Writing words of forgiveness,
a bridge from the grave
My ashes unscatter,
my memories reclaim
A verse of atonement,
all steps unto thee
Whose vision, my journey
—from death set me free
(To Mark Phanco-Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)
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
The Talisman
Persuader inside me
dark sweetness cajoling
A talisman dangles
—the present foretold
(Las Vegas Nevada: January, 2016)
Waiting For The Alarm
Within the tragedy of a broken dream
rages a fiery lost inferno
Where we burn in fearful anticipation
—waiting for the alarm to sound
(Las Vegas Nevada: January, 2016)
Free And Atoned
The truth came flying out of the mirror,
its reflection veracious and new
And left without warning, my emptiness torn,
heading back to a place out of view
Driving into my eyes an image so clear,
its talon’s spread open and honed
But on wings of silver, it returned fulfilled,
my spirit soaring—free and atoned
(Southwest Flight Las Vegas-Philadelphia: January 27, 2016)
The Poet Of Las Vegas Boulevard
The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard
steals emotion from the night
Holding a vigil in the darkness
waiting for the light
The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard
among the screams and homeless cries
Making rhyme of what we’ve long abandoned
—marking time inside a shadows lie
(Las Vegas Boulevard: January 24, 2016)
In Conflict
Poetic dyslexia,
the words juxtapose
The meaning in crisis,
where God only knows
Poetic dyslexia,
all feelings collide
Emotions in conflict
—a verbal divide
(Forum Shops-Caesars Palace: January 23, 2016)
Flashes
Good and bad are truisms…
a qualitative masquerade
Ideology trumping feeling
—in flashes of joy and pain
(Las Vegas: January 23, 2016)
The Magic Yours
You either bend and adapt,
or then you break
The crux in the motion
—your magic to make
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
No Dreams Allowed
Paved over deep,
my thoughts below
Once brilliant shades
of amber glow
The darkest light,
I now befriend
Whose darkest thoughts,
I sought to end
While further down,
the chanting starts
No mockingbirds,
no meadowlarks
Where stillness reigns,
the present weeps
My ashes cool,
my soul retreats
Lodged six feet under
below the crowd
Though sleep eternal
—no dreams allowed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
Grief Belies
A briefcase full of sorrow…
the hiding place of tears
One trade to end all others
excuse to lie and steal
The papers hide the story
all documents in vain
As grief belies the glory
—of a life that deals in pain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
An Anthology Of Perception 