""On the Narrow(er) Ridge""

In the Mist (new poem)

2012-01-24T19:07:00.000-08:00

In the Mist
by Tim Kavi

In the mist of that new morning
I knew nothing
(ecstatic quieting bliss)
no thing
Was more elaborate than this

to be loved
to be kissed
to be missed

by that that is without
by Her that loves

Those that imagine they have everything
might not even have this.

Growing Gardens (New Poem)

2012-01-16T03:06:00.000-08:00

Growing Gardens
by Tim Kavi

In the growing
gardens of your love
I do grow

only to emerge
from the Earth
to fly back to you
in a song singing

where in the dancing morning
upon melodies and notes
risen on the gentle wings
of a soft breeze
is a song of adoration

is a certain love that moves

that moves the branches
and leaves
of flowers and fruits
and sustenance

of your love

in your garden are only
sweet things
smiling up at you

ascending goddess
emerging and revealed
your many arms of compassion
are never unreaching

to the hearts of those
that need you
I like they, are found
among the pilgrims

climbing paths
up your vines
again and again.

Poet's afterword: This is the opening poem in my second collection, Ascending Goddess, which shall be published soon by TiLu Press.--TK

Emerging Goddess: On Reviews; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Essay).

2012-01-13T21:38:00.000-08:00

Emerging Goddess: On Reviews; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Essay)

by Tim Kavi

Dear Readers:

I am happy to report that my recent book 'Emerging Goddess' is getting reviews (mostly good ones). While a poet is always thankful for being read, it is always nice to get more good reviews than bad ones. While negative reviews can tell us something about the work itself, sometimes truly bad reviews seem more than a critique. Some really seem personal, jealous, or on some vendetta (the ugly reviews). To those reviewers, I cannot imagine what is going through their minds. It is plain that they have missed the intended message of my work.

It is interesting too that some of those ugly reviewers often cannot be found elsewhere on the Net, their purchase of the book is not verified by the seller at the website where they have posted, and they have little to say that shows they have actually read poems from the work.

I hope that potential readers and readers of my work will not base their decisions just upon reviews, but will engage with the material and make up their own minds. I hope you read my books (and my blog here) with an open mind and an open heart. I seldom ask my readers anything, when it comes to reading my work, but I will say this: when reading my work; consider the heart of the message and the following questions. Is there a true path to peace? Is love needed in the world? Is there a path to the Goddess, even if along some narrow ridge, and if there is, isn't She needed in this war torn world? That is what my work is about.

The heart of the message in my work is all about love, peace, freedom, empowerment, and it is never about hate.

My work about the Goddess is not about poetic style, form, or whether the words fit certain poetic meter. These are spiritual love poems. Really, they are devotional utterances that celebrate love and the Goddess; wherever She is found.

So I welcome and respect the rights of all reviewers good and bad (and even ugly). I will continue writing, as to not do so, is not to follow the path. For my path is not chosen, but burns in me, with a calling that demands a response.

There will be more Goddess books by Tim Kavi. In other later collections, will be other themes and more traditional poetic styles. However, it is in these works about the Goddess that lies the message that is closest to my heart, and a message from my heart; to love, to be loved, to make a difference for peace in the world. It is my message of love to the world. If it calls you to do anything, it invites you to love fully from your discovered human heart.

It is a human heart that can still be found if you but look, even in the age of mechanized dulling of the senses and technological overload; it is a message of affirmation to bring confirmation, to come into your own empowered sense of self with other, and to love each other.

So, I am glad to get your comments, responses, and reviews. So keep them coming; good, bad, or ugly. To the ugly reviewers, I wonder about you, if there is some sort of misunderstanding, and why the hate, but respect your rights to say anything. To the bad reviewers, I will closely look at what you said. To the good reviewers, I am honored you are moved. Thank you to all of you sincerely. Blessings to you and prayers for all.

In conclusion, I wish to say that my devotional love "poems" do not ignore a mystical experience, but is saturated with it. Ultimately these are love poems that celebrate a divine sense of love and confirmation, but are also the utterances of love between persons. What lasting good is a love without both components? My hope though, is the attempt to reveal a fully empowered love, a love based on two souls; souls encountering each other in deep love. Yes, my Goddess poems refer to love between persons as well as a sense of the transcendent, but if you see only the physical aspects, you are missing something.

Thank you for reading. I am lucky and blessed to be read, and wish you all the best that life and love can bring.--TK

So read the book for yourselves:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006FVKNT6

Here's all the reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Goddess-ebook/product-reviews/B006FVKNT6/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Rarest Marble (New Poem)

2012-01-11T04:42:00.000-08:00

Rarest Marble
by Tim Kavi

why no other woman
can do
I see you
chiseled
shaped
woman in view

body of a goddess
I see
yet when I
see you

the camera is blurred
only by the soft lens
I must use

so as not to show
the world your beauty
for unveiled
it is too much
for mortal men

and when they come looking
only I see you
so they soon leave
while I stand quietly
worshipping you
eager to please

so letting
the tears flow
like waterfalls
cascading to the ground

I am becoming
swept by mighty waters
drowning in the sound

then I look again
you are nearer
so I hope
and dare not faint

for your love
comes calling
my name
and I must answer
or never
be the same

so that song
is only meant
for you
and all those
times we spent
in each other's arms
are never forgot

only to
love each other
and worry not

until the day
came

you were there
at the door
your face veiled
dare I remove?

blowing winds
yet I kiss
long and deep
until we both
fell asleep

then the dreams
were sweet

with longing for
each other
I stand complete
next to You
Goddess of love
forever.

2012 (New Short Poem)

2012-01-03T02:52:00.000-08:00

2012
by Tim Kavi

2012
In Eagle's nest

we are called to soar
and must bravely take flight
only to be blessed
and escape existential night !

Emerging Goddess Poetry Book Receives Top Reviews

2011-12-30T07:00:00.000-08:00

Tim Kavi's Emerging Goddess Poetry Collection is Receiving Excellent Reviews on Amazon.

You Can Read the Review(S) Here:

http://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Goddess-ebook/product-reviews/B006FVKNT6/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Buy the Book Here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006FVKNT6

Breath is Coming (New Poem)

2011-12-29T01:12:00.000-08:00

Breath is Coming.
by Tim Kavi

breath
the pneuma
to dead Earth
is coming
like the approaching
horsemen
across the meadow
of winter

riding swiftly
not destroying
but giving life
the first breath
of spring
arrives

after the winter
she brings hope
and promise
of a love
that is
new life

tending to me
like a gardener
of love

her lips are red
her smile wide
and white
her eyes
reflect
the graceful
movements
of her certain
riding

and in her arms
I grow like a plant
with arms
outstretched
to the sun

of her
arriving.

Shadows on the Wall (Are Dancing!) New Poem - with Poet's Afterword

2011-12-28T01:32:00.000-08:00

Shadows on the Wall
(Are Dancing!)
by Tim Kavi

held there
transfixed
bound
like Prometheus
no ground

of being
except what they
make come to light
and seem to say

glorious images
all human truth
knowledge grows
lively in youth

blades of grass
representing as else
playing symbols
in the mind of self

representing
concentrating
only what is seen
draws nothing
in eternal sheen

I see them there
shadowed objects
some knave
trickery hands
move in light's grave

their beauty
fascinates
captivates
makes me crave
another wave

all seems right
orderly
referentially
depicted
my mind bends
to reality's
shifted
blends

crashing
crushing
oppression
false beliefs
lead to
depression

utterances
in the night
deafened ears
blinded sight

yet I crave
for what the
shadows say to me
play to me
in the cave

for all is
orderly
predictable
nice
without uncertainty's
spice

but what is
this?
but a kiss
of chaos
in the scene

something
is moving
bending
blending
is grooving

in the putrid
stench
pungent dead
air

the shadows
have started
dancing
no longer appear

to be what
they once said
freedom
is alive
in a new light

I see
something new
at the mouth
of the cave

shadows
are dancing
now
I hear?
them behind
me

moving
out of frame
no longer my
reference
can I blame

I want to
rise up and
join them

but this
body
has me chained

my Spirit
starts tapping
my soul
is clapping

as I see
what makes
the dancing

it is the
love
of you and me.

Poet's Afterword:
A reference to Plato's allegory of the cave with a Kavi mix; here, Love is transcendent, meanwhile I am bound like all of you, waiting for someone (the Goddess?) to say: loose him and let him go.--TK

Bleeding Snow (Repost from 2008) W/ Poet's Afterword

2011-12-26T02:12:00.000-08:00

Bleeding Snow
by Tim Kavi

like tears
in the
bleeding snow

cries
of the oppressed
have come
undressed

before all
the world

superpowers
wonder
at what
fate has
unfurled

everywhere
the small
the least
and unknown
are hurled

towards the
lands of
unfulfilled hope

they walk
arm in arm
hearts bound
by a strong rope

of freedom's cause

to the place
where chains
are tossed
and no one's
dreams are lost

freed from
tyranny's fraud

walking ones
persist
in long time
you will be kissed

if by none
except those
that follow

never forgotten
our futures secure
only by what
it has cost.

