Valentine's Day Special: Love Among the Ruins Poetry Reading Video

 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY from Poet Tim Kavi!

Valentine's Day Special: Love Among the Ruins Poetry Reading Video

Happy Valentine's Day! Many of my poems are love poems that speak across different domains of love. This spiritual love poem pays respect to the archetypal goddess! In "Love Among the Ruins" we have a poem excerpted from one of my collections, performed by yours truly, in an outtake from the forthcoming film "Kup of Kavi." The Hindu term 'Hai' used in the poem is an invocation and calling to attention. Enjoy! ~~TK

Shooting is Nearing Conclusion on "Kup of Kavi" starring Tim Kavi

Kavi on the set of Kup of Kavi in Rehearsal

Yes, yours truly is being filmed in a documentary-type film that also has comedic elements. I'll be in costume as Kavi the Cowboy, Kavi the retro performer, and Tim Kavi the poet, reading some of my poetry, doing freestyle poems, and spouting mystical jabber!

The shoot has been going on for a couple of weeks now, and it is set to conclude on Saturday, Nov. 12th when we will finish filming on location. It has been a nerve-wracking, yet very fun, experience! Hope you will enjoy the small film when it comes out.  Thanks to TiLu Press, TiLu Film, and Director Ben Lee for making KUP OF KAVI happen. Thanks to the entire crew!

 Outtakes from Kup of Kavi the Movie--will also be coming soon! ~~TK

Tim Kavi's Poetry Collection, Lost Love Poems has just NOW been published in paperback!

 

One of the formats I use to write poems has to do with love poems. Of course, there are various types of love poems. There are different levels of devotion and different kinds of love, and this collection looks at these themes and more. In this collection, we have poems about loss, lost love, unreturned love, and unrequited love. This unique collection is dedicated to everyone who has ever lost a love, tried to make love happen, or continue, or have loved when it was never returned.It also encourages us to have the courage to love again! Previously and still available as an Ebook, this collection has just NOW been published in paperback! You can get the paperback edition of LOST LOVE POEMS by clicking here. Happy reading and thanks for supporting my work!~~TK

Prices on Kavi Collections Have Been Dropped for a Limited Time!

Hello readers of this blog and my work:

The prices on all three of my collections have been reduced at Amazon. This means you can pick up all the eBooks! Lost Love Poems for 1.99, and Emerging Goddess and Ascending Goddess for only 2.99 each. (USD funds). If you've ever been blessed, helped, pleasantly provoked, or would like to otherwise show some appreciation for my work, please stop by this link. Please support the work of this writer as he works his way through poetry school! Thanks! ~~TK

Love's DNA (resequenced)

Love's DNA (Resequenced)

by Tim Kavi

Infinite loves are bent 

in the lasting helix

that becomes a model

of coded instructions

for the complexities

of yet more designs

in loves that speak 

to another kind 

of bonded pair

there in our love

is Nature's schooling

natural selection

destiny's not fooling

twisting purpose

there is no drifting

as variations mutate

and plans unfold

across populated history

for as long

as poems and songs

and novels and stories

have been told

there is the power

of love

to code itself and

rebuild itself

again and again

found when sought

this is the love

that flows

in the between

in the meeting

of person to person

the memories

of the whole

human race

that ancients knew

and sang about

wrote about

what scheme is this

what perchance to dream

as biology's revealing

of something much

deeper; is yet

discovered in some scheme

still destined

in the human heart's will

the code beats

to love; to say

to utter

beauty and true

words with power

that say:

I love you!

writer's afterword--this is an edited (excuse the pun), updated, and resequenced (excuse another pun) poem; shared today for Valentine's Day 2019. Wishing you happiness, ~~TK

A-musing Wisecracks Across the Mind (poem)

A-musing Wisecracks Across the Mind (poem)

by Tim Kavi

watching out eight ways to beat

up around the bend

the shuffling of feet

Terpsichore moves so sweet

moving in dialectical ways

hegel and Marx wink wink

Linehan too; what's my storied days

basking in Clio's sunny rays

what's the rub; long tales at night

Ode to all longly said

grinning, bringing the light

Calliope eats a cantaloupe; such a sight

consuming me; love's sting

staying awake is no worry

linger long, no hurry, ring ring

with Eratos, love's the thing

A-musing laughing goddesses

dance across gardens

bulls in China shop hippotamuses

advocate very deep hypotheses (sic)

incorporating movements of verse

song and dance; cutting glass

poetry in planetary motions reverse

fading history finds it all the worse

until she dabs my feverish head.

