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

Rushing Toward Mediocrity

Let’s all just be average,

no rich and no poor

Excuses our quotient,

single digits the score

Masquerading as fairness,

our heritage veiled

In lock step we march,

voices mute—nothing hailed

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Reflections Of Self

If a genius chooses not to embrace his gift,

will he live to endure deeper pain

If an artist doesn’t strive to create and unfold,

will she die in a chasm of chains

If a Prophet loses faith and abandons his path,

will he wander a desert unknown

If all lovers grow distant, away from the heart,

will the world lose its hope

—so alone

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Word Massacre

Ravagers of Poesy,

spear points of denial

Mongol hordes of fancied verse,

spewing dense and vile

Free words they herd together,

to drive toward a cliff

Trampled once they hit the ground

—by verbal hippogriffs

(Buffalo Jump-Sheridan Wyoming: July, 2019)

Dark Minds

Owning the consequence

of all that you do

Intentions when pure,

dark minds misconstrue

When twisted and spun,

then torn into shreds

The words once pristine

—denounced when misread

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2021)

For Just Once

If your courage lasted for

just an instant

Overriding your fear,

all excuses behind

If one choice you made

could then reimagine

A world once illusioned

—stepping out of your dreams

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Legacy’s Birthright

“Only those things not made less by division

—are to be inherited”

(The New Room: February, 2021)

Another

Leave me alone,

I’m deaf to your pleading

Leave me alone,

I can’t feel what you feel

Leave me alone,

my time not for owning

Leave me alone,

our history repealed

Leave me alone,

the bridges are burning

Leave me alone,

the entrance has closed

Leave me alone,

the pages are turning

Leave me alone

—another I’ve chose

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

The Final Equation

Humanity + Divinity = Eternity

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

Waste & Folly

We are ill-served to give those who do

nothing

and know nothing

—everything

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)

Lip Service

We speak of truth, our souls delight,

but actions prove us wrong

If words alone could make it so

—each day would end in song

(University Of Pennsylvania: May, 2021)