AFTERWORD: This poem was written in April of 2008, and posted on another blog I had at a social media site. The message seems prophetic almost, as it seems to fit 2011 completely.--T.K.

angel in white (new poem)

2011-12-25T21:07:00.000-08:00

angel in white
by Tim Kavi

gentle dusting
outcroppings covered
in Wintry delight

I see the clouds
thick and heavy
your love is full
of light

On a special
Christmas Night
kisses flowed to
an angel in white

she came
on a Winter's wing
glistening
pretty sight

Goddess of Winter
your warm
flakes fell
from heaven

covering us
all in a special
devotion
divine invite

wisdom
love
peace and joy
rush to you

swiftly
we take flight

enjoying
the words
from your Wintry
scene

we embrace
your kisses
in the warm
glow

of cherished sight.

Longing For You (New Poem)

2011-12-18T16:17:00.000-08:00

Longing For You
by Tim Kavi

In my longing for you
I hear my own sighs
my woeful realization
reflected in those
sad green eyes

In my longing for you
I think I'm ill fated
arrived too late to know
Found I'm out dated

In my longing for you
I thought I'm going places
so lost and alone
in a sea of Asian faces

they all look at me

Can't you see
I'm the only one here
so suffering
let me be

In my longing for you
there is no saving
In my hungry heart
only a craving

for a love to be found

so I am turning
to the sacred ground
of meeting
and I am burning

but I cannot see you
behind the tears
of green eyes

in the distance
sleepless night
I think I see
the discovery of my sight

green eyes
full of light

you are approaching
in meeting

cosmic You.

Summer of Cold (New Poem)

2011-12-14T21:58:00.001-08:00

Summer of Cold
by Tim Kavi

Oh Majestic One!
We are clothed
in majesty
under the sprinkling rays
of a Winter's sun

You are there
giving life to everyone

Oh Goddess!
in the countryside
we are covered
under a patchwork quilt
made warm
by your love

there
they and I
are tucked
under your wings
where we
yearn for freedom

they think
they will win it
under the sites
of a gun

but I know
those ways
of discontentment
are never done

renew our hearts
sow our faith
break up
the hard icy ground

in our poverty
we are made rich
in those days
of dying harvest

rotting in the fields

there is decay
yet no dearth
of Your Love
in the sweet Earth

so we know
things are not
as they appear

until turning to you
instructed
we wait
and hear

change is coming
in Your love
we are already free

but those
waves of discontent
say to many
follow me

Yet I will cling
to your regal robe
daring to look
in your eyes

seeing history
unfold
until there is
centered certainty
in the people's cries

taken to flight
as new flags
are unfurled

we see the sight

we have each other
in a blindfold
Sister
justice
where will
it be told?

Sweet wife
of compassion
don't punish
us for our woes

just hug us
as we return
in your love
a knowledge grows

to be freed

in dialogue
from death
to life
from contentment
to strife

from suffering
to peace.

Song of the Ocean, She Sings (New Poem)

2011-12-12T07:21:00.000-08:00

Song of the Ocean, She Sings

by Tim Kavi

to the ocean

when your song

of released passion

warmed the mountainous

nights

to the Universe

when your singing songs

reached the ears

of God

God heard

your pretty voice

to the Valley

where bones

came to life

at such utterances

as this

I knew

you were the Goddess

to the mountain

where many tried

to scale up

but failed

and were jailed

because they knew not

how to kiss?

Your thick red lips

your darting eyes

your scepter

your bridal sighs

I was the lucky one

that ascended to your hips

with a song that climbed to your lips

dripping with love

and adoration

yet tasting like wine

I saw your Goddess laugh

and when the face

did shine

it was the temple

lights

where I saw

your statue divine

in the smile of you

I knew

that many kisses

and hugs were due

as the dew descended

there was the whispering

wind

a quiet voice

said Follow Me.

Tim Kavi's Poetry Collection 'Emerging Goddess' is Now Available.

2011-11-30T21:52:00.000-08:00

Announcing the publication of My Poetry Collection 'Emerging Goddess'. Get yours today!

A poetry collection by mystic philosopher Tim Kavi that celebrates the Sacred Feminine, Goddesses from mythologies past and present, and emerging goddesses everywhere. These are sacred love poems that celebrate spiritual and temporal planes of love and devotion.

Author Page at Amazon is Now Live

2011-11-29T09:08:00.000-08:00

I now have an author page at Amazon.

Since they only let you have an author page if you have actually published a book...

it means that I will soon be announcing the publication of my first Poetry Collection: Emerging Goddess.

https://www.amazon.com/author/timkavi

Remember (New Poem)

2011-11-28T00:27:00.000-08:00

Remember

by Tim Kavi

the speaking

Goddess said

remember you

are my love

I am your bread!

I said:

how can I forget ?

you are like the rain

to the desert

the snow to the river

the wind to the long

lost sail

and the love

to the lovelost seeker

in the wind I hear

your words

in my soul

my obligation

to love you

with my heart

mind

body and soul

to look you

in the eyes

and see your Goddess

Nature

is to only

quake in holy fear

at the arising

and overpowering

love

that has come

to set me free.

cubeland (new poem)

2011-11-21T00:46:00.000-08:00

cubeland

by tim kavi

cubeland

lost connections

but I am

still there

intersecting lines

perfectly squared

the secrets of the heart

are bared

until calling

I hear your voice

across all dimensions

calling in 5 5 5

there is only

perfection

in your heart beating

love

bending time

each fading light

is a different color

scheme

like Rubik's Cube

the search

for solutions

in your eyes

did gleam

but spoken

once

twice

in a dream

I know I am in cubeland

your finest design

happy to be

held there

in the real

in the tangible

shape of things

to come

I am made whole

in your love.

Saptashringa Garh (new poem)

2011-11-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

Saptashringa Garh

by Tim Kavi

Love in the cosmic Universe everywhere

gentle clouds and nebulas

of fleeting moments

in purpose

crinkled

stardust

on distant suns

evil possessed

treasures of the people

Bhagawati

reached by the power

of your love

basked in the warmth of your arms

chastened by kind

words to be

brought to the obedient

temple of reckoning

you are found even

here

light years away

your love reaches

your kiss embraces

cannot hide from it

searching

the entire universe

contained in every atom

experienced in the

smallest nanoseconds

found in a drop of oceans

there and here

and in flowing

teardrops

on the moisture

of rain

on a rose

brought closer to

a celestial pose

there was only

a response

to the calling

of all that

You are

there is nothing

left but to adore

you

to find you

to seek your

face in each dawning

to stand free

in your affirming

power

of the temple

and breeze

of your redeeming

call.

Excerpt Repost: From 'Goddess in Motion Redux"

2011-11-07T19:30:00.000-08:00

Excerpt Repost: From 'Goddess in Motion Redux' (previously published poem)

by Tim Kavi

shining in the

brilliance
of an ordinary woman
yet he knew
this
was his goddess
on the faces
of women everywhere

poet's afterthought: a shining anima from the dark pool of the Unconscious

or... the archetypal visitation of femininity everywhere... ????--TK

The Seeing (new poem)

2011-11-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

The Seeing

by Tim Kavi

in gentleness of whispers

in shouts of revelation

the visiting goddess

brought herself

to the valleys of purpose

in the night

there is always

cosmic light

behind the doors

marked daring

there was certainly

a blind devotee

staring

and in the songs

a fruit of devotion

was doting

and caring

such things as this

were wondering

wooing

and moving

until he saw her

again

she was there

for the revealing

of all that was needed

your love

completes me

he said

your songs

greet me

she said

and that was

the end of night.

Burning Words (new Poem)

2011-11-04T05:43:00.002-07:00

Burning Words

by Tim Kavi

burning words

drunken debauchery

filled the course of the wild

wood

where damsels wept

looking for love

minstrels played

poets spoke

but there was

for comedians

no joke

a shivering wind

ice storm of shit

hearts had grown cold

there was only a wee

chance of hope

and it seemed to be

getting old

somehow

creeping through the fog

there was yet

a great reckoning

a call to meeting

for the purposed

onslaught

to see each other

and love

what time

had forgot

but with the burning

word

the rebuke was square

let person to person

become heart to heart

secrets made bare

then they will

say God was among us

and let us pray

until the strength

of humanity's rebirth

brought them

to a return of

Sacred Earth

but then and only then

when hearts sow love

and community

is the crop

then there is

blessing in every drop

away from this

existential slop.

poet's note: a different kind of poem, hearkens to yesteryear.

a return to the madness of the prophet. --TK

Wrinkled Space Time (New Poem)

2011-11-04T05:31:00.000-07:00

Wrinkled Space Time

by Tim Kavi

when I looked

I saw a Goddess there

behind the veil

Her eyes

shone in the night

Ma Durga Eyes

and when I kissed her

we walked a mountainous

height

but when I held her

her heart beat with mine

and her wings

carried us safely in flight

to each other

two beating hearts

became one

in love

and forever

the Universe filled

with love's light

to gently kiss

hold each other

there is never

a missing moment

every second is complete

and full

we welcome

time

because it brings

love more love

pure essence

wrinkling in space time

until all was quiet

and we slept

through the night

into Dawn's creation

of love

dripping like paint

on the canvas

of life.

