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

Magistra Metus

Fear is a mistress

with many suitors

Hapless in spirit

—beguiling profane

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

Sarah Unleashed

A bevy of censures,

to hit and strike back

Each written reprisal

to ward off attack

A mother-son warning,

once truant come true

Her words now my weapons

—to kill and renew

(Beaupre: February, 2021)

But A Promise

of a morning

of a window

singing freely

/once heard

of a longing

of a distance

in the memory

/wayward

of a darkness

of a warning

that prophetic

/sojourned

but a vow

but a promise

a betrothal

/returned

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

Lunar Savior

Out and back,

its motion imprisons

out and back,

on an endless sea

The ocean pulling

both hard and wide

the tides recalling

—till setting you free

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Depreciating The Young

Grammar school speculators

charlatan math

trading the currency

of borrowed youth

optioning the investment

in forsaken dreams

hedging their futures

with diminished returns

margining interest

—that will never compound

(Radnor School Board: February, 2021)

Braveheart

The power in his words,

the love in his eyes

The truth in his heart

—no time can disguise

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

Adapertio

The cover pulled back,

exposure full bore

Protection gone

—final judgment ensured

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

To Dan Fogelberg

Where do you go

at the end of your dreams

Where do you go

when the daylight moves on

Where do you go

once your voice has run dry

Where do you go

—when tomorrow is gone

(Pagosa Springs Colorado: July, 2019-Rewritten 2-23-2021)

Black Elk’s Prayer

“Fire of my words…

vanish like smoke

into a raging sky

Blanket forever

the memory

of my being”

(Pine Ridge South Dakota: July, 2009)

To Merlin

Freeing the myth,

begotten to dream

Ramparts to crumble

—Sorcerer’s scheme

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: February, 2021)