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

Feelings Sacred

I don’t write for you,

I write for me

 

To dream each dream,

in darkness freed

 

All gifts unwrapped,

my table set

 

My voice as spoken,

no regrets

 

I don’t speak for you,

I speak for me

 

The trails I’ve bloodied,

scars decree

 

Each moment purchased,

verses loaned

 

My feelings sacred

—words my own

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

 

 

 

 

 

Non Grata

I’ve made a veritable art form

out of ignoring others

 

Taken it to the highest level,

its crown made out of thorns

 

Turning my back and looking away,

denying their importance

 

A world where they do not exist

—no insult could hurt more

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

To Torch And Burn

Masquerading in a church full of dreams,

all parishioners in their pews

 

The preacher straightens his mask and starts,

a sermon old renewed

 

Hellfire and brimstone come roaring out,

 words to torch and burn

 

His face staying hidden as the nightmare unfolds

—the congregation’s dreams left spurned

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)