Sounds of the Revealed Word (new poem)

2011-11-03T10:11:00.000-07:00

Sounds of the Revealed Word
by Tim Kavi

caressing You
in the moonlit night
my incense
offering rose from
the altars
addressing you

there was only
a sacred word
binding us to
each other

dancing in the firelight
the logs crackled
but still gave out heat

burning coals
on my lips
you were the night's
fire

sweet sounds
of music
sounded afar off
but drew near
in your kisses
a symphony
I did hear

and when the morning
arose from the mist
the seashore
beckoned

and I saw the
word there

still written
in the sand

love.

siLenT goDDess (new poem)

2011-10-31T00:49:00.000-07:00

siLenT goDDess

by Tim Kavi

I realize now

why you do not

make loud boasts

or talk too much

because

when you do

all the birds

hush up

the winds

stand still

babies stop crying

silent whippoorwill

across dreamy

nightscapes no longer

keep their songs

redemption of the seamy

those corrected wrongs

the priests

listen in quiet prayer

just to hear

your sweet voice

quaking in fear

not peeking not a dare

at your displeasure

but not afraid

you are my sacred

treasure

a pretty goddess

standing over there

not speaking

but power is long

in your fixed stare.

soft eyes (new poem)

2011-10-08T05:36:00.000-07:00

soft eyes

by Tim Kavi

soft eyes

your sweet lingering

ways

are soothing

paths to

a great everlasting

kiss

that breathes

out

enlightenment

your confident speech

fills my universe

with warm sighs

and in the blanket covering both of us

there is no disguise

of your sweet

soft eyes

and in the cosmic replies

there is always

the music

of a thousand

seeking searching

ways to see

and to know love

if one just looks

if one just is

and dares to let

her light shine

there is beaming

truth so wise

always behind

those beautiful

soft eyes.

Lu Xun Park (blog entry)

2011-10-01T22:47:00.000-07:00

Lu Xun Park

Yesterday was the Chinese Holiday, Founder's Day. I spent the day at Lu Xun park in Shanghai. It was raining slightly part of the day, but it did not dampen spirits. Everywhere there was young and old strolling, singing, dancing, playing badminton, playing Chinese ancient musical instruments, or just chatting at the park.

The park is a memorial that commemorates the work of the great Chinese writer, Lu Xun. Lu Xun's important work moved Chinese literature from the time of imperialism to the birth of a new society.

The park includes the actual house where he lived, and has been preserved pretty much exactly as he left it when he passed away. Being at the park and reflecting upon this famous writer's life and work was very inspirational.

Last year, Penguin Classics published a special edition of Lu Xun's writing. Time magazine called it the most important Penguin Classic ever published. You can get it from Amazon in paper form or for your Kindle. Here's the link at Amazon.

presence (reposted poem) to all my friends: new and old

2011-09-20T20:16:00.000-07:00

presence (a repost) to all my friends, new and old, especially the new ones
by Tim Kavi

dancing beings
find each other
across many
lifetimes again
and again

why do they
find each other
sharpen each other
recoqnize each other
at such a time as then?

some flee again
as in great flight
some struggle
potential clashes
in a great fight

others turn softly
yet in might
urgency

heart to heart
there is a turning
a yearning
to know all
about the One

that you see
for the first time
there is a calling
to know

a setting sun
in the glance
of smiles
as the night
of mystery is begun

revealing
each other
taught by experience
what this life
might be

but when
the seeking ones
find each other
there is a shining oneness

that lights
the unconscious
night
shadows play
until real is seen

and at last
in dialogical meeting
a You is glimpsed

a Holy Presence
You are the
chrysalis emerged

in the glistening
mutual love
of You and me.

How Creative those Dreaded Pirates Are!

2011-09-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

How Creative those Dreaded Pirates Are!

well it appears someone has hacked my MyLibrary Feed on the right of this page....

it has now preceded all references to authors as dreaded pirates! hmmmmm

what whimsical mayhem. Still if I were one o f those authors, and yes some of my books are in the feed...being referred to as a pirate isnt so good.

I shall fix that feed shortly....even though I am too busy being a dreaded pirate to mess with the work of dumb f***s like this!

Oh, and while I am speaking of such things. Someone also hacked some of my original articles that I had published on EZine Articles...and reposted them on their own web sites without permission and so as to draw traffic to their websites. That was easily remedied because they were on blogs that were on Google servers. Google happily warned them of their copyright violations and removed the content. YAY ! The dreaded pirate won that round! To all aspiring article writers, write your own stuff!

(TK)

Ma Durga's Eyes (new poem)

2011-09-16T04:06:00.000-07:00

Ma Durga’s Eyes

by Tim Kavi

Ma Durga’s Eyes
have over all time
cried thousands of cries
and uttered thousands of sighs

but none are more beautiful than my love's

her eyes have lit a thousand ships
home to harbor
have touched my lips
across many trips

her eyes are so wise.

Ma Durga’s Eyes
I need you so
to them I always go
to see the world
and each other.

there are no other eyes I know
I will return again and again
to her heart to go.

My love's eyes
are Ma Durga’s Eyes
her heart so true
that the eyes are all telling
of her many stories
from the countryside are yelling

out of the rocks and hills
the majestic spills
of water cascading down the falls
while the rest of the world waits in their alls
we hear the love in her calls.

Ma Durga’s Eyes of my love
of yesteryear and then
I knew them before
somehow
on another shore
but when I saw them again
her Ma Durga’s Eyes were different than then

her eyes are so wise.

Ma Durga’s Eyes

I need you so
to them I always go
to see the world
and each other.

my lovely Sweet love
Ma Durga’s Eyes

light where we have ever been
and they touch my heart so
where the Himalayan winds blow
and the currents of Ganges do flow

she is ever present in the wind
against the wind
she stands still

her eyes are so wise.

Ma Durga’s Eyes
I need you so
to them I always go
to see the world
and each other.

Ma Durga’s Eyes through history
tell many stories
they begin and end with my lovely love.

Dew of the Morning (new poem)

2011-09-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

"Dew of the Morning"

by Tim Kavi

Sweet dew

in the morning

the flowers

sing songs of joy

to you

breezes carried

the music

of the woman

I tarried for

waiting for more

and in the potion

of your love

across the ocean

I hear your call

every day

in the morning

smiling like the sun

until the day

is come

there is only

the dew of your love

sprouting.

China, she is sleeping (new poem)

2011-08-25T05:57:00.000-07:00

China, she is sleeping

by Tim Kavi

lovely my dear

she lies sleeping

I hear the music of China

in her beating heart

and when the sun rises

her love guides my

daily start

and when she walks

her graceful steps

alight

like all the goddesses

in stellar flight

but when she smiles

it is always

approving

in her gentle

loving

love is

proving

to be the essence

of all she is

Chinese woman

appearing.

livingthepoem(newessay)

2011-08-23T07:18:00.000-07:00

livingthepoembytimkavilivingthepoemmeansalwaysbeingabletosayjustwhatyouwantedtogowhereyouwantedtositneartheoneyouwantedtonotjustdowhatyouwantedbutwhatthepoemwantedforitwastherethatyouwerefree...andreallylivedthepoem

you are goddess there (new poem)

2011-08-23T06:29:00.000-07:00

you are goddess there

by Tim Kavi

you are?

goddess there

existing

in flight

brought to Earth

in shining light

gentle breeze

fragrance sweet

turning to see

I saw a glimpse

at second sight

speeding

through space

and time

my eyes cannot

focus

to understand

revelations

of you

my heart

seeks you

in a love

that is not hollow

but full

and living

yet I cannot follow

waiting for you

to swim in you

join in your stream

I awoke

bathed in the sun

at the beach

I thought a dream

but I see you

beckoning

I want to meet you

there will

be a reckoning

Goddess

I know you are

there

calling me

I am yearning

in you

the response

of the one

not yet free.

