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

Before The Flood

Death was invented

when life tired of the living

Eternity flexing

—the muscles of time

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)

Donde Van Ellas

Where do those lives go

when a cat doesn’t use them

Where do memories go

when no one can recall

Where do wishes go

when hope is abandoned

Where do lovers go

—when the love is gone

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

Crossing Over

Expect good things

the moment breathes

Your fear abandoned

the darkness leaves

When least expected

the current calls

Tomorrow waiting

—beyond the falls

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Time’s Rebirth

Reality pregnant

gestation released

Facts have been fathered

new mothers beseeched

The door to tomorrow

swings only one way

Birthing conception

—redemption belayed

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Questioning The Answers

What, who, or where

the sages portend

What, who, or where

the shamans belie

What, who, or where

the scholars defend

What, who, or where

—not questioning why

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)

Untitled

The only time we escape

the jungle

—is in self delusion

(State College Pennsylvania: November, 1970)

Inception

Through a distant awareness

all eyes unmasked

The answers vacant

and fading fast

The horizon changes

from front to back

All reasons caught

within its trap

Time despondent

its seconds tear

Whose reign dethroned

inception near

The weight uprooted

a seedless fruit

The past, tomorrow

—and present moot

(Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: November, 2022)

Ancient Promises

The older the prophecy

—the more desperate we hang on

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)

Into The Headlights

To live non-affirming

to live not at all

To hide in the shadows

and creep down the hall

To live uncommitted

new doubts to contend

All time intermittent

repressed till the end

To live without friendship

alone on the rock

A wandering echo

reflections that mock

To live undecided

with doubt your best friend

a future derided

—the present pretend

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)

Before The Flood

Death was invented

when life tired of the living

Eternity flexing

—the muscles of time

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)