There are strange wanderings
in the souls
of the most common of men
Where willpower and intellect
come together
—pointing the way
(Dreamsleep: February, 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
Memories Of The Salon
He said what he had to say
to tell the story
He did what he had to do
to rescue time
He paid what he had to pay
to bribe the jailers
He gave what he had to give
—per Gertrude Stein
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Dark Whispers
Language
is required
to go insane
The beasts of
the forest
politely refrain
Words
ever forming
into a net
Trapping
insanity
—the tighter they get
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Bringing You Back
The night shift…
working in anonymity
semi-detached
Finding a hidden
emptiness
blinding daylight always hides
Tying up the
looser ends
of conscious dislocation
Bringing you back
inside yourself
through darkness circumscribed
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
Arthur Remembered
The gentlest soul
springs from the hardest heart
—when the fighting is over
(Stonehenge: March, 1981)
Divided-We-Fall
The world is becoming
impossible to govern
Each person that island
Donne warned us about
All sense of belonging
in mirrors bespoken
The strength of shared values
—our vanity flouts
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Destiny’s Door
Questions
Unanswered
The Heart
Of Existence
Wonder
Unbridled
The Key
To Within
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Sodom Be Damned
Enter me
like a cathedral
Turn all my pillars
to salt
Love me like every last
pilgrim is watching
Empowering
—passions assault
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Life Ring
Trapped in the moment
escaping with rhyme
Words to my rescue
—time after time
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
The Many Faces Of Eve
I hated her
as much as I loved her
And loved her in ways
my telling would shame
Emotion embroiled
in deadliest combat
Choosing not one
—but the other to blame
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
An Anthology Of Perception 