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

Sincerest Form Of Shame

Plagiarism self-inflicted,

it blinds veracity

keeping us forever

in the dark

To wander in costume

as others unnamed,

their vision

to herald and hark

In shadows of obscurity

doubt crossing fear,

we steal

what can’t be bought

Reflecting false images

by our hand

chasing

—what can’t be caught

(Radnor Pennsylvania: March, 2021)

Last Road To Rome

Poetry fails

when forced to explain

A dead-end street

with little to gain

Stripped of meaning,

one proffer to name

Magic and wonder

dead,

self-proclaimed

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: March, 2021)

The Tracks Of The Bear

The places I’ve been

all part of me now,

roadmaps of intention

tracking landscapes endowed

The history I’ve written

covers chapter and verse,

of promises made

and commitments diverse

The road ever widens

my scope narrows down,

the past out of focus

leaving town after town

Tomorrow unbeckoned

I search for today,

the future unreckoned

—the moment in play

(The New Room: March, 2021)

Heads Wins Again

“In God We Trust”

the dollar we must

Two-headed coin,

minted unjust

“Fides in Deum,”

our fortunes to blame

The past purloined

—the future inflamed

(The New Room: March, 2021)

Degeneratus

The

gambler’s

asylum,

a table

waits

in hell

Your last card

out,

your first card

in,

aces all

—pray tell

(The New Room: March, 2021)

And Dwelt Amongst Us

Satanic delusion,

pagan confusion,

the darkest illusion

—redeemed by His word

(Dreamsleep: March, 2021)

Rocket Fuel

Adrenalin…

catalyst of fear

and desire

(Dreamsleep: December, 2020)

Out From The Shadows

The answers

linger in the darkness

While questions

shimmer in the light

All reasons

alive with expectation

Open ended in wonder

—and delight

(Dreamsleep: March, 2021)

To Protect & Serve

What I meant,

how I said it

The meaning sacred

—the words servile

(Dreamsleep: March, 2021)

Nocturne Megahertz

The Poetry Channel when open,

its wavelength sharp and clear

Searching for me as it calls for my voice,

in moments dark but dear

The Poetry Channel if distant, remote,

streaming above my thoughts

Transmitting in silence, antenna to blame,

whose frequency I’ve sought

The Poetry Channel with static tuned out,

its bandwidth framed in gold

Quiet by day, amplifying at night

—to broadcast time untold

(Dreamsleep: November, 2015)