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

The Keyhole

Creating an exit,

my psyche expands

all locks have been opened,

no shrill reprimand

The light has rekindled,

my way again clear

a willful expression

—new freedom endeared

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

Set In Stone

Change what you did,

and I’ll change how I feel

You can’t change forever

denying what’s real

The fly’s in the ointment,

the die has been cast

This moment endemic

—predestined to last

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

Shillingford Lent

Neither worth the breath

of one muted bard…

Nor worth the time

of a chance denial

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

Quote The Raven

A hole that can’t be filled

an ocean that can’t be crossed

a phrase that can’t be spun

inhaling your exhaust

The measure off the scale

the truant thrice reclassed

the memory twice forgotten

the die that’s never cast

A spider web unwoven

a future distant past

a God beyond religion

a sail without its mast

“To Trip The Light Fantastic”

to burn the bridge uncrossed

to fasten moments end to end

—to find what time has lost

(The New Room: February, 2022)

F-Stop

Only a photograph

can truly stop time

framed in remembrance

—forever sublime

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

Common Threads

Collective self-consciousness,

the well where I draw

old voices and struggles

lie deep in its craw

What’s shared but unstated,

reflexively pawned

to borrow ungiven

the right to what’s wrong

Collective self-consciousness,

polarity’s friend

unspoken meridian

between fact and pretend

To wait in the memory

of what’s yet to come

released by the moment

—humanity won

(The New Room: February, 2022)

Answer The Call

Each line,

each phrase,

each spoken word,

a step toward…

the One

(The First Book Of Prayers: January, 2022)

Insomnia

Musing with Laura,

sleep is denied

Dreams wait unkindled

—darkness on fire

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)

27 Club

Christened in the night

by rain

at the crossroads

Kissing each memory

that burns

—breathing his words again

(Hazlehurst Mississippi: October, 1975)

The Last Rite

Bury the hurt

to get over the pain

As memory relines

with forgiveness again

Bury the past

for new light to break through

With darkness abandoned

—your spirit anew

(Las Vegas: January, 2022)