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

Romancing The Serpent

Poetic depiction

prosaic description

Vowels come in colors

the rest black and white

 

They call to us orphaned

they call to us nameless

Our pens but a lifeline

that save with each write

 

To romance the serpent

to anger the saint

Each word symptomatic

our feelings acquaint

 

A bard or a preacher

their weapons the same

Whose caliber loaded

—to praise or defame

 

(Radnor Pennsylvania: June, 2022)

 

Lost In Jericho

Without death

life loses all beauty

Without death

life loses its way

Without death

life’s value diminished

Without death

life reasons to pray

 

Without death

life’s years lose their value

Without death

life’s seething refrain

Without death

life loses its prescience

Without death

—life dearth to explain

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)