I Saw a Woman (new poem)

2011-08-18T22:46:00.000-07:00

"I Saw a Woman"

by Tim Kavi

I saw a woman

she was standing

in a clearing

she was very beautiful

I got closer

she was You.

we kissed

and Nature

was silent

she wrapped her legs around me

and jumped into my arms

singing whispers

were full

of love's calls

when I looked again

I saw an angel

her wings spread

in flight

she said

I will meet you

here again

tomorrow night.

sea breeze (new poem)

2011-08-10T23:09:00.000-07:00

sea breeze

by Tim Kavi

sea breeze

gentle rose fragrance

goddess gowns

dance in soft caress

midnight romance

her smile

said to approach

her

I moved quickly

it might be the only

and last chance

sweet Chinese eyes

lapped in starlight

shone in her love

she sighed

and the waves crashed

her gown flapped

in the breeze

I beheld her beauty

I turned to kiss her

and it was your smile that met

my lips.

the World is Flat (new poem)

2011-08-09T23:47:00.000-07:00

"The World is Flat"

by Tim Kavi

your mountains

reach to the heavens

seas lap

at your shores

rivers flow from the mountains

there is rare earth

in your stores

trees and jungles grow lush

fresh and green

where the water fell like rain

on your great navel

a natural scene

kissing across

all longitudes and latitudes

beauty I mean

the Earth is flat

where I painted it

on your cute belly

with my kisses

where Nature is revealed

kisses grew

on the globe's

depictions

your sweet flat

belly

where the world

is seen.

butterfly goddess (new poem)

2011-08-08T06:32:00.000-07:00

butterfly goddess

by Tim Kavi

butterfly goddess

your smiling nature

is singing songs

a yearned

and freed

flight is how you

will be

once hidden in the shadows

you imagined

what life would bring

now your spread

wings

take you to taste

heavenly things

up here

where your soul

brings

a yearned

and freed

flight is how you

will see

that your

smile need never fade

and your laughter

makes the trees clap

at the happy life

you have made

for butterfly goddess

you have emerged

from the cocoon

where mortal

chrysalis did

make plans

in the quiet noon

only to be overshadowed

by your lovely

colors

in the crescent moon

I see your dancing

in a windy dance

your sight

brings a message

of hope

for all who long

to be free

from nature's binds

and wherever chains

hold the thinking

minds

butterfly goddess

your smile brings

words

to the free

follow me

follow me!

The Kiss of You (new poem)

2011-08-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

The Kiss of You

by Li Jili 李吉利 ( a poem that celebrates Chinese Valentine's Day 8/6/2011)

kiss you sweetly

the gently sun

shines

in your eyes

smiling lips

hold promises

of our lasting

loves

until the universal

orb

is cosmic star shine's

gleen

for this love is

unearthly

above the fixed orb

'tis seen

heavenly

the kiss of you

eternal

sheen

harvested by those

searching

yet never found

I am the lucky one

that saw you

and did glean

that bounty

of your love

every day

every moment

every love

of yours

is the Golden mean.

Gentle Hands (New Poem) with Poet comment

2011-06-16T03:48:00.000-07:00

Gentle Hands

by Li Jili 李吉利 (Chinese Pen Name for Tim Kavi)

A poem that celebrates the work of Artist 冯涛

gentle hands

tested and found true

rode wings

of feathered friends

in view

gentle hands

sculpted lines

flowers

no darkness

never night

but in Summer's sun

so bright

gentle hands

with promise

drew

sketched

painted

inspired

by family's love

we too

gentle hands

breezes

of inspiration

birds flew in sky

landed on branches

ducks and other

fowl played

nearby

gentle hands

we came from afar

paid homage to

the creatures

who swam

and did fly

and saw

Nature's beauty

from 冯涛

gentle hands

so greatly seen

so near

from the artist

my family knew

manifested

in power and grace

they do appear.

Poet's Note: This is a poem celebrating the work of Chinese artist, 冯涛. Here my name is Li Jili which is my Chinese pen name. I recently had the pleasure of visiting his home and watching him work in Shandong Province.

Departing Winds (new poem)

2011-04-14T16:59:00.000-07:00

Departing Winds

by Tim Kavi

departing winds

carry the silent sounds

of captured stories

in the gliding winds

as eagle's wings

are spread

I wont tell their secrets

but will respect

the dead memories

that can no longer hurt

them

as they suffered

in their own mind's truth

what a wasted youth

of their seeking

shattered young ones

battered old ones too

beneath my flight

was the wasteland

of unconscious night

made present

in their sighing

the eagle lit

with healing branches

in its beak

if I could only speak

knowing there is sorrow

but flying

I will go and come back

the eagle

says

to heal more of you

tomorrow.

Spring Arrival (new poem)

2011-03-23T00:04:00.000-07:00

Spring Arrival
by Tim Kavi

you are the bird
outside my window
that sings

you are the snow
that melting
the river brings

you are everything
that arises

in the turning
of the new
you are the living
words
that love surprises

it is better
to be in your arms
and call them home
than anywhere

it is better
to be kissing
your lips
eye to eye
hair to hair

for your love
and sweet growing
purpose
has brought
me to you

Spring Arrival.

joint expression (new poem)

2011-03-19T04:07:00.000-07:00

joint expression
by Tim Kavi

our joint expression
is like brick and mortar
built on the wall
of each other
until the one wall is
forever and every location
made eternal and strong

our joint expression
unfolds like a constant river
that flows
from the mountains
to the mighty oceans

This composed life
and love
is majestic and formed
by you and me

In our love

our joint expression folds
like a sculpture
of fine marbled
existence
within fine lines
and a shape

there is my face
and yours
that can only cause awe
and reverence
for each other

In our love

our joint expression
is the sound of two voices
each with a distinct message
but one central theme

In our love

our joint expression
is the sound of winged eagles
floating across
an ocean
of sound
resting in the
comingled nest

In our love

our joint expression
is a whisper
followed by a mighty shout
of both planes
of being and existence

In our love

our joint expression
is happy song
that moves listeners
to dancing hearts
and tapping feet

In our love

our joint expression
is so interwoven
that two become
so enfolded
that I cannot tell where You
begin
nor where I end

for we are one

In our love.

Repentance of Love (new poem)

2011-03-15T03:07:00.000-07:00

"Repentance of Love"
by Tim Kavi

when standing
on the rock of certainty
mistakes fled
into purpose

they always do
sneak into
things

until lost meaning
was the only song
being sung

it was just a moment
but a long one
that seemed
like an eternity
of losing one's
centered being

knock down punch
breathing
sucking air
like a collapsed lung
filled with murky
dusty
heavy smothering
seeing

where there was
the faith
to see something
beyond this

captured
only for those
who dared
in courage's kiss

knowing the feeling
could come back
in a
repentance of love.

Heal Each Other (New poem)

2011-03-15T02:44:00.000-07:00

he"Heal Each Other"
by Tim Kavi

and in the gleam of the madness eye
there is a long table
of eternal recurrence
that has no end
and no soulful sleeping

for the Earth has shook

but even there
is a between
transfixed
as I see my suffering
brother
friend
mother

Gaia
knows no earthlike song

in the collapsing
chaos
of poisoned
darkened
earth

where nothing
grows
but the distaste for
each other

such bitter
seed
nothing can grow
from it

until
they bind
each other's
wounds

her love
her creation and I
heal each other

before it is too late.

At such a time as this (new poem)

2011-03-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

At such a time as this
by Tim Kavi

wherein sweet music
once made
fools dance in the street
under the light of moon
and approaching warships

revolution
made bare the teeth
as aggression
fed massive
throngs of loyalists

singing
songs of blatant
parties of destructive
chasing demon guards
looking for exorcists

at such times as this

when even
the dancing stopped
your dancing
was divine

a goddess there

ethereal dreamy sheen
when I pulled back your veil

the face of my
goddess wife
was seen

and I knew
in times of war
and fighting
that love was
always at home
in her arms
and eyes
and heart
looking back at me.

Your Love Transcends (new poem)

2011-03-07T22:49:00.000-08:00

Your Love Transcends
by Tim Kavi

from somewhere
we met
and yet
your love transcends
conventions

it is not my love
it is your love
empowered
it is your freedom
to say and to do

it is Your beauty
that instructs me
in the kind
gentility nature of love

it is your
sweet smile
that the composers
sung to

it is your fair eyes
that guides
the young
teaches
tyrants to bow down
the lame to dance
the tongueless
to sing

it is your love
that transcends

no other
love will do
or moves the poet
like the
love of you

remember
it is your love
that feeds the hungry
masses the weak
and makes them
strong
that frees the
chained ones

it isyour love
that transcends

carefully speaking
your name
your love
brings forth
the beautiful ones

seeks out
the vanquished ones
settles the unsettled ones
calms the crazy ones
walks the legless
ones
your love transcends all
whether troubles
distress
prisons
or even death itself

your love
brought us all One
to the place of peace
and the schools of
love
itself
Y
O
U
R
L
O
V
E

Spring Birds of Love (new poem)

2011-03-02T13:52:00.000-08:00

Spring Birds of Love
by Tim Kavi

pushing up through
the earth
petals leaves
beauties revealed
no longer concealed

singing creatures
of creation

screaming
beaming
responses to
food from the heavens
revealed

we see
the design
and manifestations
of Spring

sweet Notes
of Nature
transfixed there
as I beheld
her love
like Nature's
is a great care

the goddess

she is kissing me back
in the beauty
of our song

our feathers
are soft and sheen
never wrong

her Love
guides me
to a softer place

a nest
in her love
for we have
become the spring birds

outside
her window

free and in flight!

and in that soft glow
I saw her
that day
a sweet gentle dove
a singing robin
a mother bird
a sweet eagle
a flying
sure path
of her love

leading us back
migration
of two souls
finding
each other
again and again

through all time
for she is my mate
and in our bird call
is the precious
sounds of our love

a sweet wooing
a cooing
of love birds
hearts broken
when apart

but always
coming together
in one heart!

we fly away
some day
together
at the next dawning

into the sun
together
forever
even
when our lives
are done!

knowing a purpose
a plan
an understanding
that first
brought me to you
and you to me
the surety
the blessing

of that smiling!