Remembered Space (New Poem)

Remembered Space
by Tim Kavi

lush overgrowth
showing empowering design
such wisdom
yet some say 
it's always overrated

but love grows
to meet us in every 
esteemed face
across every landscape
of doom and grace

it is everywhere
every space
and in every place

reflecting rays of light
in my remembered windows
of dreamy night
where I am struck
by the moonlit beauty
echoed in her embrace

Her many stories
are told, traversed
again and again 

a resounding crescendo
in the universal page
she is written
in the paths
of the wind

touched
by every artist's
gardened, skillful
round shapes

My love is full of it;
I saw it in her 
gathered lace

And revealed ever
in the lit bed
of her remembered kiss

I am left wandering
the maze
of brilliant memories
across remembered space.

Long Flight of the Arrow (new poem)

Long Flight of the Arrow
by Tim Kavi

some say they
are desperately seeking
searching like ghosts
master archeologists
among the dust
of ancient landscapes

others are explorers
of every geology
across their paths
but cannot find
the missing Shangri-la
of the utopian plateau

there are the dreamers
the poets
the undying singers
playing lived out melodies
on the shipwrecks of love
and the injustice of it all

but the long flight
of the arrow
finds them anyway
and because it is Cupid's
arrow; all those
missing arms of embrace

find their human place.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL ! From Tim Kavi 

gentle raindrops (new poem)

gentle raindrops
by tim kavi

gentle raindrops fall softly
across glistening green skin
We and Nature
heartbeats as one
in the dawning sun

steam rises from the Earth
plantings of our love everywhere
gentle shoulders slope
of what tomorrow brings
in mountains of hope

in the passion of longing
love buds anew
while songs of birds flew
among the shadowed rocks

where there is only
the whisper of our kiss
enduring forever

the stream of love
and time carries on.

eyes of the Dancing Woman (new poem)

eyes of the Dancing Woman

by Tim Kavi

enchantress, your eyes

catch me in moonlight

gentle orb

dancing there

sweet boundless moves

love is in the air

they flutter

bending me into

other dimensions

of divine light

eyelids blinking

wide awake in Night

the gentle rapture

of passion's drawing

song; sings heavenly

movements of power

where from afar

I know not the hour

I dared to look

into your Divine Soul

I am your sacred viewer

and saw your all

as your steps lit

the sacred hall

some say they were

smitten by a dancing

kitten; made perfect

in love hypnotized

not realizing your Greatness

had already mesmerized

I remember; your look

while your body below

contorted; in Divine

dancing soul

candle light romancing

glow; lit my heart whole

until I knew

all was undone

and uncovered

I cannot bear this alone

my love's secret

is in your dancing home.

Valentine's Day 2013--Why I Love You So (poem)

Why I Love You So
by Tim Kavi

sitting near your feet
I heard you singing
a love song 
along with the radio
so sweet

my happy eyes
misted
with joy
at the love you have
for your happy boy

all day long
I look up at you
and hear the notes
of your love
washing everything
away

all my sadness
sorrow is gone
because of
your happy tone

and then
just when I think
I am alone

you sing again
the happy songs
and I see you
smile  and I know
why I love you so.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL !
Tell someone why you love them! ~~Tim Kavi

FREE Giveaway, Book Announcements, & Special Promotion Announcement (Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE: Posting 8)

A Valentine's Day Gift for my Readers: FREE Giveaway of a Tim Kavi Short Story; Book Announcements;  & Special Promotion Announcement

by Tim Kavi

My Valentines Be Mine for Nine continues with a giveaway, book news, and announcement of a special promotion. I would like to do something to help spread the messages of love, poetry, hope, and empowerment.

