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

Emancipated Proclamation

Thou asks how far the wind blows

in fact I cannot tell

Or then how high the heavens

my prayers deep in the well

 

Thou asks if love comes truly

to one in greatest need

My answer spoken duly

of romance undecreed

 

Thou asks if truth be spoken

or written timeless down

My speech in patterns broken

unlettered and unfound

 

Thou asks if time be measured

beyond the last refrain

This moment hides the answer

—of that I can proclaim

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)