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

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.

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.

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/.

A Tree Overlooking Existence (new poem)

A Tree Overlooking Existence (poem)

by Tim Kavi

A tree, I'm looking for

where I'm the same

in Nature grown

And what is known

Flows in a sweet refrain

of my existence, la la

Where gladness pours

across the flowered meadows

where the sunlight feeds the tops

of the seated places

where my sadness goes in retreat

of my existence, la la la!

lost in space

from the Earth's froth, my roots

run deep into the watered ground

across the withered plains

there's a forest, by the winding brook

of my existence, la la la la!

collapsed in time

superpositions, gray matter

fired neurons across a landscape

bring disturbing visions that promise peace

something's not right, in the light

of my existence, fa la la!

We, my fellow primates and I

are sitting in the treetops

safe where we imagine we see all

heavenly thrones of power

dripping knowledge, like raindrops

of our existence, fa la la la!

there it is; the quieting path below

one we have sought, 

in silencing reverence

as we descend and ascend

the ladders of the places we've got

of our existence, fa la la la la!

there in the calming spaces

of the open vistas 

the countrysides and rocky

paths and highways

that shine to us

Peace! in the open arms of our existence!

We Found Ourselves (Poem)

We Found Ourselves 

by Tim Kavi

when they said

to stay in our place

we scaled the wall

and we built tools 

technologies to help us

in our journeys

when they said

the world had an edge

we sailed our ships

and traversed the ledge

when they said

the universe was vast

we discovered light speed

and on our way

we encountered our past

when they said

there's no hope

we smiled

at the instructor's ghost

we found ourselves

again and again

riding waves of glory

dancing triumphantly

we made history.

A puja poem of protest

A puja poem of protest

by Tim kavi

shaking my puja

everyday is better than 

shaking my booty

better than shaking at all

what is the price

I say in the marketplace

will someone give me

one goddamned price?

I don't know

I don't think those

sunglasses are really

sun blockers

they won't lead to the walk of fame

while they may hide my eyes

no one remembers my name

anyway

laughing hysterically

laughing all the way to the bologna

across the floor

laugh laugh laugh

you disrespectful jailbred freak

laughlaughlaughlaugh

go ahead

but don't choke on your own

fucking saliva

you Pavlovian dog

barking your HAHAHA

you don't think you are such

you think you are your own master?

well, go get the bone

your master's bone!

rage against wall street

landlords who raise the rent so high

to drive you out

so they can do a few things

and charge more to the next guy!

some idiot relocated

will pay it; so happy to pay it

never knowing he's being played it

right? s'right

so go ahead and laugh

laughlaughlaugh

until you know what's up

then get your life straight

hubris burned wings

always cause the soaring souls

to be brought low

in humble feedings of crow!

jellied and jammed

white shirts by the end of the day

just buy another one

made in a sweatshop in Malaise-a

there is a twinkling

in the eyes of a banker

plotting and planning

while reading financials

isn't it nice and sweet

money makes the world go round

in a happy dine and greet

don't forget to use your credit cards.