Eventide

Hi dear readers and followers, after several setbacks, I have resumed working on writing my third book of poems. Since I published “Tullawalla” and “Perceptions”, I was surprised to discover that I had written over 700 more poems after those 2 ‘manuscripts’ were completed … From these 700 poems I have selected “208” pieces to be considered for entry into my new manuscript. Now! the difficult process of culling the list down to a reasonable number begins …


Eventide 


I looked beyond the afternoon sky 

And shyly asked the sun to guide my eye 

“What is the average number of pages in a book of poetry? 

How many poems should there be in my book of artistry? 


Then projecting out of the blue sky 

The bewildered sun winked into my eye 

And knowingly replied 

“Brush all your self doubts aside 

and let your soul flow with the moon’s eventide” 








Tullawalla is Available From

Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT

Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com  




Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

23 thoughts on “Eventide”

    1. Thank you Carolyn … I’m so pleased to have made such good progress .. haven’t got a title for the book yet, but I was thinking of “ ‘Til Eyes Hear Sound” … maybe I’ll ask my friend, the Sun 🌞 … being stuck at home with ‘Covid’ gave me the chance to resume writing my book 📖 … and now it’s all about maintaining the impetus 🤗😍🌏📘🐶

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      2. Thank you Carolyn… it’s early days but I like intrigue of the title, which is from a poem in “Perceptions”

        “Eyes Hear Sound”

        The air I breath
        purifying within
        free to leave
        free as the wind

        I wonder at nature’s freshness
        early in the morning
        we take her for granted
        our perennial mother earth
        nurturing a clean start to every day
        I wish humanity could
        begin afresh like her

        Searches are many
        questions abound
        mirrors our insanity
        until eyes hear sound

        🤗😍🌏🐶😉📖

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