FREE SHORT STORY by Tim Kavi

First of all, I am announcing and offering for the first time, the availability of my short story--American Crow for FREE.  It will be FREE from this day forward and available for download by clicking the cover image on the left margin of this blog--just look for the blue book cover with the big black crow on it about three quarters of the way down the page.  Of course, you can also click here to get the FREE Smashwords version which should offer a file that works for almost ALL eReaders, apps, online reading, text, and even offers a PDF version which most can read with Adobe Digital Reader or a simple PDF reader. Note that Smashwords also offers a FREE Kindle version which is the MOBI file.  Also, as of today, Kobo Books is also offering a FREE version of this short story and you can get that by clicking here for the Kobo Books version.

I hope you enjoy this FREE short story.  The past two days I have been blogging about the special love of family.  And this short story certainly talks about the love of families, in this case about two young men who have joined a gang, in a sense looking for love and belonging, and seeking fatherly love.  Here's the description: as a short story, American Crow is a Fairy Tale of Urban Decay that describes events that transpire when two older men encounter two young thugs on a repeated basis. The result is comedic mayhem and Chaos, where BillyBob, a seemingly omniscient black crow looks upon events with great interest. In the end, it's a song of redemption that only he can sing! Because of the setting of the story, it is rated R for profanity and violence. 

SPECIAL BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lost Love Poems---just in time for Valentine's Day I am happy to announce that this collection of love poems, poems about lost love, has just been published today by Barnes & Noble in an eBook NOOK edition.  You can click here to go to the web page to order that edition.  This book was also recently published by Smashwords (with all its versions) which transcended it's initial offering at Amazon which still has the Kindle edition.  I never formally announced  this title's wider availability until today.  You can click the links just preceding in this paragraph.  Or find the Pink cover on the left side margin and click on those links.  Thank you for your support! 

Ascending Goddess---this title is available all over the web at most eBook retailers, and I have not until today, formally announced that in this blog, as per its availability at iTunes (the Apple Bookstore), Kobo Books, or Diesel eBooks.  This title is also recently offered by Barnes & Noble for their eReader--the NOOK. Finally, the book has been available at Smashwords and Amazon still carries it for the Kindle Edition. Look for the buttons under the Ascending Goddess eBook cover on the left margin (showing holy mountain Kailash) or the links in the just preceding text. Thanks!

Emerging Goddess--my first collection is still only offered as a Kindle Edition through Amazon.  This is because I have been participating in giveaways every few months through their KDP select program.  Nevertheless, that exclusivity will end shortly, and the book will become available at Smashwords and all the other platforms. Thank u u u !

NOTE:  All of these titles will be published on Google Play, other eBook platforms, and regional mobile phone eBook platforms in specific countries--such as India.  I am happy to say that print editions for all these titles are still scheduled for publication, those are just taking a short while longer.

I would like to thank all of my blog readers and those that have purchased my work--with that in mind let me tell you about...

A SPECIAL  PROMOTION TO MY READERS (and those who have purchased my eBooks):

Coming very soon I will be making a very special announcement here in this blog and providing a link to a page on my home web page www.timkavipoet.com---where those who have purchased any of my eBooks will be entered into a random drawing to win a special prize.  So save those email receipts showing you bought one of my books!!  For any readers (up to the first 25) who buy all three of my current eBook collections (or make an equivalent donation at the web page) they will receive the prize automatically. (Also ten lucky random blog commenters will be entered into the drawings also-- and that requires no purchase!) THE PRIZE:  a custom written, original, love poem written by Tim Kavi (that's me) just for you and intended for any person you specify!!!

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS FROM TIM KAVI !!! With Love~~TK 

'I Know You...Hand in Hand' (new anniversary poem) (Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE Posting 5)

I love You Hand in Hand (new poem)
 和老婆手牵手 
by Tim Kavi

special times
are these
moments in a history
that flies past

that says
I love you!
each to the other
from their heart
as that love
is the language
of all words expressed

in the fast lanes
of modern life

as we hold onto something
each other
sometimes that richness
is all we've got

but what richness!
precious find
true gold rush
those that truly love

that love would bring
one from two families
two worlds apart
even across the universe
to join

hand in hand

that looking back now
there is still
the joys of discovery
as we see each other
eye to eye

hearts beat
next to each other
in the living security
of all that is
lived out

hand in hand

gentle whispers
may make the moment
seem less sensational
than it is

but in those whispers
are mighty shouts
declarations of love
that say

I know you!
I love you!
hand in hand

that is the
eternal bread
the lasting truth
and the destined
determination to love

to say
we will turn again
to each other
facing all this life
is;

hand in hand.

