Steven Kent

Falstaff's Dilemma

A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only one,
   They told me back when I was just a tater.
At my age, though, I must admit, when all is said and done,
   I'm leaning toward whichever death comes later.

Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside (www.kentburnside.com). His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, The Dirigible Balloon, The Hypertexts, Light, Lighten Up Online, The Lyric, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, The Pierian, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, Well Read, and Well Met. His collections I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) (2023) and Home at Last (2025) are published by Kelsay Books.