Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

the morning clouds

were stone-grey and low

and their persistent showers

kept swirling in

I was at the cemetery

with pink roses for Carole

the lawn was damp and slippery

I lost my balance and stumbled

and fell against her headstone

no damage was done, to her or me

then I remembered

how I bumbled and stumbled

when we first met

a fortuitous blind date

despite my awkwardness

we wholeheartedly shared

“love at first sight”

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Throwback Friday, Our River (a Haiku Revised)

Dedicated to my dear wife, to celebrate her birthday on Wednesday the 17th of April. I think my words say enough … I’m proud and honoured to present this Haiku as my “Throwback Friday” post today. Twelve years have passed and I’m quite emotional this week, and I apologise to fellow writers, and readers for not blogging and commenting with my usual zest.

Our River (a Haiku, Revised)

True love ebbs and flows

Hidden rocks etched our river

Stones soften to sand

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Indoor Market, This Saturday, 11am-3pm

Indoor Market, at the Creative Geelong Atrium, 132 Lt Malop St, 11am-3pm. And I’ll be there with my bookstall … come along, say Hello, and have a browse around.

Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Treasuring Poetry – Meet prolific poet, Ivor Steven, and a Book review

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Treasuring Poetry – Meet prolific poet, Ivor Steven, and a review #poetry #poetrycommunity #TreasuringPoetry

Thank you, Robbie Cheadle, for sharing my thoughts on poetry and for reviewing my new book, “Until Eyes Hear Sound” for Treasuring Poetry on Writing to be Read!
I invite you to read my interesting interview, and her fabulous review, which I have linked below.

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Under the Snow (a Revisit)

A special poem I wrote, after I’d taken my Lady to hospital for the last time, on the day of her 65th birthday, twelve years ago. Hello Carole, time goes by and my hands have not moved …

Under The Snow

We emanate to a birthday.
We deflate to a final day.
Birthdays, they all come, they all go.
Birthdays, in the sunshine, under the snow.
Birthdays, slow to mature, quickly an eon.
Birthdays, before we are born, after we are gone.
Birthdays, hanging on by a breath.
Birthdays, nailed to a cross ’til death.
What does it all mean to be alive and cry?
What does it all mean to live and to die?

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Melting My Heart (a Tanka)

Happy Birthday Carole

Melting My Heart (a Tanka)

The white fluffy clouds

Cannot stop the Autumn sun

From melting my heart

Around her bygone birthdays

Alas, the years keep passing

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

“Walking On Water”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Walking On Water”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/walking-on-water/

Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

The Journey Home (a Haiku)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Pointless. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Sometimes life at home seems “Pointless” without your Queen Bee.

The Journey Home (a Haiku)

Sometimes our journey

Crumbles like dry honeycomb

Without a queen bee

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

“My Darkest Ocean”, is up Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that my poem “My Darkest Ocean”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor, Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords, and if you wish, leave a “💗” for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/my-darkest-ocean/

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