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

Buried Within

The differences in life

—live within the questions you’ve asked

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2013)

Looking Back

The older I get

the more I see myself

in faces of other men

I only hope

when looking back

—they see themselves in me

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2013)

Summer Song

I wandered by an autumn stream

looking for what’s past

I slept inside a winter dream

searching for what lasts

I strode the paths of springtime crossed

listening for a song

Whose words, that now to me are lost

—in summer called so strong

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2013)

Without—Within

Travelling beyond your borders

freedom scents the trail

Travelling beyond your borders

destiny in the mail

Travelling beyond your borders

memory in the wind

Travelling beyond your borders

—without becomes within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)

Whispers Cry

From the depths

of your spirit

new voices to call

But their capture

in words

the hardest of all

As the past

and the future

fall farther behind

Old whispers cry out

each new moment

defined

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)

TV

Intoxicant of sublimation

New ruler of alienation

The channels change

As the mind stops,

And the images

Fall away

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2013)

Shadows Fall Distant

Late September holds onto the summer

like that promise you made

—you can never forget

Late September holds onto the summer

as shadows fall distant

—and memory regrets

(Amherst Massachusetts- September, 2013)

To Bless And To Guide

Your brightness, your smile

changed my life

As your spirit

recharged my heart

With the strength of

your father and mothers’ love

Only great things

your life will impart

Listen to that voice

above all others

The one that calls

from inside

And marry your will

unto your heart

All heaven to bless

—and to guide

(Lansdale Pennsylvania: April, 2013) To My Granddaughter Parker On Her Christening

The Instant

A few seconds of eternity

two more than you’ll need

One moment of profundity

fog gone—vision freed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)

Demon Lie Exposed

Under the shroud of blind obedience,

the Church forever hides

Its loyalty to the Pope and Rome,

it chides and chides and chides

Canon Law and its corrupted faith

walk proudly side by side….

“Where a child of eight

in parochial school

was brainwashed deep inside”

But guilt then crumbled, damnation cursed

by heavens light deposed

The truth and God now one again

—the demon lie exposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2013)