Spring birds of love!
a love
so pure
that Nature itself
yearns for
and is made complete
in those birds
singing!

outside her window
we are there now
free and fit
in bodies destined
in spirits
unfettered and free !

Snow Queen (new poem)

2011-01-17T00:45:00.000-08:00

Snow Queen
by Tim Kavi

enjoying the silence in your arms
the music of nature surrounds us

the white carpet on the ground
plays a dancing tune for our feet
in the place
where your kiss is sweet

while the snowy crystals
shine
I am warmed in the bed of our love

where your passion is the fire
of singing winter moments

and where your bed
and breasts
make it always summer
in my heart

gentle drops drip from the snowy leaf
somewhere a snow bird peeks at the wonders
spring is coming
and soon the white sheets that wrapped
our love
will part in sweet songs of sorrow
due to Spring's arrival tomorrow

and in the vanquishing
of the long Winter Night
I catch a glimpse
of your new clothes
shining in the sun of Spring.

Warm Cocoon of Love (poem)

2011-01-01T18:28:00.000-08:00

"Warm Cocoon of Love"
by Tim Kavi

I saw my wife
lying in
a warm cocoon of love

I saw my wife
Na, a gentle one's
soul sighing
walking on clouds
above

upon sweet
gentle breezes
to me she was brung

Until the day's
precious song
was more beautifully
sung

I saw my wife
in the morning
eyes opened
from her soft place
in my safe arms

her smile shone
like the dawning
sun

emerging
from a warm cocoon
of love.

In Our Bed (Poem)

2010-12-06T01:02:00.000-08:00

"In Our Bed"
by Tim Kavi

Mountains crumble
into sea
Clouds fly away
your love calls
to the bed
of You and Me

I am so moved
captured there
hold you there
in the moonlight
it is a warm night

we see out the patio window
the stars
the heavens
so peaceful
I know you fill my universe
you are the moon in my room

in our bed
You are
so sweet
sugar in my coffee
rain on my garden
yeast rising in oven
pot shaped on wheel

I need your love

You are the
greater poet!
Your love songs
teach us lyrics
and poems
in the stanzas
of our bed

outside
is the calm
of our love inside

your candle
burns all night
your Erhu
moves the angels

your voice
is the music
in our love

the ocean breaks
nearby
the birds circle
over head
life goes on
fed by our love

in your arms
is the lifesong
of all that is

and in our bed
my age is forgotten.

When I See YOU (Poem)

2010-11-25T02:30:00.000-08:00

"When I see YOU"
by Tim Kavi

when I see
your breath
I am moved
by the wind of Qi 气

and when
I am your hopes
I know I always
am what is meant to be

a sweet destiny

and when
I am in your arms
I feel embraced
by Dancing love

and when I am
in your eyes
I know there is
only the sound
of love's cries

and I am complete
only as I know
the completeness
of You

as your sun
guides my moon
to your sweetest
heavenly view

I always see
my True Love
and I know
she is YOU.

when we speak (poem)

2010-11-19T05:22:00.001-08:00

when we speak
by Tim Kavi

when we speak
the music
of a gentle kindness
fills the room
the notes
of happy voices
fill the air

where we see each other
in heart
or mind
or next near to each
other

that music plays
always
everywhere we know
familar or not

carries
our happy tunes
and when
we sing to each other
the music
sounds like
the cloud filled
starry nights
through all of our Junes

and through any dark times
there is a lifeline
that flows between us
brighter than the sun
and that is
when the music stops
it is just for a moment
while the band
tunes up

ready for the
next loving fun
and when
the day is done
the lifeline still flows

in the music
that shows

our happy love

it plays on and on.

Sweet Angel of True Love (Poem)

2010-11-15T23:47:00.000-08:00

Sweet Angel of True Love
by Tim Kavi

walking into that place
I fell below
your sacred stance

but for grace
I thought
you are not a person
but an angel
of True Love

from heaven

in some
mystical dance

for when your eyes
open in love
and close in passion
I see your wings
beautiful creature

flying with you
I ride in flight

sweet seraph
you are the muse
in the Temple
of your lovely
delight

and the incense
that burns
near your altar
is only
the sweetest love
of my heart

it always yearns
for your majestic
place on high

I saw You there
your angelic
love came nigh

your beauty
is clothed
in the robe
of love

that rides
the gentle
breeze

that divinity
only knows

and in that
last prayer
of worship
I say that
it is only
your care

that brings
a sweet repose.

No Place But You (Poem)

2010-11-15T22:38:00.001-08:00

No Place But You
by Tim Kavi

in your arms
is a fortress
of our
daily built love

in your kisses
are the
plans that bring
armies to nought

in your hugs
are a
lasting embrace

it is a strong
love
that cannot
be bought

only
a surrender
to your love

is where
I want
to be

knowing
you are there
in your bed

waiting for me

I march
in a careful
cadence

there is
no place
but you

to run with
and be safe

you show
me your
weapons

but there
is no need

I give up

and wave
the white
flag of love.

Younger Woman (poem)

2010-11-10T01:23:00.000-08:00

Younger Woman
by Tim Kavi

she was sweet
tried
true
her faithfulness
fresh
never missing a beat

her love
grew
and knew

that even
every time
I saw her
our love was
brand new

going through
time
again and again
the years
flew

yet she
was always
in my kiss

and our love
a younger
woman.

In the Wind (Poem)

2010-11-07T15:50:00.000-08:00

In the Wind
by Tim Kavi

flying to you
on your wings
I knew

in your kiss
was the bliss
that revealed all of me
to you

my body
my soul
my very heart
sought your kiss

which you returned
eagerly

and in that love
I found my goddess
my missing bride

I turned
returned
repented
in worship

and in the morning
I saw her face
it was You
Goddess in love

goddess, my bride!

she said
my love
I can not even breathe
By your charm and masculinity,
conquered

he said

I Love you so
by your Voice
your love
thundered

then I saw
your smile
the woman
in the hat
of love
adorned

I saw the smile
that first met
me
In the Wind

your hair blowing
until
afterwards
there is a calm

as the quiet scene
unfolded
your love
is the
cementing balm.

In the words of a poet (poem)

2010-11-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

In the words of a poet
by Tim Kavi

in the words of a poet
there are many events
experiences stories
to be told it

a dutiful
observer they
speak of hidden
things
even in the everyday
one is wiser
to know it

when the stanzas
end
all poets
give their best
to send

loves lives
moments
reflections
in the words
of the poet

always
trying to show it.

"SuNNy LoVe" (poem)

2010-11-03T00:16:00.000-07:00

"SuNNy LoVe"
by Tim Kavi

in the sunshine of your love

every rainy day is made sunny

and every lonely day is made warm

and in the morrow
as sure as the sun rises

your SuNNy LoVe
is faithful anew

the flowers
push through

the ground

because of you !

Pretty Bag of Love (poem)

2010-11-02T17:21:00.000-07:00

Pretty Bag of Love
by Tim Kavi

my sweet love
held something
close and dear

to her heart
She carried it
always near

through the rain
it was dry

through the wind
it was strong

and in the sun
the light reflected
the pretties there

what is that? I asked
something precious
worth more than
anything
she said

she smiled
it was made with
great care
to carry something
special there

peeking in the bag

there were memories
songs sung
gifts brung
happy loves
in the glowing
sun

the beach
the stars
the candle lit
rooms

fragrant soaps
precious
perfumes

poems his love
had said

rose petals
for their
wedding bed

all weekend
and every day
I see her
pretty bag of love

it went with
her everywhere

carried in her
pretty Asian hands
going with her
always there

she opens it
again and again
with happy
glee

she says
this is the love
of my Timmie Lee

as she went to work
I saw it then

as she went shopping
had ice cream
I saw it then

the design
was beautiful
made in love

decked out embroidered
straps made it
easy to carry

she said

in the bag
is our love
both mine
and the man I will
marry.

Between Us (Poem)

2010-10-24T03:18:00.000-07:00

Between Us
by Tim Kavi

lying there
one heart
beats between us
meeting us
two cultures embrace
in your goddess face

his face smiles
like Buddha

wife
we met there
when first
girlfriend
boyfriend
we listened
each other's
heartbeat

now there is
only the beating
of one heart
there

one song
cascades from our lips
one vision
in our sight

one ship traverses
the world's seas
even at night

I kiss you
You kiss me
yet we are one

in the morning
we wake up
still in our
love
and sweetly

one baby
lies between us

he smiles
and we have one
smiling
sound
of approval

we love him
in the same
warm arms of
love

that first brought
us together
lying there

between us.

