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

Turns To Song

The words all come together,

their meaning front to back

 

Like birds of common feather,

they follow the same tack

 

Existing for each other,

alone their context gone

 

All strength inside their union

—where memory turns to song

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)

The Future Spun

I took you into my arms,

to ask about tomorrow

 

But then you went and stole my heart,

from dreams of yesterday

 

Reaching deep inside my pain,

you took away the sorrow

 

All hurt now gone and future spun

—the present here to stay

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)

The Eighth Gone Astray

Seven dark prodigals approached in the night,

saying: “One has escaped and

journeyed into the light”

 

Seven dark prodigals with shadows now gone,

longed for he who had left them

—for he who was strong

 

Seven dark prodigals wandered the dark,

no safety in numbers,

in search of their heart

 

“We must look till he’s found,” I heard two of them

say,

seven sins unforgiven

—the eighth gone astray

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)

To No Avail

Is a lie in its intention,

or its desired end result

 

Is deception ever lessened,

if the harm is never felt

 

Can you skate by blame or judgment,

if your evil plans then fail

 

Or are you even more at fault

—when you lie to no avail

 

(St. Davids Pennsylvania: June, 2019)