Saturday, October 3, 2020

Space and Time (moments we exist in) (new poem)

 

Space and Time (moments we exist in)

by Tim Kavi


it was in

that I first noticed out

the startling recognition

of the face that was not mine


it was You

but was it You

my mother?

or the harsh blows

of existence?


the wind tousled

my hair at birth

a cosmic wind

of unfulfilled purpose

and shaken perceptions


the birth

of all that is

unconscious meanderings

made manifest

in dialogical pleadings


of wondering

wandering minstrels

playing something

that moves in and out

on cave walls of shadows


unknown objects

in this space and time

my unconscious

is not found in space

but in art full sayings sublime?


there is the way made

plain, but overgrown paths

to mountains of ecstatic

loss; of self and mind

brought back from the abyss


where some have tried to hurt

and plagues bury us

in the earthy dirt


there it is You (my love)

again, You and I

I and You

your ideas changed

me and my world


into colors on a canvas

images on a flickering screen

words upon a page

hate transcended by love

for any and all to see


ideas transmitted

forms and will

energized noumena

dialectical moments

expressed upon my time

across the fleeting

historical space


(I again find your tesseracted face).

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

shrine of the goddess (new poem)


shrine of the goddess (poem)
by Tim Kavi

In the distance
a foggy shroud
I see
a mountain path
climbing to an essence

lost in a fog

the path winds
upward, like
a foothold into
an existential abyss

There, the preponderance
of the evident
is lost to all my senses
but the beauty 

lingers like a lasting impression

of Her, in the mist
is She that dwells
in the shrine
of the goddess.

Friday, June 5, 2020

Step up! Step Lively! (poem of protest)



Step Up! Step Lively!
by Tim Kavi

Step up! Step Lively!
Ascending certainty of your existence
shaking a fist at uncertainty
with a replacement of surety
to avoid its restraints
and assert that, yes, all lives matter!

so stop
and step lively
shake a fist! shout!

they claim they're just following orders
and procedures, rights due them,
when they leave people
lying on the ground
those stupid fuckers!

so, stop!

Step up! Step lively! 
All over the world
we are telling
shouting screaming

your destiny is hurled
towards a single point
of compassionate humanity

an overflowing sense 
of world community
born of tragedy
borne on the wings

of overcomers
in the winds of change!
so step up! Step lively!

come up higher
and be not faint!
Step Up! Step Lively! 

Monday, March 16, 2020

In Times Like This (new poem)


IN TIMES LIKE THIS (New Poem)
by Tim Kavi

in times like this, we feel so afraid
but then I come home to your love
and feel the comforts you've made

while the lights of the universe
shine so bright; in this darkened night,
when I see you, my fears disperse

there need not be any fear
when the love of my life
is so near 

in the gentle repose
there is a stillness of peace
in memories of those

many nights of your kisses
bringing sudden healing
to all the world's remisses

hope in your arms tonight
where all troubles forgotten
all wrongs are made right

asleep in your arms tonight.

Author's note: while the coronavirus ravages the world, this song arose from the kisses of my lovely wife!~~TK
Psalm 91:5-6

Thursday, February 13, 2020

white wings ( A valentine's day poem for the angels sent ones who bring us love)


white wings
by Tim Kavi

sweet flight
comes to abide near my heart
near me in darkness
waves crashing
in moonlit night

sweet kisses
words whispered softly
in my nurtured ears
when love departs
the heart misses

back the next day
growing near
footsteps sound like twitters
skittering across the icy branches
of love's delay

there is a drawing near
two hearts beat
as love lights the sure path
across the meadowed Spring
love has found its way here.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Gaia (new poem)


GAIA (new poem)by Tim Kavi

birdsong
rain's pitter-patter
children ask
plants; why
do you grow?

the sweet refrain
only calls
GAIA to see
what's the matter.

Monday, December 30, 2019

Meetings with the Promise of Any New Year (Day or Moment or Minute) (new poem)



Meetings with the Promise of Any New Year (Day or Moment or Minute)by Tim Kavi

across the distance/
things long ago forgot/
there is a meeting/
of what the future/
has brought/

lessons in time/
reflections of past/
truth in memories/
sufferings intense/
and joys unforgot/

there is/
hope in the New Year/
of what we planned/
for our futures/
in thought/

so speed forward/
never give up hope/
if you want change/
bring it and sing it/
your refrain has wrought/

across the widened gulf/
of meeting the other/
undisclosed surprise/
of the applied/
learnings you've got/.