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

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)

Letting Go

With every new belief,

you have to let something go

Each thought self-entitled

—to reap what it sows

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Too Much – Too Little

Understanding too much,

feeling too little

Our being unbalanced

—and spirit restrained

(Wayne Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

Perchance To…

We make the beds we lie in

—to sleep or not

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Shouting Farewell

Tripping over my shadow,

guilt darkened the night

The devil bespoken,

fear burning bright

Stepping into the darkness,

one chance to look back

Light shouting farewell

—as panic attacked

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)

For The Determinists

Self-preservation…

our most basic law

Suicide proving

—that free will exists

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)

Lost Memories Define

Traveling the world in my mind,

ghosts linger behind

Traveling the world in my mind,

each flashback a sign

Traveling the world in my mind,

space harder to find

Traveling the world in my mind

—memories define

(Presbyterian Hospital: January, 2020)

Vanishing In The Mist

The visionary Poet,

blind to the word

Framing the consciousness

of a thousand lost days

Riding the emotion

of a memory set free

Escaping the entrapment

of description’s pretense

Vanishing in the mist

—like a rewoken dream

(University Of Pennsylvania: January, 2020)