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

The Napkin

God took a vacation

when time had run out

Rethinking his opus

replanning devout

 

His Angels in limbo

the devil on leave

Heaven a sublet

sin now reprieved

 

Faith worn and tattered

the bible debunked

Crusades a bad memory

the Grail marked as junk

 

He orders a cocktail

the waitress comes back

A napkin — her number

salvation highjacked

 

(The New Room: December, 2023)

Laura’s Fault

What is the age

of reality itself

Older than

a metaphor

Unreferenced

on a shelf

 

What is the distance

unmeasured from within

Spoken of

but never seen

A poets

dying whim

 

What is time uncounted

as numbers lose their clout

The hourglass

returned to sand

An abacus

in doubt

 

What is love ungifted

but feelings’ last excuse

To roam unlinked

between the chains

And blame it

—on the Muse

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)