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

Ames — 1967

The country was turbulent on TV,

but not in Iowa

 

The ‘Times Were A Changing’ for most to see,

but not in Iowa

 

There was more to sound than snippets or bites,

back then in Iowa

 

Each voice was heard when spoken and free,

back then in Iowa

 

The kindling burned in most other states,

but not in Iowa

 

Ideals were being traded, their price was blood,

but not in Iowa

 

The generations still talked and listened together,

back then in Iowa

 

The world made more sense away from the madness

—back then in Iowa

 

(Dennison Iowa: June, 1980)

 

 

No Enmity

Turning down every invitation…

the invitations stopped

 

Ensuring the freedom I always craved,

alone inside my thoughts

 

Misunderstood and misrepresented,

my feelings misconstrued

 

And needing to live within myself

—no enmity toward you

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2020)

I Remember

I remember art deco things,
  I remember peaches and wine

I remember sirens in the night,
  I remember waving goodbye

I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,
  I remember an elephant in pink

I remember the fire engine returning
  I remember my father—I think

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
     ‘Memories of the Korean War’