Author: Kurt Philip Behm

I am a lifelong author with 21 books published to date—one best seller. Much of my writing is about the deception of time and its many disguises. My Poetry 'An Anthology Of Perception,' is now available in four volumes. In addition I have a 175 page Poem 'After Midnight,' that was published in 2014. My Historical Fiction series, 'The Sword Of Ichiban' is now up to volume 8 which is being published this Spring ... Vol #1- The Sword Of Ichiban Vol #2- Darkening Sun Vol #3- Revenge Along The War Trail Vol #4- Death From The Sky Vol #5- Jumping Into the Darkness Vol #6- The Fall City Mandate. Vol #7- Approaching Storm Vol #8- Brothers In Blood One autobiographical novel, 'The Death Of The Playground' a Best Seller, published in 2007. One travel novel, 'Searching For Crazy Horse,' published in 2005, recapping my forty years of motorcycle touring in the American Rocky Mountain West. I have written one Children's Book, 'Sammy & Bumpers' that was published in 2016. All of my books are available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and better Book Stores world wide. Kurt Philip Behm

Elusive Rambling

Disarmed

 

Bullets fall silent

against words

well chosen

 

Their caliber

muted

— the target on fire

 

(Villanova University: March, 2024)

 

 

 

Stuck In Gear

 

Motion

not an absolute

The world

is never still

 

Inertia

tries to write the law

Where stop and start

are nil

 

History

at the speed of light

Consensus

in the math

 

But standing

here

While stuck in gear

— the notion leaves me flat

 

(Villanova University: March, 2024)

 

 

 Before The After

 

Don’t bog down

in research

Spontaneity

the thing

Truth

is most elusive

And joy

a passing Spring

 

In flashes

of an instant

What’s timeless

will appear

Thinking often

kills the goose

That lays

— both far and near

 

(Villanova University: March, 2024)

 

 

 Deafening Silence

 

Things most often named

before understood

Then never renamed

for the bad or the good

 

‘Particles of light’

we now know as waves

But ad infinitum

their reference stays

 

A ‘Tablet of Paper’

consisting of sheets

Two ‘Bolts’ of lightning

fused Franklin’s belief

 

A ‘Softball’s’ still deadly

 meant to careen

And ‘Deafening Silence’

— spurs wonder indeed

 

 

(Villanova University: March, 2024)