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

Ode To Bobby D’

The minute I say

what it means to me

It will never mean

something different to you

 

Words are like highways

they begin and they end

You can get on and get off

where you choose

 

If I tell you the mile marker

I travel the most

You may miss one

I still haven’t seen

 

If I break it apart

and then spell it all out

There’s no mileage left

— to wander and dream

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2025)

 

 

Wastelands

Do I think

you can silence a poem

In a word

the answer is NO

 

Do I think

you can bridle a passion

You’d be better served

melting a stone

 

Do I think

you can marry tomorrow

Still married

to yesterday’s pain

 

Do I think

you can joyously wander

Locked in step

— with the devil again

 

 

(The New Room: February, 2025)