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

Divided We Fall

Without shared values,

what can we do

Without shared values,

who can we be

The proof’s in the pudding,

the cream has gone sour

Our greatness now curdled

—our future most dour

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

The Harder Problem

The left hemisphere believes in God,

the right hemisphere does not

That physical split within the brain,

what we are and what we’re not

Temptation and judgment at war with themselves,

all battles inner fought

Confusion to reign, contradiction in charge

—a zero sum rehaut

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Last Feather

The arrow of time,

fired over and over

Piercing our consciousness,

impaling our fear

Our bow staying drawn,

till the quiver is empty

Last feather to soar

—on eternity strung

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Yes Plus No Refrain

Living between the spaces,

of what never came to pass

The light rays self-divided,

the present from the past

Living within the moment,

no time to lose or gain

The choices made inversely

—in yes plus no refrain

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

One Last Wish

When I think back on all the times that were

—and weren’t

My mind rewrites the answers to the questions

—never asked

To set the time that’s left on fire

—in joyful hope

To rhyme the final ending line

—with one last wish

(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)

Caught Deeply Within

All discovery…

but one grand paradox

All reflection

—caught deeply there within

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Inside A Bottle

Stranded on the island

of your professed beliefs

Anchored in the promise

of a new tomorrow

Each wave a stark reminder

of the choices that you made

Your faith inside a bottle

—the tide unclear

(Haverford College: January, 2020)

Inside A Bottle

Stranded on the island

of your professed beliefs

Anchored in the promise

of a new tomorrow

Each wave a stark reminder

of the choices that you made

Your faith inside a bottle

—the tide unclear

(Haverford College: January, 2020)

To Be Or Not To Be

If Panpsychism were true

—what could ever be false

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Free To Roam

The mind and body dualist,

his prison for a throne

Confusion reigns where consciousness walks,

where can it find a home

The soul the prize that matters,

the spirit up for grabs

Proximity defining its own lie,

positioning unclad

But somewhere in the distance,

and somewhere heretofore

A laughter lives beyond itself,

escaping its own core

The zero-sum dilemma,

what Sages claim to own

Lay far beyond what’s deep within

—where truth is free to roam

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)