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

In Their Shadow

As good

as they got

Clapton

Allman and Page

Their music

still borrowed

the Delta

on stage

Technique

in the offing

devoid

of the pain

As juke joints

and crop shares

sing out

— in refrain

(The New Room: August, 2025)

Beatify

To bring forth the truth

— most holy

To bring forth the light

— Divine

(1^st Book Of Prayers: August, 2025)

Cape Cod Mornings

You love the Ocean

as it comes

I love the Ocean

as it goes

Caught in its tide

of becoming

Washed in the change

— of its flow

(Yarmouth Massachusetts: September, 1974)

Front To Back

Controlling

the language

Controlling

the power

Defining

tomorrow

With words

of today

Converting

the juncture

Converting

the instant

Defining

the moment

With all

that you say

Blessing

your loved ones

Blessing

your enemies

Cursing

the liars

Redeeming

the lost

Asking

new questions

Asking

for answers

Loving

the value

In spite of

— the cost

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

What Time Can’t Buy

Hallowed

are the dreamers

that sit

along the rails

To watch the trains

go rolling by

for places

left unveiled

Hallowed

the anointed

unpunched

their tickets clean

To see through eyes

that time can’t buy

true islands

— in the stream

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

The Embodiment

In the shadow

of perfection

time stops

— as eternity takes form

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

Immutable Feast

Papa said …

“Sentimental

people are cruel”

trading what might be

for what is

Filling their plates

with what’s not

on the menu

longing for soda

without fizz

Papa wrote

distant

always bringing it close

while leaving the weak

to surmise

With feeling

embodied

in hardscrabble words

to challenge but death

— so implied

(Gertrude Stein Remembers: August, 2025)

Caught In The Glow

Do you like

knowing

or the idea

of knowledge

The pretense

of perception

or a wellspring

sublime

Political

correctness

or the search

for a moonbeam

Relighting

your way

as you glow

— in its shine

(The New Room: August, 2025)

The Passing Bell

Not living

longer

but dying

slower

The chemo

dripping

death’s shadow

appears

Each moment

fringed

with a joy

ill censored

The countdown

has started

whose bell

— is near

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)

The Valley Awaits

Live long enough

and we end up alone

No matter our fortune

no matter our throne

Life will have sway

as our journey unwinds

One breath at a time

— our voices unrhymed

(Augustinian Seminary: July, 2025)