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

Subservience

If absurdity

is the only reality

Time is the new servant

—to what lies within

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

Yesterday’s Sand

I buried my memory

in yesterday’s sand

To live in the past

—beyond reprimand

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)

To Fly

Alone,

without being lonely

In love,

with the air and the sky

In tune,

with those voices now calling

Released

—and forever to fly

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

Left Fleeting

Walking blind through the corridors

of his imagination

All vision was fleeting

—the truth beyond

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

The Bricks You Lay

Is your house built out of certainty,

are the walls made thin or stout

Is your mind filled up with questions,

do you live in fear or doubt

Is your spirit free or servile,

is your will unchained or slave

Is your heart the trowel you build with,

and love

—the bricks you lay

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Last Bell

Senses untamed,

spaces to reign

Bodies that die,

spirits to fly

Length or by width,

time is a myth

Dimension aground,

essence refound

Eyes looking forward,

eyes looking back

Eyes looking inward,

soul reattached

All that was spoken,

providence sings

Grand sublimation

—last bell to ring

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Pittacium

Labels…

crutch for the unenlightened

Support system

for the crippled mind

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Legacy Of Fear

Would you rather die

than be embarrassed

Rather destitute

than shamed

Would you rather set your heart on fire,

than barter out your name

Does your reputation matter,

will your legacy endear

Does what others think,

release the pain

That haunts

—and drives your fear

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Destiny Astride

I rode a painful trail,

because not doing so curtailed

Biting hard on Areion’s bit,

all else in life assailed

With blinders on I forged ahead,

whose route my will complied

Its ledges steep, all fear below

—my destiny astride

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Eternity’s Seed

“The exhaustion of passion…

the beginning of wisdom”

A souls inner vision

—the true meaning of life

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

‘Answering James Hilton’