Throwback Friday, Birds On Wires

Going back in my files I discovered that I have “2” poems titled “Birds On Wires”. The First one is from July 2020 and the Second piece is from March 2023, so I decided to post both Poems … maybe you can let me know which one is your favourite.




Birds On Wires, (July 2020, which appears in “Until Eyes Hear Sound” page 12)

Here on the edge of lower earth
Beyond the urban concrete girth
Withering trees are trying to grow
Reaching for that mystical power flow
Hungering for energy from contaminated ground
Not the airwaves of false sonic sound
Man-made arrows cluttering  the sky
Unnatural webs soaring high
Bird snatching wires
Hanging on cold steal spires
Carriers of these modern times
The pulse of humanities crimes




Birds On Wires (March 2023)

Weary gray clouds 
Lay anchored in the sky 
Moist air hangs breathless 
Not a wisp to disperse the flies 
An anxious sweaty dampness
Clings to everything

Birds on wires sit motionless 
Waiting for a thermal updraft 
To lift spirits beyond this world of smallness
Where greed and wars seem senseless
And remain the leader’s primary craft 











“Until Eyes Hear Sound”, Due out March 21st



Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

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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.

20 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Birds On Wires”

  6. Both are powerful poems! And I love your vid choices and your photos, too!
    I enjoy seeing birds on wires. It’s like they are meeting to solve the worlds problems.
    I am finding it hard to pick a fave of the two poems…but the second stanza of the March 2023 poem touches my heart so deeply.
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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