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

Incarceratus

Letting his past

determine his future

Old voices in charge

—all memory in pain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Impaled Again

A sword slices through empty space,

the air bleeding as sutures trace

To pierce not once but pierce again,

your breath scarlet, its stain portends

A breeze sharpens—all time erupts,

seasons hemorrhage and flow corrupt

The wind incited—torn by pain,

truth the loser, impaled again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Hidden In Rhyme

A poem,

a riddle

An answer

to find

A Sage,

a gamester

All truth

undefined

What’s hidden,

most treasured

Its fortune

to mine

Tomorrow

awaiting

Sequestered

—in rhyme

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Watching ‘Final Portrait’ A. Giacometti

Veracity’s Throne

“Truth before beauty,”

the Sage said with a scowl

“Aesthetics a vacuum,

devoid of its howl

“The beauty of truth

is that truth stands alone

“Eternity’s mirror

—veracity’s throne”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Transformed

Intention is to fact,

as water is to ice

Its truth in transformation

—the naughty and the nice

(Dreamsleep: September, 2019)

Forever To Feast

Regurgitant youth,

digestive age

All life a buffet,

serving up on the page

Chew before swallowing,

savor each piece

That first you ingested

—forever to feast

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Zero-Sum Enigma

Is honor sum total,

or dolled out by degree

Can it live through confusion,

and your failings to be

Are those moments of weakness,

made up when you strive

To become more than just living,

eternal—alive

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

Sutured Infirmity

Gripping the meteor,

both hands for dear life

Expelling, compelling,

less heat and more light

Afraid to let go,

knowing what it will mean

My pen to go dry

—my heart not to bleed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Flowing Through

Does your writing leave room

for intrusion

With spaces for listeners

to crawl in

Are your words like a sponge

that the reader can drain

Your verses to flow through

them again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Or Turn You Out

Is remembrance now a hidden tenant,

that lives throughout your home

Does it lurk in every corner,

to come out when you’re alone

Is the voice heard down a distant hall,

a lost child once left about

Does that face now staring through the dark,

draw you in—or turn you out

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)