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 Child’s Love

I think like a Buddhist,

but pray like a nun

I see like the mountain,

but reach like the sun

I stand like Gibraltar,

but rage like the sea

And love like a child

—reborn unto Thee

(1^st Book Of Prayers: May, 2017)

Artists Prayer

To share in Creation

—is to become Divine

(Ist Book Of Prayers: February, 2014)

Tribute

I make words come alive

not pictures or sounds

a singer or painter

stays lost in the clouds

My phrases and couplets

in colors ordain

what the Angels will sing

—in praise of His name

(The 1^st Book Of Prayers: March, 2022)

Antigua Sonos

A wagon wheel across the stones

—ancient sounds

The death of night, the birth of dawn

—ancient sounds

The blood of my enemy drips from my sword

—ancient sounds

A voice from beyond, heard from within

—ancient sounds

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)

Moon Shot

Transcending the light of reason,

can words do more than wait

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)

One Phrase

Call me a Poet,

but I’m just a writer

these words that I breathe

respoken much later

Call me a Poet,

my couplets in rhyme

each stanza to shorten

with meaning sublime

Call me a Poet,

my retinue sounder

to live by the moment

my squares getting rounder

Call me a Poet,

I’ll call you the same

if one phrase you’ll tender

—attached to your name

(The New Room: March, 2022)

Temporal Perspective

Time in degrees,

degrees of time

the horse or the cart,

position sublime

Hours sans minutes,

seconds besieged

mirage of attachment

—horizon to free

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)

No Answer Required

It was never a question

but just a reminder

a sacrificed memory

of what used to be

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

Prairie Fire

“I don’t splain myself,”

Bill Hickok said

before his Colts went off

A dead man lying

at his feet

—his legend time embossed

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)

Eyes Front

The road to power

is mined with uncertainty

each step a commitment

—to live or to die

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)