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

Endless String

Leonard Cohen…

an unfinished poem

blowing in the wind

forever reminding

—to start again

(The Main Point: January, 1972)

The Gift Of Futures Past

Bigger in my memory

smaller in my inclination

Regret a distant calling card

admonishing my name

Vacant in my recollection

bedded in my hopefulness

Joy a future invitation

—Heaven to proclaim

(Christmas Wishing: First Book Of Prayers- December, 2022)

Tracks Of The Dinosaur

Smaller in the rearview mirror

the past retreats from view

Perspective changing rearranging

the old supplanted new

Fading in a dying focus

dust beyond the wind

Blowing wild beyond our memory

—fates forgotten hymn

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Freedom Reigns

You can’t catch up to history

its ship no longer sails

Each chapter prisoned by the wind

times trilogy airmailed

To search within your destiny

the moments turn to gold

Where bookends fall and freedom reigns

—beyond the past retold

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

A Donde Va

Where does laughter go

when the smiles are gone

Where does music go

when stripped of its song

Where does credence go

when truth suicides

Where do voices go

—when breath is denied

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Cat Stevens Was Right

Before the analysis

before the dissection

First came the reading

—the deepest of cuts

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Something For Jim…

The magic of words

each door of perception

The entrance and exit

—buried within

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Rumors

Seeking the right answers

to all the wrong questions

The knife edge resharpens

the danger rehoned

Seeking the right answers

for all the wrong reasons

The rumors refester

—all truth unatoned

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Golden Yarn

The clearer the speech

the deeper its woven

A spinning wheel threaded

—looming divine

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Here & There

Beyond the future

you find the past

Hiding in the present

—first and last

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)