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

Sight Unseen

It’s 2:00 a.m. in the darkness,

and I’m lost in who I am

 

The night little comfort against a dawn,

that waits for me again

 

It’s 2:00 a.m. in reflection,

the past chasing a future dream

 

All memory conjoined, controverted,

the morning—sight unseen

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2019)

Glory Unsung

Victory is a song unwritten,

whose words beget the score

 

With truth in play, all time relayed,

past battles, future wars

 

Yesterday winless, tomorrow tied,

the moment zero sum

 

The hour prescient, each second dear

—glory still unsung

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Ill At Ease Or Unfurled

Is your pathway to Heaven now structured,

 with words that your verse seeks to pray

 

Is your stairway straight up or diverted,

 remittance and debts to repay

 

Is your meaning construed or verbatim,

 intention set free of this world

 

Is your love what was given or taken

 —your heart ill at ease or unfurled

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)