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

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)

Glass House

Do you find yourself

under those stones that you’ve thrown

Pummeled with self-hatred

forever alone

Looking up in delirium

Goliath parades

Blinding your vision

—a gravesite charade

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Full Circle

Mistake #1

not being heard

Mistake #2

explaining the words

Mistake #3

a phrase zero-sum

Mistake #4

mistake #1

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Within The Silence

Regretting a dream

…Folies Bergere

Exhaling the magic

Marseille in despair

Seeking forgiveness

Vive Champs elysees

Mimes feigning answers

Montmartre chardonnay

(Café de La Paix: December, 1979)

Too Much – Too Many

Too fat, too thin

to fly

Too rich, too poor

to buy

Too lost, too found

to try

Too young, too old

to die

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)