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

A Promise Forgotten

Are you the hero of your own

 dime novel

 

Are you the toy at the bottom

 of the cracker jacks box

 

Are you the name on the wall

  of the public bathroom

 

Are you the saline solution

 they use to detox

 

Are you that groove in the record

  that repeats over again

 

Are you a promise forgotten

 carried off by a friend

 

Are you a serial spectator

 whose ticket’s not punched

 

Are you a banquet disaster

 in search of your lunch

 

Is your mirrored reflection

 left empty and cold

 

Is the one option left you

 —forlorn but foretold

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)

Poetic Triage

Today a Poet needs to cast

 a hook with many tines

 

To reel in those who’re lulled to sleep

 with cautionary lines

 

These days a Poet needs an edge

 much sharper than before

 

To cut through all the excess flesh

 —that blocks the metaphor

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)