Poet's Afterword:  Posting 5 in my VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE---is a special anniversary poem. And today (Feb. 9th) is the actual anniversary for two very special people.  Now, the Chinese have a very special concept that symbolizes the union between two people in love, and this is often stated in English as 'hand in hand'. In this case, the narrator of the poem is specifically the husband to the wife; hence the special 'hand in hand' designation towards the wife-- 和老婆手牵手 .

'Two Hearts Carried' (New Poem) (Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE! Posting 3)

Two Hearts Carried

by Tim Kavi 

sometimes love

is such a hasty reaction

that it seems

two hearts

were carried with the wind

Yet there in the mercy

of dialectic's unfolding

there is a settling

in the nest

of some high cliff

where lovers belong

after an act of great love

as sometimes

it was a wind

borne by the very breath

of love itself

and sometimes

there is no understanding

even among the wisest

as to what love has done

or what has been done

in the name of love

of what legends love has brung

there is always the otherwise

of love's surprise

do not throw yourself

young lovers

nor off the cliffs be flung

but carry each other

up higher on the wings of love

turn to each other

again and again

climb up higher

as your ladder of love

has another rung

sometimes one

will carry both hearts

with such care

sometimes the other

will be made alive

bravely to love

to look again

at the new place of love

for your might

has this time

brought you there

for in your nest

let there be no night

but only a teaching

lessons for each other

on the next stages of flight

navigation!

no leveling I say

fly again

fly again

break up the hardened ground

plant your seeds of love

while in that lofty place

let it stand and grow

for two hearts were carried

by destiny's throw

into the unknown

borne by the wind

of love

carried with grace

two carried hearts

always come again

to the nest of love.

Poet's Afterword:  Posting #3 of Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE is a special new love poem. It's a poem that tells us that sometimes love responds to all of Nature, and  sometimes it is born of struggle but always it is the carrying of two hearts...to each other and by each other. ~~TK

At a Moroccan Wedding (wedding poem) (Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE! Posting 2)

At a Moroccan Wedding

by Tim Kavi

happy couples

inspire us all

to seize love

face love

in it be tall

and when moments

like this

reward that search

we know

we have loved

powerfully

strongly

and made history

so made brave

by our love

we confidently

face life

together as

husband and wife!

Poet's Afterword: In posting #2 we have a special wedding poem (short but sweet) for a special pair of friends of mine.  So to Judy and Abderrahim, I wish you continued happiness in the power of love. You are not only a muse, but a great blessing over the years.  You guys have been reading my poems for over six years! And I am so inspired by your great love for each other.  HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO EVERYONE~~TK

Love's DNA (poem) (Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE! Posting 1)

Love's DNA
by Tim Kavi

Infinite loves
bend in the helix
that becomes the
model
of coded
instructions
for the complexities
of yet more
design

in a love
that speaks to
another kind
of bonded pair

there
in our love
is the Nature's
schooling
natural selection
of destiny's
twisting

purpose

until there
is no drifting
as variations
and plans
unfold

as long
as poems
and songs
and novels
and stories

have been told

there is the
power
of love
to code itself and
rebuild itself
again and again

this is the love
that flows
in the between
in the
meeting
of person to person

the memories
of the whole
human race
the ancients
knew

what scheme is this
what dream

but
biology's
revealing
of something much
deeper

still
destined
in the human heart's will

to love
to say
to utter
beauty and true
words
with power

that say:
I love you!

Poet's Afterword:  My first selection in Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE is a love poem that reveals that although there is plenty of mystery in a love at first meeting---there is always the code that gets lived out between two loves.More tomorrow!~~TK

Special Event Announcement: Poet Tim Kavi's: VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE--9 Days of Special Posts to Celebrate Valentine's Day.

