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

To The Wind

I’m not going to

watch you leave

but I’ll revel in the fact

you’re gone …

I’m not going to say

goodbye

while I bask in the silence

heard …

I’m not going to speak

your name

but I’ll covet what stays

unsaid …

I’m not going to return

your love

while throwing our tryst

— to the wind

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

One Final Bow

The last curtain came down

one evening at nine

its drapery falling

to signal ‘it’s time’

The theater dark

all stagehands have gone

alone in her presence

my final swan song

The exit door opens

a new crowd appears

applauding me onward

past laughter and tears

With one final bow

but never so sure

eternity clapping

— forever’s encore

 

(The Bryn Mawr Theater: August, 2025)