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

Sound Bites: May 28, 2024

Dead Calm

 

Without friction

there is no motion

Without motion

— creation stops

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Abeyance

 

My pen is searching

for its guitar case

a place to sleep

when the writing’s done

 

To rest in the dark  

between flowing moments

of what might be coming

— and old verses sung

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Nowhere To Hide

 

The haunting of our memories

never to escape

No continent wide nor ocean deep

— will shield us from their rape

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Falling Into Silence

 

For years

I’ve had an old man’s body

Today

 an old man’s mind

 

The past

a memory ever haunting

Tomorrow looming

— in decline

 

(Listening To Paul Simon: May, 2024)

 

 

Shadow Dancing

 

Making everyday life poetic

doggedness abounds

Separating wheat from chaff

— harder than it sounds

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Again New Orleans

 

Waking up from a dream

inside another dream

inside another dream

inside another …

 

(Listening to Wynton Marsalis: May, 2024)