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

Future-Past

Writing not for current ears,

writing for a thousand years

Writing not for time undone,

writing for the zero-sum

Writing not for love or hate,

writing not to legislate

Writing neither first nor last,

writing for the future-past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Devil Muse

The tyranny of inspiration

—a whip cracking within

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Inherent Devotion

The jet fuel of perception

is fear

The reasoning behind logic

is doubt

The heartbeat of affection

is love

Their connection inherent

—marriage devout

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

A Baby Born

(short version)

Science wants to father

—what nature mothers best

(long version)

Atoms in the void,

voices in the wind

Long to be connected,

where do we begin

Science wants to father,

what nature mothers best

A baby born beyond their reach

—the Muse to then contest

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

The Music Began

Not in comparison

to anyone else

(and)

Not as a reference

to anything else

(neither)

Judging nor judged,

the music began

(being)

Uniquely created

—the essence of man

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

The Baby’s Laugh

She brought flowers to the garden,

water to the pond

Fresh stripes to line the zebra’s back,

and melody to song

A background to the rising sun,

brush strokes to the paint

New breath to hold the baby’s laugh

—and love to cure the hate

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Therefore I Am

If all ancient philosophy

is a footnote to Plato

Then all modern thought

—is a tribute to Descartes

(Villanova University: January, 2020)

Duas Electiones

You have two choices

in war…

Turn into a psychopath,

or suffer PTSD

Becoming the former,

may insure your survival

Suffering the latter

—and your world self destructs

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

A Foretelling

Is being open to fate,

a choice

Accepting tomorrow,

in lieu of today

A foretelling that still

can be acted upon

A remembrance

—the choosing at bay

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Higher Bred

Language builds a place to stand,

inside our own cognition

Each word confirms what thought instills,

in psychic recognition

Are you the true informant,

about what’s inside your head

1^st person self awareness frees

—a nature higher bred

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)