Angel Face (poem)

2010-10-16T01:16:00.000-07:00

Angel Face
by Tim Kavi

angel face
your light shone
in the night
light
of grace

I saw your kisses
come from
that shining place
and in your
Chinese eyes

I saw a woman
innocent
and full of grace

and in the love
we shared
there in time
and Chinese space

I shall never
forget
the love of my
wife

in that special place

angel face
you shine
like the Goddess
finally found

I don't seek Her
anymore
for You are found

take me to your
heart
and our love
becomes

a sacred ground.

sacred moments (poem)

2010-10-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

Sacred Moments
by Tim Kavi

in the secret
breathing moments
that live
between loves

I heard your
heart beating
while napping

I felt your kisses
on my neck

sacred moments
are made of these
kisses

when I think of
I always
longed for misses
but in the hour
of your love

I beheld

the revealed
goddess
standing there
and in those
sacred moments
juxtapose

there is always
a love
that returns again
and again

until I know
you are my sacred
wife.

and in the
centuries
that are passed
those that build
temples
cannot match
the sacred
moments of your
seeking love that lasts!

but there is always
the famished
heart that searches
and seeks
longs for
and even cries out
in the night

the man
who loves you so.

and when
the morning
he arises
to your unveiled
sweet surprises

there is only
the memory
of sacred
moments
forever gifted
in the fresh
scents
of your passing.

goddess
in sacred moments
I seek you
I need you
I call your name

for your love

has changed
the universe
and all that is

forever and forever
one moment
leads to another.

Unstoppable Kisses (poem)

2010-09-21T03:55:00.000-07:00

Unstoppable Kisses
by Tim Kavi

when I first see you
my heart
cannot believe

it is seeing

kisses unstoppable

hearts beating as one
until unmovable
we are one

kisses
many kisses
reflected in our light

as we hold each other
in the starlight
of the cosmology
of our love

it is a kissing universe
a universe filled with love

until you are laughing
loving all night,

and holding each other
we birthed a sun
in the dawning light.

the morphing (poem)

2010-09-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

the morphing
by Tim Kavi

changeling of the true

(YOU are other
different than what I thought
with even greater beauty
that you yourself has brought).

rebirthing
human potential
repairing
the previous ways
made rent

every soul transcending
bending
rescinding
rending

overturning
there is a churning
burning
destruction falls into the sand
erodes into the sea

previous selves
become forgotten selves
or instruments of
lessons divine
in some eternal shrine
and design

until there
is an emerging
chrysalis
from the fiery ovens
and ash

She stands
girded in the new
emerging in my soul
triumphant
anima and goddess

I see you morphing
into every Goddess
a thousand times
a thousand times
from the moment
of creation
conception
to ultimate development
I see her inside you
and she is You

standing there
looking back
through your eyes
companion and mother
sister
and ultimately, wife

(YOU are other
different than what I thought
with even greater beauty
that you yourself has brought).

Goddess Garden (Poem)

2010-09-01T10:21:00.000-07:00

Goddess Garden
by Tim Kavi

pushing upwards
breaking through
it feels like your love
is already here

you are near
there is no fear

feels like
I am a plant in your garden

for
at night you rain on me
daytimes you sun
then you gently touch me
making sure my roots in you
are deep

for you are my Earth
I am rooted in You
tied around your energy
feel your love's belly
and washed in the birth
of your kiss

your greatness
reaches across the sea
I feel your presence
where you walk
a lotus grows

your form
is the most beautiful
here
where all things grow
in your love
your tiny children

know this too

so they like to play with you
here
in your Goddess garden.

Love Dance (poem)

2010-08-23T15:53:00.001-07:00

Love Dance
by Tim Kavi

love went dancing
at a
love dance

hands in hands
toes on toes
face to face

a dancing suit
she said

moving as one
consort
gentle guiding
first one
leads
then the other

she teaches me
a graceful stepping
I teach her
love's gentle
following

our lips are close
hearts beat
across each movement

a swift musical
moment
moving
navigating
life

moving even amongst
dancing Siva
the mothering
of Durga

there are no
dancers
like us

his charming eyes
her happy smile
afterwards
they have a drink

at the punchbowl
of love.

her love (poem)

2010-08-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

her love
by Tim Kavi

her love
rides a swift horse
through the winter
she is here
like the first breath of spring

after the deadly winter
she brings hope
and promise

of a love
that is new life
tending to me

like a gardener
of love

her lips are red
her smile wide and white
her living giving eyes
reflects the grace
of her movements

she is a running woman
comes to me
and in her arms
I grow like a plant

with arms
outstretched
to the glowing sun.

Sweet Dream of You (Poem)

2010-08-17T01:57:00.000-07:00

Sweet Dream of You
by Tim Kavi

pretty rainbows
dance across meadows
while bees fly
to nearest flowers
that your love planted
in our garden

sweet rains come
and our hearts
beat like thunder

your love
lifts me above the clouds
to love's thunder
followed by sunny sky

you walk with me
hand in hand
through the paths
our tools have made

I am your gentle
follower
you are my lovely
lead

in my
night time dreams

your love
answers
my every need.

Celestial View (Poem)

2010-08-13T02:58:00.000-07:00

Celestial View
by Tim Kavi

celestial view

so beautiful
is my true love
her hair shines
like heaven made
starlets lying softly
in the windy breeze
of our love

under a clear sky
she kisses me
and I see
the hills of China

her lips are red
like fruit
her long black hair
glistening
across her
tiny shoulders

under a cloudy sky
she misses me
and I long
for the hills of China

in the morning dew
she is
speaking words of love
moans of delight
from above

I listen
to her almond shaped
Asian eyes

where
in the fullness
of her love
there are no more
lonely sighs

and

I am captured
forever
inside her angelic

celestial view.

poet' s comment: my return to poetry after a long silence following my mom's passing...T.K.

There is Mom (poem)

2010-07-16T08:03:00.001-07:00

There is Mom
by Tim Kavi

so what is this?
across the translucent orb
endless universe so vast
that God in his designs
would seek to make perfect
for sure to last?

but the need for what He created
man or woman
to never be alone?

but the sacredness
of family
of love
and of home?

and in that home
stands a sacred one
sure and true

the fortress of Mom

which every kid
growing up, knew
is true blue
in all she said
and did

until around
every troubled bend
twisted by life's
troubles
and uncertain wind?

there is the love
of God
and the love of Mom

gently guiding
assisting in fate
but always loving

there is Mom
there is Mom.

This poem will be read by me later today, at my mom's funeral. My mom was a wonderful person and parent, as well as a poet. I cannot ever surmise how important she was and is, to me and my work. In some small way, I hope this helps others to understand the importance of Moms. There are many mothering influences in the Universe. I love you, mom ! --T.K.

Mom, I love YOU

2010-07-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

>>>>>>>> To my Mom, Om Mani Padme Hum--Go in Peace <<<<<<<<<<
I love you, MOM ! b, 8-21-1928 d, 7-9-2010

Glimpses of You (Poem)

2010-07-07T12:35:00.000-07:00

Glimpses of You
by Tim Kavi

seeing you
there
I see art moving
on a canvas of love
riding on waves
across a glassy sea

dressed in a dress
of your womanly
fragrance

it seizes my senses
until I always
dream of you

for God made you
so beautiful
I am shaken
by your love
moved by your
breath
inspired by your heart

you are
to me
our love's work of art
love work's greatest
masterpiece

whenever I see you
it is still not done
but reworked
in the glistening
present
lines of your love

I see
on the camera
lens
glimpses
of your love

your eternal kisses
are the art
of our love

your loving arms
hug me
in stanzas
of our love

your eyes
tell novels
in the story
of our love

and then
there is upon
awakening
all this in You

and so much more
as I beheld you
anew
in loving
glimpses of You.

Good Night Bids the Next Day of Our Love (Poem)

2010-06-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

"Good Night Bids the Next Day of Our Love"

by Tim Kavi

good night dear
and your love
as you fade to sleep
shuts her eyes

like many days
meet the nights
sweetly rests
in contented dreams

riding our love's
moonbeams

until sweet kisses
arrive each breath

until no more
dreams are left

only the reality
of two hearts
lying next to each one

two smiles
flying to the other one

two songs
singing in heaven

two birds fly
up that high

when next to my love
I did lie

good night
my true love
good night

all these
wonders
are all around us
while we sweetly
sleep

until the joys
of birthing
a sun
outside our window
did peep

brings us another love
in that day

until it is done
and night has
once again come.

MySpace Friend and Fan Reposts Kavi Poem: Unfolding Composition

2010-06-29T18:45:00.000-07:00

MySpace fan and friend Jamie has reposted my poem Unfolding Composition (with permission) on her main page. Stop by for a visit: http://www.myspace.com/itsa_new_day and see the poem. While you are there be sure and check out other works from other poets.

Thanks for the post, Jamie!!

We Knew Destiny (poem)

2010-06-27T16:55:00.001-07:00

We Knew Destiny
by Tim Kavi

from the first moment
we knew destiny
like the rider knows
their favorite horse

you are
the most wonderful
woman I ever met

playing
our music
the Universe
reminds me

I am the reed
in your marshes
where you
refresh me
like the wind

unbending
in your need
I am your greatest love

finding me yet
across the ocean
a bridge spans

waves crashing
at the landing
shore of our love

joining as one
our passion
is thrashing
in the bed
of our love

I see the goddess
eyes
reflected in your
lovely face
captured in
candle light

your sighs
call me
to come to you

I answer
with haste
to the love
of my life

darling
meet me
in your arms
your heart

your very breath.

