Category Archives: Brendon Behlke
Petitio Principii
Round and round and round again,
the end looks like the beginning,
the middle resembles the end,
a chance – but a chance to begin.
Drink deep then, and settle in,
all roads roam in culdesacs,
each turn is into the next,
the last,
round and round and round again.
Tireless pursuit resigns in capture,
resent the bonds, the offense of process,
plead with words wrapped in ribbons
and animosity
the yoke broken, betrayal.
Round and round and round again,
to loosen the hand – would send us
endless;
out into the absolute black,
where
I’m
losing/have lost
it.
Shadow Boxing (Video)
Building Character
The boy dissolves
wrapped in wire,
natural colors fading –
to set the stage for new ones,
bright reds – sober blues.
His whole right side – slips,
a landslide of flesh,
falling out of place,
roughly hewn.
Broken, broken.
The boy dissolves,
replaced by insults.
Humbling offenses,
that drag the gaze down,
as if from a collar – a chain.
What can be found there
between locked eyes –
is only shame.
Mind, grab a shovel,
bury it, bury it.
A Life Well Lived (Video)
Thin Walls (Video)
C (Video)
A Garden Hose (Video)
This is part of a collection of poems accompanied by an AI generated illustration as a response to those poems. In the collection, “A Super Collider of Zigs and Zags” by Brendon Behlke, each poem was submitted as a prompt to an AI art generator and produced the artwork on display. To view them the way ancient peoples would have viewed them, you can order a copy of the entire collection, over 100 poems and art pieces, releasing on November 18th 2023 here: https://www.fontainehousepublishing.com/product-page/a-super-collider-of-zigs-and-zags-by-brendon-behlke
Today (Video)
Tragedy
The smoke retreats, do not pursue…
why would you?
Stay calm and observe from the bow…
disavow.
Watch the anger be receded…
the truth heeded.
The ego must be conceded,
the heart convinced of more than blood,
and ask those still crawling through the mud,
“Why would you disavow the truth heeded?”
