The graves have been dug
all bugles away
Medals awarded
for valor displayed
The soldiers in transit
to homes once so dear
But where is the peace
—when gunfire you hear
(Opening Poem To My New Novel: ‘Approaching Storm’)
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
F Stop
Its focus changes with the light
in angles newly formed
Exposing what your fear would hide
in images reborn
The camera always sees the truth
its lens encaptures time
Each moment frozen then set free
—in search of the sublime
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Polar Fraternity
The vagaries within
truth and falsity …
are greater than
the differences between them
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Silence Calling
Make friends of the deaf
they never hear thy questions
And marry the blind widow
to find thy way
Listen to the speechless
their message eternal
The prophets resounding
—thy destiny laid
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
“And Yet It Moves”
Reason
without evidence
Truth
without form
Burning
the ladder
Immune
from the scorn
Nuance
to sleepwalk
As reality
dreams
Proof
in the eye
Galileo
redeemed
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Letting Go
Is time but a reference
to prey and confound
(while)
In memory eternal
—enlightenment found
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Distant Bells
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)
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)
An Anthology Of Perception 