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

To Will…

My eyes unleash upon the world before me,

where Heaven wrests all darkness from its reign

 

These sights my fortune gladly spent on freedom,

to rise and fall as sun and moon both share

 

The seasons press their head and tail foreclosure,

to trail the one in front and lead the back

 

As cousins of the changing time indenture,

the same but separate lost within themselves

 

(Villanova On Avon: October, 2019)

To Borrow

Answering with phrases loaned…

a paradox recalled

 

The choices, nouns and pronouns,

all verbs to rise or fall

 

Old questions freed, all doubt besieged,

defined and then dethroned

 

The power in each chosen word,

to borrow—not to own

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Beck & Call

Is your greatness unendorsed

by godly symbols old and new

 

Is your strength contained and held within,

as broth begets the stew

 

Is your message clear with no defense,

either martial or sublime

 

With freedom at your beck and call

—all stricture cast aside

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Regret

Do you justify your own beliefs,

to force upon your will

 

Or skip instead the whole charade,

with truth left to distill

 

Do you wander aimless in the night,

in search of what you’ve lost

 

As darkened hallways call you back

—regret the only cost

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)