Time rambles along
Memories become words
Rummaging resumes
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
Month: December 2021
Throwback Friday, Climbing A Rabbit Proof Fence, by Ivor Steven
My ‘Throwback Friday’ poem over at “Go Dog Go Cafe”
I am re-posting my poem here from January 2019, at the request of my friend Kate, who is a loyal follower and supporter of my writings
Climbing A Rabbit ProofFence
Today has been one of those days
I’ve been out walking my relay
Listening to the sound of my shuffling feet
Scraping on cobblestones of the hot city street
A tiredness overcame my body
Searching for the famous Doctor Peabody
I think I collapsed under a wall
The Great Wall Of China
The Berlin Wall
Israel’s Palestinian barricade
The Iron Curtain
Trump’s Mexican wave
Australia’s Rabbit Proof Fence
And my next door neighbour’s big brick wall
I was bulldozed by them all
In a barrel, jumping off Niagara Falls
I’m an arctic sperm whale, beached at Bondi
And the angler at a dry Buckley’s Falls pond
I’m a spawning salmon with no rapids to swim
Today’s battle I lost, on…
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Perceptions
Introduction
This booklet is a collection of twenty collaborative articles. The photographs were taken by Derrick Knight, and the associated poems were written by Ivor Steven
The Photographer: Derrick Knight (New Forest, Southern England)
He is a septuagenarian who enjoys rambling physically and photographing what he sees, and rambling in his head as memories are triggered. He also rambles through a lifetime of his photographs.
The poet: Ivor Steven (Geelong, Australia)
He was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, now retired, and has been writing poetry for 20 years. He is on the committee of the Geelong Writers Inc.(Australia), a team member with the on-line magazine “Go Dog Go Cafe” (America), and also writer for “Coffee House Writers” magazine (America).
As far as I can ascertain(??) from my poetry files, “The Faeries of Fry’s Lane” is the first poem I wrote in association with a Photograph/s taken by Derrick Knight from his wonderful blog/website … I have now compiled a PDF Booklet of all our twenty (I think) collaorations … If are you interested in receiving a free PDF copy of “Perceptions”, please contact me via this email >> IR.Steven@bigpond.com
The Faeries of Fry’s Lane
Walking down Fry’s Lane
Sheltering from the misty rain
I did spy among the hedgerow berries
A Frolic of mystical faeries
Like iridescent glowing canaries
A fluttering of night-time luminaries
Trying not to disturb their magical home
I quietly asked them, “Are you all alone”
The faeries laughed and danced
They replied, “Your vision is by perchance
and your dreams may turn to stone
if you wish for a golden throne”
Suddenly the glittering sands of time
Illuminating the faeries wings of rhyme
Begun jumping off the falling star
And the faeries quickly flew back to their green Avatar
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
By Chance a Glance, While Christmas Shopping
The Wednesday challenge, on Weekly Prompts is: CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here .. and the poem below is my response to their prompt
By Chance a Glance, While Christmas Shopping
I saw her
We were crossing in opposite directions
Then ironically
We happened to end up at the same cafe
What do you say?
When you have forgotten her name
How to begin?
Time has flown by
Since we last met
Oh well, here I go
Walking across the cafe
Towards her table
She catches sight of me
Her eyes happy in acknowledgment
“Hello Janine”
Yes! I remembered that smile
We gleefully grinned
And chatted as good friends do
Neither of us could recall
How many years it was
But no matter
We continued our jovial banter
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
Atlantis, is up at Spillwords Magazine
I am ecstatic to have my poem “Atlantis” published at Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editors at Spillwords for accepting my piece .. Pease go and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a ❤ for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/atlantis/
Atlantis
Nature’s abundant history
Bounces forth in front of our eyes
The view is silently stunning
Nature’s assets keep running
Our hearts keep drumming
In tune with nature’s humming
Gently step into her ocean surf
For beneath the waves lays her sodden turf
The Atlantis carpet of ancestral bones
Remnants of ruined millennia covered in fallen moonstones
Nature’s guiding lodestones waiting to be atoned
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
Stone Arches, High In The Sky
Image credit: Vrolans @ Pixabay
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #111 photo prompt
Stone Arches, High In The Sky
Sitting on this old cemetery bench
Judiciously carved from marble
I’m pondering like Rodin’s ‘Thinker’
Observing God’s arches high in the sky
Supported by tall Gothic columns
Laboriously sculptured stone
Dull shades of gray
Etched by heavy rain
Burnt under the drying sun
Shaped by the winds of time
Millennia cast in granite
History encrusted surfaces
Pillars of society, silently solidified
Witnesses of forgotten decades
Ancient pyramids overseeing cold graveyards
Decayed monuments to our lost souls
Immortality and finality achieved
Beyond the shadows of doubt
Their stoic presence
An eternal epitaph
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
Promote Yourself Monday, December 6, 2021
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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A Sunday Dream
Featured Image Above: has been cropped from the photo below, which was taken by Derrick Knight, and again I sincerely thank Derrick for allowing me to reproduce his photos here, in conjunction with my poems. You may visit his fabulous site by clicking on this link
>> https://derrickjknight.com/
A Sunday Dream
did you hear the stars sing last night?
no
neither did I
did you see the sun cry at dawn?
no
neither did I
did you hear the bells ring this morning?
no
neither did I
did you feel the earth sigh today?
no
neither did I
there is you, I, and why
why cannot they see the sky?
why do they always lie?
why do they not cry?
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
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Beyond Freedom (a Tanka)
Under lock and key
The past can not be opened
Lunar history
Locked inside the universe
Beyond the stars of freedom
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
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