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

On My Sleeve

I know more things

than I can tell

The water deep

within my well

I wish for more

than hope can stand

Obeying Thee

—my heart commands

(From ‘The Book Of Prayers’ August, 2020)

One Last Drink

On a barstool

somewhere

in a lost America

with a stranger

who calls me friend

All options

dwindling

my fate in his hands

—and nearly at the end

(Choteau Montana: Ranger Jacks Bar, August 2004)

‘All The King’s Horses’

Logic destroys the natural state,

as order rules the day

To tag and label, weigh and chart,

reality at bay

A poet in the truest sense,

I fall outside the lines

Entropic freedom calling me

—to all that I might find

(Rosemont College: August, 2020)

Dodging The Bullet

When death came ‘a calling,’

again thus denied

The future remortgaged

—payment applied

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Lakota Psalm

The white wing of the wind

blew down from tomorrow

Carrying a message of hope

—from beyond the unknown

(Dreamsleep: August, 2020)

Limboesque

Caught within the membranes

of a lost tomorrow,

time stood still

No sound, no sight, no

fresh vibration,

as eternity waits

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Belighted

Coming out of the shadows,

reality struck hard

Changing me forever

—leading me away

(Dreamsleep: August, 2020)

X-Posed

Don’t hate me if I struck a nerve,

a tear now yours to mend

The pain acute, denial slim

—too late to then pretend

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Caught Between

Waiting for yesterday,

I stumbled into tomorrow

—and found my spirit lost

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Inner Child

A creative adult,

a child who survived

New toys in the attic

—where time comes alive

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)