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

Till Dawn

Are you frightened by things

that return in the night

 things that crawl inward

 things lost from sight

 

Is darkness a veil

to hide and conceal

what daylight sends running

what daylight reveals

 

Your memory a spring

that evening coils back

reloading your fear

as shadows attack

 

And sleep brings no refuge

when dreams have been damned

whose nightmares will haunt you

—till dawn is at hand

 

(Villanova University: August, 2023)

Time Warrior

The child of

a desert wind

and a mystery …

he swept across the land

 

Knighting each moment

with martial intent …

death

at his command

 

All enemies chosen

with glorious care …

each battle

zero sum

 

His legend immortal

written in blood …

the future bespoken

—eternity’s son

 

(The New Room: August, 2023)

 

 

 

The Drawbridge Closes

Old age brings

delusion

Youth the vengeful

liar

Caught between

confusion reigns

As time restokes

the fire

 

Tweedledee

and Tweedledum

The Brothers Grimm

delight

What doesn’t rob

by light of day

Will steal from you

at night

 

Wisdom rots on

twisted vines

That choke

the palace walls

Where jesters climb

in ill attempts

To heed the

emperor’s call

 

Senility

humility

Where folly

once was young

The years have come

the tears have stayed

—tomorrow on the run

 

(The New Room: August, 2023)

Spirit Reborn

I have been wrong

more times than I’m right

Intentions misguided

in search of the light

Each time I have stumbled

each time that I’d fall

New chance for redemption

those voices on call

My pathway hard trodden

the ruts and the stones

Defining a journey

where wishes atone

Whose last steps once taken

though battered and torn

Emerge from the darkness

—my spirit reborn

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)