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

Blood Oath

The best of the worst,

rules amidst chaos,

honor amongst thieves

—brothers in blood

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Gratia Tecum

If I chose the right words

I could talk to God

in language still unspoken

His arms to reach out

and welcome me home

with grace—my heart rewoken

(The Book Of Prayers: May, 2021)

The Rudest Awakening

The dead are tired,

the living go on

Breathless and timeless,

all energy gone

The dead left to wander,

betwixt and between

Finality’s heartbreak

—the end of the dream

(Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House: May, 2021)

Simultaneity

Time,

the moving image

of eternity

Having no

beginning

and no end

Confounding

every mind

that begs to question

Shaping

all there is

within its bend

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Blind Indirection

Preferred indifference,

the Stoics say

The arm’s length model

where choices stray

In for a penny,

in for a pound

The shield left naked

—when outward bound

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Hell Or Highwater

Love,

in the end

—betrays us all

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Out Of The North

Jet Stream Mother,

your prayers go unanswered

The beginning deflated,

the ending in sight

Dancing in place,

the four winds become mistral

Your children left orphaned

—adrift in the night

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Bedfellows

Differing from our enemy,

in one way the same

Our conflict in common

—to praise or to blame

(The New Room: May, 2021)

Memory Beckons

Days go forward,

nights in reverse

Calling us back

—to finish our search

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)

Cutting Both Ways

Trying to defend

what you cannot describe

All life on the edge

—to affirm or deny

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)