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

Time Untethered

My verse begins

 where logic ends

 

Escape its mission

 new light to bend

 

The easy answer

 the convenient close

 

Now left to others

 by others chose

 

Each phrase a path

 that leads inside

 

Beyond where dogma

 schemed and lied

 

A light there shines

 unto itself

 

By grace of nothing

 above all else

 

The music starts

 once halfway in

 

To cleanse your mind

 of lies and whim

 

Words join each note

 to dance in song

 

All time untethered

 —from right or wrong

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)

My Legacy Planted

Mentally on the road

  while spiritually at home

 

My mind got to wander

   as my soul was at peace

 

Mentally on the road

  while spiritually at home

 

My thoughts got to ponder

  what only distance could release

 

Mentally on the road

  while spiritually at home

 

My roots sinking deeper

  my connection firmed

 

Mentally on the road

  while spiritually at home

 

My legacy planted

   —beneath all that I’d learned

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)

Praying For The Light

I know that I believe,

  never sure of whom or what that is

 

I know that I can see,

  never sure of what’s beyond my sight

 

I’ve heard your pleading heart,

  never sure of how that makes me feel

 

As I stand inside this shadow waiting

  —praying for the light

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)