Special Event Announcement: 

Tim Kavi's VALENTINES BE MINE FOR NINE

STARTING TOMORROW, FEB. 5th

What is it??

A daily blogging event that features 9 days of special posts leading up to and through Valentine's Day. Starting Feb. 5th through Feb. 14th, postings will celebrate love and Valentine's Day in many different aspects.

Featured Posts Include:

• Love Poems
• Wedding Poems
• Special Announcements
• Family Love Poems
• A New Anniversary Poem
• Free Giveaways
• A New Aphrodite 'More About Goddesses' Column 

All works are submitted for your enjoyment, and are by poet Tim Kavi encouraging you to celebrate the Loves in your Life!

STOP BY THIS BLOG AND HAVE A READ--EVERY DAY (or anytime)

FOR NINE DAYS !!  Feb. 5th-Feb.14th 
(with a tenth post on Valentine's Day for good measure!)

Poet' Afterword:  Feel free to comment and spread the word.  I hope this will be an annual event. THANK YOU for your support and stopping by! ~~TK

Goddess in Motion Redux--Part III (poem)

Goddess in Motion Redux--Part III*
by Tim Kavi

walking down
the wooded plain
country road

your music never stops
I am humming
along with the birds
but then
a hushed silence
this time, greets me

I wanted to run
to meet you
but was constrained

held back by my pride
I felt ready to burst
to run to meet you
to fall on my knees

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

I saw you as the statue
in every garden
the ones that are Goddesses
fully in view

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

there was only the drunkenness
of your love
that met me with aged
expressions of pleasure

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

of affirmation
in the Spring times
of your bliss
there is only the wine
of your lasting kiss

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

when upon gentle revealing
I saw Aphrodite's undoing
stare; not concealing
one moment of your prayer

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

a persistence of vision
in a valley of despair
a journey of hope
longed for destination

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

to test every fiber
of my mind, soul, and being
that shouts fidelity
to your love's scheming

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

for this is only a timeline
twill soon be over
this one life is not enough
to praise your Goddess stuff

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

for 'tis a mystery solved
the attainment
of what many seek

Goddess in motion
Nature holds you in sacred view!

*Poet's Afterword:  The original version of this poem was written in 2009. Original Version is Here. From time to time, I add to it with new stanzas and feelings of devotion.  This time, in the new Part III, I have added new stanzas between the stanzas of the original poem. The image here is 'Swirl of the Skirts' by Sushobha Jenner. Hope you enjoy it!~~TK

Too Many Words (New Poem)

Too Many Words
by Tim Kavi

there are too many words
in space
and not enough meaning
even if I dreamed them
every night
I cannot find them

for I cannot find you
my love
my delight
it has become dark night

coldness is wrapped
around my soul
like a blanket
and it won't let me go

my fears threaten
to consume me
but this is only my mind
when all around me
is the dying of light

the coming of night
is when shadows become immersed
in the dark
lonely songs I cannot bear

I awake
to face the coldest morning
snow has fallen
everywhere

fluttering eyes
open, I am
to wonder, rub eyes
to stare
see you there

I see all is beauty
in the woman
standing there

and the words
that had slowed like Winter
flowed in the promise
that if I kept speaking

kept writing
Spring will come there
in the hearts
of two

the glories of rebirth
as all the words
of love flow

while outside the snow
falls anew.

Seasons of Love (New Poem)

Seasons of Love
by Tim Kavi

snowflakes are the words
dropping from your lips
hanging in the cold air
your love warms
that space of Winter's kiss
burns hot like fire
verses spoken in love
never go out

your beauty
is like the dancing goddess
of spring
that brings life
your beauties revealed
like the manifest
unfurled creation of all that is
new

how can I escape the passion
and heat of your summer's love?
but I seek no shade
for your love is the sun
that rises each and every day

and like the harvest
in Autumn, the Fall
is a tended love
you know
I am but a tool
in your gardening hands
and a wipe to your brow

and in the seasons
of your love
there is a passing
and cool refreshing
as time brings us
together side by side

to the sunsets
of our love.