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

Blinded By The Light

There’s something more valued

than dollars and cents…

humanity trumping pretend

 

Your mantra has been

that “winning’s enough”

losing yourself in the end

 

Each attempt to be clever

and self-aggrandize

takes you away from what’s real

 

The most treasured of things

to be loved and endeared

—your actions can’t borrow or steal

 

(The New Room: September, 2021)

Lambs To Slaughter

Sometimes,

the very best informed

remain the most naïve

 

Cronkite

in 1963,

“Oswald Was The One”

 

The Mob sat back

and licked their chops,

“Bobby’s Finished Now”

 

As millions mourn

in false belief

—and Warren to mislead

 

(Crazy Horse Memorial: Black Hills South Dakota, September, 2021)