

Because only the dead
—know the end of war

(Radnor Pennsylvania: January,2021)

Kurt Philip Behm
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Topic(s) of this poem: january
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