Married
to our differences
with hate
to document …
What long implied
today arrived
the last nail
—in the fence
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
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
Song Of The Swan
Were you invited
to the party
Do you paint
or write or sing
Have the voices
come to visit
Did new feelings
lodge within
Were you courted
by seduction
Has your soul
become entranced
As you sit alone
and wonder
Will this be
—the final dance
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Schismogenesis
Cultures dissected …
structured refusal
Cloistered eruptions
dearth to accept
Rising triumphant
they steal from each other
Defining their existence
—by what they reject
(Septa R5: September, 2023)
Raptors Wait
A broken wing
in death’s chicane
Where pigeons fall
unending pain
A blinded flock
to circle down
As fangs await
both wolves and hounds
While far above
a falcon stalks
Vision prescient
it never balks
A broken wing
once clipped in fear
the raptors chase
—with canids near
(The New Room: October, 2023)
Fill In The Blanks
It’s never about
—what it’s really about
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Hurt So Good
Etta was predicting
Stormy Weather
As Ray freed his
Seven Spanish Angels
Roy asked are you still
Running Scared
But Ella was smiling and
Watching Over Me
Peggy gave me that look asking
Is That All There Is
But Kris stepped in to
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Willy reminding us all
How Time Slips Away
As Hank made his entrance
That Lonesome Whistle Blowing
Bobby was still bleeding from
Mack The Knife
As Frank flew in on
A Summer Wind
Aretha was breaking
That Chain Of Fools
While BB cried out
The Thrill Is Gone
Smoky was drowning in
The Tears Of A Clown
And Sam kept promising
A Change Is Gonna Come
As the Fat Man looked down
from Blueberry Hill
Elvis chased the
Hound Dog out the back door
But Brenda had our
Emotions running high
When Satchmo assured us
—It’s A Wonderful World
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Eternally Instant
The lies are uncountable
with only one truth
tomorrow and yesterday
masks to confuse
Behind bars of enchantment
our fantasy hides
programming our psyches
rewriting each lie
To hide from the moment
its present refused
whose message eternal
intention abused
The mirror a prison
all windows set free
eternally instant
—when choosing to be
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Scripturam
Writing …
first last
and always
—its own reward
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Imagine
The square root
of -1
whose forest drops
a tree
Where hearing
goes holistic
no longer
by degree
What’s proven
first imagined
true power
of the mind
Conceptual
enlightenment
images
—divine
(Villanova University: August, 2023)
Oh Henry
God save the king
but not the queen
Her neck awaits
the guillotine
Someone to blame
each sacrifice
The son he wanted
whose birth on ice
The throne half-vacant
one seat to fill
The royal maidens
appear at will
Which one will prosper
how many fall
Into the moat
—of fate’s recall
(The New Room: October, 2023)
An Anthology Of Perception 