Grandmother from the Sea (New Poem) (With Afterword)

Grandmother From the Sea (Poem)

by Tim Kavi

Grandmother, from the sea, rising to meet me

For parched Earth, raining on existent one

Families, cultures, heroes, villages, city hills

Some wonder how they're made, or came to be

Across history's battlefields, battles won

Descriptive words fail me, for logic kills

Blue sea arrivals, goddesses are you

Bringers of wisdom, granddaughter grandson

Ignorance stalls, only loving knowledge wills

Across the promise of next morning's dew

Love fills.

Afterword: On the occasion of this, my late grandmother's birthday (1900), I composed this curtal sonnet, a homage to the wisdom and love of grandmothers everywhere. Rightfully, wise loving grandmothers represent the Great Mother goddess archetype. I've written about my grandma (the inspiring poet) in this blog before on this date. (See: My Grandma the Poet). A book of her own poems is still scheduled to be published by TiLu Press (my own publisher); Heartland: Poems from the Heart by Lura Newland will be published on February 23, 2022. I love you, grandma!~~TK

Across the Seas, Distant Voices Are Heard (The Going Home Poem)

Across the Seas, Distant Voices Are Heard (The Going Home Poem)

by Tim Kavi

Gentle breezes

whispering winds

ruffle my hair

the sounds of distant voices

are the sweetest I've heard

wavering notes

of lives lived out

there is only a glimpse

of history

on that, given my word

that soon

I'll be coming

to see your smiling lips

hug your sweet adorations

glory in the races

that athletes have won

to be ever present

again, not knowing

but always hoping

that back there

we can start over again

where we've already begun

A father glancing over

his children

a soft spoken assurance

of a returned one

from a long journey

echoing sentiment of hope

restless anticipation

is finally

over and done.