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

Prevaricator

Let’s cut right through

the bombast …

your camouflage of words

And redefine

the essence …

of what you’ve never learned

Your double-talk

pontificates …

to lure and to distract

Whose lies deride

wherein you hide …

from what the truth exacts

(The New Room: February, 2025)

Now Is Forever

Betrothed

to the moment

Estranged from

the future

Present

to marry

All time

— an affaire

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Devil’s Breath

Tempests of

inclemency

Cyclones filled

with pain

Tornadoes come

and go at will

With nothing

to remain

Caught inside

their whirlwind

Whose spin to wreak

and hurl

A demon vortex

roaming wild

Destruction

— to unfurl

(The New Room: April, 2025)

What A Fool Believes

Strutting

in place

Message

defaced

Words left

to spew

Bombast

in view

Worshipping

mirrors

Begging

for fame

Image

debasing

Vanity’s

— claim

(The New Room: March, 2025)

Dead Or Alive

Science …

the bounty hunter of poetic wisdom

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)

RLF Was Right

Caught at

a crossroad

duality

reigns

Closing

you off

or opening

lanes

That choice

staring back

in the distance

provides

A new

destination

or a place

— you can hide

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)

Lost In A Dream

Try to define

consciousness

you haven’t

the tools

Try to define

instinct

the same kind

of fool

Try to define

reason

misusing

the words

Try to define

wonder

unseen

and unheard

Try to define

sleep

when lost

in a dream

Try to define

presence

with space

— unforeseen

(Rosemont College: March, 2025)

Something For Kathryn

Your words

they fall silent

but your life

is a poem

Each motion

and gesture

by Heaven

are known

You rhyme

every smile

your eyes

metered guides

To love

written couplets

of joy

— from inside

(To Kathryn: March, 2025)

Blowback

Saying

something witty

while having nothing

to say

Is like

spitting in the wind

to stay out

— of the spray

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)

Why Do We Question — Why Are We Here

Science

never answers

the primary

questions

it ponders

in circles

deck chairs

rearranged

Reciprocal

theorems

of self

aggrandizement

indentured

to kingdoms

where dilettantes

reign

Why

is there love

why

is there war

why

are we human

why

do we grieve

Why

do we question

why

is there joy

why

are there feelings

that

foster belief

consciousness

timeless

do thoughts ever die

is prescience

a quotient

does truth

ever lie

Is looking

for answers

outside the true

realm

the act that

betrays us

and damns us

— to hell

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)