Ascending To The Mountains (new poem)

2010-06-21T02:26:00.000-07:00

"Ascending To the Mountains"
by Tim Kavi

so sweetly

that the dew that descends
from the mountains
that the path
eagles flew that ascends

is not more
perfect

than your sighing kisses
when you know
I am the true love
that your soul misses

I hear the sweeping
sounds
of your love

bringing me
singing me

to your higher
grounds

until swept
into your nest
under the feathers
of your love

my journeying
soul
has finally found rest

in your love !

New Eyes (poem)

2010-06-15T00:34:00.000-07:00

New Eyes
by Tim Kavi

today I see you
your love
shines so bright
I know
I shall never
be alone
in a night

for I see you

with new eyes
eyes

that love
eternally
like an angel in flight

the brings down
the bad
with good
and seals
our love
in victorious might

for I love you

your eyes
tonight

and I know
we have a
lasting love
that shall endure

my sweet
love
all songs demure

to our New eyes
eyes
that bring new sight.

Your Window (Poem) (with poet's comment)

2010-06-13T11:40:00.000-07:00

Your Window
by Tim Kavi

outside your window
waiting for the wind
of our mutual love
to blow your loose white
dress

to the ground

so your bare shoulders

are revealed

my kisses
are drowned

across the bed
like the drapes
of your open
window

baby universes

morph and take shape

across the bending

fabric

space time

I kissed you there
embraced
your full goddessness

in the moonlight

they shone

in their own light

planets in

their own right

my decorated universe

was filled with your love

lit with your white heat

bright luminescence

and like the stars

shining so bright

I see the flames

of your passion

now unleashed

waiting
I ascend
the vine

through your window
tonight.

Poet's comment: This poem represents an invitation and response to a deep passionate love. The term goddessness in stanza seven is an invented word that I believe captures more than the terms of goddess or goddesshood. Goddessness is more than an attainment, but a full manifestation and revelation of all the goddess powers in a woman's feminine being.--T.K.

To Swim With You (poem)

2010-06-05T00:33:00.000-07:00

"To Swim with You"
by Tim Kavi

the place
where aching
humanity rested
and longed for
peace
from their warlike ways

thirsting for
a spiritual peace

is a palace
of your greatness

is a sea of peace
and warm acceptance

I return to your ocean
over and over
again

like a tide
in your love
I feel your comings and goings
like the waves

I sense your
power
and yet gentle
ways

I hold you
and see the
Goddess face

riding the arms
of galaxies
lit at the center
by your grace

lovely One
eternal kisses
do no
justice
to love you

in the place
where your love
is born,

where your glory
is shown

there is only
the veiled
Holy of Holies

revealed in
the temple of your love

I bravely go there
to meet you

praying
that I can
be made whole

in your warm love

and swim
in your ocean with you.

About my Poems: Tense, Familiarity, and I-You Style (Essay)

2010-05-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers:

Sometimes people are not sure what to make of my poetic works because of the personal first person tense, the familiar tone, and the style I sometimes write them in.

For example, I often write poems in a narrative first person style, as if speaking to another person or observing the beloved. In a sense they are rightfully an 'utterance'. Sometimes the poems are about a true spiritual Goddess (in my poetry when I use the term "Goddess" with a capital 'G" I am referring to some archetypal spiritual Goddess manifestation, and when I use the term 'goddess' with a small 'g" I am referring to a mortal woman, a specific woman I have encountered, as a local manifestation of Goddess). Equally my poems might be about the anima (Carl Jung's sense of such), or adoration to some feminine form expressed and seen in the world of this poet.

Because I Have studied so much about dialogue and Martin Buber's I and Thou world of the 'between' (the intersubjective ), my poems are often written in an I and You style.

Again, this is for two reasons--because I believe there in that between, is where reality and mind is framed, and again, because I hope people can read them out loud to someone they love. Reading them aloud as I wrote them, with even the short lines, (yes one word lines) I have drafted them in, as pauses, is the way I intended them to be read.

Hence the 'you' in the poem is not a personal address of you from me unless you understood my work and it has been presented to you formerly in a private manner.--T.K.

Windy Eyes of Jade Sapphire (poem)

2010-05-23T03:07:00.000-07:00

Windy Eyes of Jade Sapphire
by Tim Kavi

my love
has windy eyes
that tell me
a story

that move me
and breath on me
they are windy eyes
of jade sapphire

so pretty
are they

sweet tears of love
flow from me
in her sweet
love surprise

there is never
a dark disguise
only the
Windy Eyes
of Jade Sapphire

she is my
loving purring
cat
Tiger Tiger
burning bright

even in the
dying sunlight
her Windy Eyes
light up our bed
at night

she is precious
her coat sheen
and her love
is a great between

my sweet
love's eyes
tell me so much
more
than I've
ever seen
before

I cannot speak
only love
through
all time

my Windy Eyes
Jade Sapphire.

Kisses at the Beach (poem)

2010-05-22T06:11:00.000-07:00

Kisses at the Beach
by Tim Kavi

Kisses
tell
bring promises
spoken in whispers
that become a mighty yell
of a love
that stretches across heavens
above
where even goddesses
are taught
by our love
until at least
sprinkling sands
on beaches
across the world
tell of eternal love
across time
is hurled
by mighty waves
of quantum
meaning
there is a love
forever left
gleaming
in the sun
of wave's breach
our love
has hit the beach.

China in Spring (poem)

2010-05-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

China in Spring
by Tim Kavi

China in spring
little bird's mother
did sing
calling her young
under her wing
both smiling
in the nest
baby birdling
runs to the one
she loves the best
until tiny head
tucked in feathers
she went to bed
that's my baby
daughter
her mother said.

Captured (new Poem)

2010-05-15T16:57:00.000-07:00

Captured
by Tim Kavi

yearning
there is a sweet
turning
captured
in a mirror

reflections
of goddesses
always shine

sweet aura
knowledge
of heart
romantic spirit

she can be
loved for her mind
and never
it seems
a man
learning
should be behind

but gently
leading her
to a love sublime

for she
cannot be
captured
but set free
already divine

his is the
task
he must be
willingly
captured

for all
this of her
is fine

so burning
turning
the yearning is
his

captured
by love's design.

Many Homes of Love (poem)

2010-05-13T05:50:00.000-07:00

Many Homes of Love
by Tim Kavi

although some have said
it is hard to contain it
know it or show it
the human heart
beats and lives
in the light of love
it gives

into our joint heart
are the many
homes of love
many loves
live there
breathe there
every day
a new one
thrives

For this
my love
I say
a kiss

thank you
I love you

For you know
we have built
it so carefully

laid a strong
foundation
brave and sure
standing high
in our love
so pure

built the path
to the door
of each room
I find you
burning
as a candle
with sweet perfume

from outside
each window
lit by a love
deep within

let us gather
in the living room
where our love
does begin

let us retire
to the bedroom
where in it
we rest and love

hand in hand
we walk through
all the happy
habitat

each day
in the many homes
of love.

fortress of your love (poem)

2010-05-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

fortress of your love
by Tim Kavi

gentle
fleeing waves
splash our love
all over
distant shore

your sweet calling
to me
is a love I have
never
felt before

your love
shown to me
makes me
want more

your sweet smile
lit by your
beautiful eyes
makes me
know
the joys
I have in store

when I first
saw your face
it was love
at first grace

and in the
calling
of your love
there is
a safe
hiding place

away from all

that troubles
bothers
and some fear

I have found
in your love
a fortress dear!

Sayings (Moments in Dialogue that Occurred Today)

2010-04-27T19:53:00.000-07:00

Tim Kavi Says:

for many it is a happy discovery
to see that falling in love is only the prelude to staying in love the rest of a lifetime
and that sometimes love doesn't follow all the rules we have for it !

Born Again (poem)

2010-04-19T19:14:00.000-07:00

Born Again
by Tim Kavi

spoken like a whisper
in the wind

where the junction
of time travelers
do bend

there is only
an eternal essence
that says when
the sacred birthing
begins again

trippy

here I am again

don't seem to want it
can't choose it
why flaunt it

determined destiny
so here I am again

but She opens
to home
Eternal Gaia

landscape that unfolds
brings to meaning again
what ancients myths have
foretold

there is only
among the many lives
this one as
the promised One.

Surprise of Our Love (Poem)

2010-04-18T11:05:00.001-07:00

Surprise of Our Love
by Tim Kavi

the surprise of our love
lives eternal
its memory
is most dear

existing still

eternal
all through the night
at universe's edge
it is still
an awesome sight

an when I looked
and saw
your precious
heart
I knew it beat
in mine

when in the smallest
raindrop
your love did shine

and when we finally
kissed
lip on lip
there is a moment
that shall never be missed

the surprise of our love

eternal
and true

seen everywhere
and in everything
it did sing

spoken in every utterance
of words
and being

Divine Yes
burning inferno
desire drove
me

that says
always
without ceasing
never failing

I love you.

