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

My Soul To Shine

My DNA lettered

My bloodstream in verse

My feelings in couplets

My last goes to first

My breathing in prose

My expression in rhyme

My horizons unwritten

My soul there to shine

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)

Our New Beginning

To live inside

your laughter

To your hearts

will I belong

To write each hope

eternal

As all wishes

turn to song

To My Grandchildren: October 9^th, 2015

Till Our Wishes

I lived inside her laughter,

I slept inside her song

I wrote inside her meaning

—till our wishes all were gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)

Last Check To Cash

How do I exit gracefully,

how do I end it all

Can I rewrite the terms again

before the final fall

The kids now counting every day

the moments still all mine

The days and weeks of years gone by

a measure now defined

How do I finally say goodbye

and start anew again

This world peeled back against itself

no more left to befriend

Regret a word best left behind

for others who have sinned

Stepping into eternity’s vault

—last check to cash within

(Train #56 ‘Vermonter’ To White River Junction Vt. 3/22/2018)

Meadow So Dear

A ray of warm sunshine

—sparkling delight

An arrival so blessed

on wings of a sprite

Its music plays silent

from distant to near

Springtime is calling

—the meadow so dear

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)

Will I Ever

If I don’t first have your eyes,

will I ever have your ears

If I don’t first have your mind,

will I ever have your heart

If I don’t first have your eyes,

will I ever have your ears

If I don’t first hold you far,

—will I ever hold you near

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)

Verum Ceptoris

No matter how much

you bandage a lie

The truth bleeds

—through and through

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

At The End

Taking a last breath inside

the final moment

All perception at once

inhaled

—never to be released again

(Las Vegas: August, 2015)

Life’s Tenancy

Was that dollar Sunday morning

a twenty Saturday night

Is that empty bottle you can barely see

the excuse that started the fight

Is that torn and tattered jacket

what was once your Sunday best

Is your life worth more than nineteen dollars

eyes blackened—never to rest

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

Writer’s Block

Inspiration is always there

just reach inside—embrace it

All time on hold, new lines to share

the moment lives iconic

Words are formed by sweat and tears

not deemed or willed upon you

Each verse to go beyond the years

—to seal a memory true

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)