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

‘A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose’

A wolf when

raised by dogs

forever

is a wolf

 

A banker once

he’s crossed the line

can never

steal enough

 

Aristocrats

their titles

banned

in practice stay elite

 

A dilettante

who’s been exposed

is then declared

effete

 

An arrow

with its feathers gone

when fired

 lethal still

 

A grizzly bear

that’s been declawed

his teeth

remain to kill

 

A judge

without a jury

still hands

a sentence down

 

A clown

without a circus

can yet

erase a frown

 

A cop

without a badge

will chase you

till you’re caught

 

A Nun

without her habit

plain clothed

— in virtue walks

 

(Thank You Gertrude: December, 2025)

 

To Winston

Death standing

at attention

for a fated

reveille

Which trumpets

through

the darkest cloud

to rain down liberty

 

Each bayonet

he wills in place

with fearlessness

empowered

A call to arms

through hill and dale

to launch

‘His Finest Hour’

 

(Winston Churchill At War: December, 2025)

A Welcoming Hymn

The deeper you care

the more remote you become

What the present reveals

no clock can outrun

 

The past and the future

for others to know

This journey one-way

where detached you must go

 

Those voices who call

pull you deeper within

Not lost but alone

taking flight back to Him

 

As Jesus, The Buddha

and Crazy Horse knew

The path to true knowledge

doubt ridden and strewn

 

With the old voices silenced

new voices begin

As your eyes slowly close

— to their welcoming hymn

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)