Valley of Your Bed (Poem)

2010-04-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

Valley of Your Bed
by Tim Kavi

kisses burn across candle lit nights
in the valley of your bed
I found a goddess

she moved with passion
kissed with grace

and came with volcanic desire

she was you

there was
the all consuming beauty
of destructive bliss

breaking me to only see You
mending me in your healing
all seeing love

Holy Goddess
standing in your fire.

Venus Aphrodite (Poem)

2010-04-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

Venus Aphrodite
by Tim Kavi

Venus Aphrodite
at the sun's dawning
you outshine the day
bathing in milk
your skin is like
fine silk

and your eyes
filled with love
remind me that I am
flying in heights above
when you kiss
I am free
as winged seraph
gliding once again
to the arms
of your love

your twin charms
greet me
meet me
in your pleasant
body
my chains
have all fallen
to the Earth!

and when the moulds
the gods did pour
your birthing shore
they all said
Venus Aphrodite
your beauty
has never been seen
before

but through all
legends and time
your loving
light has lit
the hearts
of every woman
and yet
all want to
adore You!

and when you
rode that steed
you were faster
than the Sun
coming back
to love
again and again
Cupid did
get a mighty shove!

sweet silence
in the valleys below
when all mortal men
beheld you
they were
hushed in the act of war
when your gown
drifted down
from the halls
of Olympus!

sweet Venus Aphrodite
in you men
are all complete
but only
beneath your
loving feet!

For vanquished
love
breeds a new poem
a song
of your mighty
love!

Lunar Spell (Poem) (Adults Only)

2010-03-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

Lunar Spell
by Tim Kavi (adults only)

under the black night
when I saw
moonlight
in sight
streaming through
windows of the soul

I saw
your sweet eyes closed
then I gently kissed u
and they fluttered open
like an angel
spreading wings
for flight

I saw
the glories
of an immediate big smile
you have
when you see me
when we loved deeply passionately

I saw
you go back to sleep
after all your
gentle sighing

there were
dancing movements
in the light on the wall
you were flying

I would kiss your nipples forever
in the moonlight
of the night
you are so illuminated
your erect nipples are like twinkling stars
and your eyes
show the birth of our universe

I would lick them
then suck them
and be one in your cosmos
the waves of that love
reverberating across time spending
bending
us across space

until I meet
you five minutes ago
and it begins
all over again

reaching your bliss
there is eternal life
in your kiss

so gladly I am yours
again and again
everyplace
every where
and every when

there is only
a sacred look
as your sweet love
covers all creation

there is no need for any other
besides the sweet
likeness of you

there is only the calling
to come
to your embrace.

In Your Room the Birds Do Sing! (New Poem)

2010-03-29T15:08:00.000-07:00

In Your Room the Birds Do Sing!
by Tim Kavi

Jasmine and clover
birds sing
outside your window

I kiss you
in the candle light
over and over

sweet Notes
of Nature
transfixed there
as I beheld
the Goddess
unashamed and bare

she is kissing me back
in the beauty
of our song

our feathers
are soft and sheen
never wrong

her Love
guides me
to a softer place

a nest
in her love
for we have
become the birds

outside
her window
free and in flight!

and in that soft glow
I saw her
that day
a sweet gentle dove
a singing robin
a mother bird
a sweet eagle
a flying
manifestation
of her love

leading us back
migration
of two souls
finding
each other
again and again

through all time
for she is my mate
and in our bird call
is the precious
sounds of our love

a sweet wooing
a cooing
of love birds
heart broken
when apart

but always
coming together
in one heart!

we fly away
at the next dawning.

Asian Woman (poem)

2010-03-17T09:43:00.000-07:00

Asian Woman
by Tim Kavi

all beauties
adorn you
like great gowns

i feel your
light and love
your pretty silk
life giving
breasts behind them

all your hugs
are filled
with sweet milk

Asian goddess
your ways are soft
your hugs endearing
your laugh
sweet childlike
you love
like the woman of all women

I salute you
honor you
adore your
fair skin
love your Asian
eyes

and never
cease to be amazed
by you.

Battlefield Winds (Poem)

2010-03-15T09:52:00.000-07:00

"Battlefield Winds"
by Tim Kavi

can you smell it in the wind
it's love
wafting
over lost battlefields
one man's soul
found you

searching alone
his bloodstained
eyes
looking for hope
scanning
the horizon
endlessly

the fumes
of death
almost
overcome him
strangling his
soul

at his feet
lies his
beaten
weaponry

no man stood
not even him

in the distance
was a shadow
moving brooding
over the earthen landscape

her hands outstretched
to the bleeding
and dying
many arms
of compassion
mercy
and grace

Goddess
his soul was crying
for you
angel of love
he was seeing you

redemption's song
was long overdue

her long dress
flapped
in the smoky wind
while
aching healing
sounds
cascaded from her lips

descending
to his heart
knowing he
would never be
the same

he had
forgotten
his warrior
name

taken back
dancing in the streets
your love had made
him whole

sweet angel of love
your man
waits for you

and he is
not tiring
longing for you
nor dying

as he
once believed

in your
arms he is
forever free.

To another sleeping goddess (poem)

2010-03-04T21:56:00.000-08:00

"To another sleeping goddess"
by Tim Kavi

sweet whispers
of lullaby
from the sea

like the sea shells
of childhood
magic was seen to be

sweet Nature
always brings rest
near the angel's thigh
when I looked
I saw you sleeping!

your wings are
the kindness adorning you
like the white silk sheets
that only souls can know

in the twinkling
lights of night
a sweet firelight
of the dawning too
of your love's eyes
so bright

blowing breezes
soft on the skin
of hot days
your mercy
always pleases

and forgives
white as snow
as you lie sleeping

it is me
You are keeping.

Ladybug (Poem)

2010-02-17T17:18:00.000-08:00

"Ladybug"
by Tim Kavi

my little
red ladybug
in my gentle palm
you are free
to fly

to the nearest flower
may you take flight
free as a bird
in all of its might

this passion's song
in midnight sigh
is always the
sweetest
song when you
draw nigh

so
you can glide
to the safest resting place
for wherever you go
I watch over you

and when I see
you transfigured
into the
goddess
you truly are

I know you are never too far

oh gently ladybug
you are free
with me
to be

all that you
ever wanted to be
and to go to
all the gardens
you always wanted to see

so fly
fly in our love
there is no
prison for
you in my gentle
hand

but only
a kind appreciation
of you
in all that Nature
has clothed
You with

and a rest
in seeing yourself
as you are

for the very first time.

Ride Her White Horse (Poem)

2010-01-30T11:15:00.001-08:00

"Ride Her White Horse"
by Tim Kavi

there is only
the bending of time
across the wintered landcape
as your thighs
rode the white horse

the melting of clocks
in the radiation
of a post atomic
world
showed that time
had stopped
in the face of death

I breathed
your goddess breath

My life rode
to the village
to consult
with the wise woman
saged
in the hut
glazed
in the dance
by the fire
she laughed
at my wisdom
told a joke

masculine man
no welcome here
go back to your
war chest
recover
from your wounds

come back
in the riding
bareback
clinging
to the Diva
who guides
your celestial ride

no hope
except in the turning
from warlike cries
in the shadows
of burning desire

you think
that is all there is?

there is more
in that rider's kiss
than this

eternal friendship
powerful mother
consoling sister
best friend
wise woman
siren to a calling
of new births!

all of this
is in that nightly
ride
the dark places
where you hide
confronted
by She

who in her ride
glides
you to your
destined pride

there is otherwise
no hope

holiday Goddess ( new poem)

2009-12-24T19:44:00.000-08:00

holiday Goddess
by Tim Kavi

seeing the advent
of promise
I want to know you
celebrate you
adore you . goddess

in your love
I will write poems
novels and sonnets
just for you

in your love
I will hold your heart
sacred in view

in my words
and actions
always a hug
never a shrug!

bending
blending
sending
rending
proper obedience
to the goddess
that is You

words can be powerful
pictures of expression
quiet actions
a lasting confession
of love

Holiday Goddess
your birthing
brings a happy news
stars fade from views
in your proclaiming
of a celestial love
a renaming
of hope

brought from above

Goddess in Motion Redux (New Poem Influenced by Past Poem)

2009-12-22T12:18:00.000-08:00

Goddess in Motion Redux
by Tim Kavi

walking down
the wooded plain
country road

I wanted to run
to meet you
but was constrained

you were walking
towards me
I was watching you move
totally hypnotized

then I realized
Goddess in Motion
your swaying hips
meant I needed
no love potion

your singing smile
meant
I needed no musical note
to hold you in my sight
a beautiful vote

for Goddess in motion
you are my morning delight
when your dress moves
in the wind
it still covers
all of you

falls to the wooded floor
only with your permission
our sweet love
is my mission

Goddess in motion
you walk like a dance
of great skill
a fresh romance
of freedom's will

to turn to each other
in the birdsong filled
forest
our love is true

Goddess in motion
I need no love potion
to see
you are the sweetest
If love is ever to do
it must be with You

Goddess in motion
Nature holds you in sacred view!