The Featured Image Above was taken by Jackie Knight, Derrick’s wife, and I have cropped it to fit the ‘Feature Image size’.
Over at Weekly Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is the word: Eerie … You may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
“Time is eerie, time is blind, and time takes no commands.”
Time is Blind (a Senryu)
A black clock stands guard
Atop a Town Square bollard
Time sees no graveyard
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Celtica, a high-octane modern Irish Dance show, will tour the stages across Australia in 2024. It stars an elite troupe of dancers, including stars of Lord of the Dance and Celtic Illusion, and on Tuesday evening they were in Geelong. My friend, Barbara, and I were fortunate enough to be part of a ‘packed house’.
The ‘packed house’ theatre. Then Barbara and I with the singer and the lead dancers after the show.
And another music/video for something different …
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Serene Memories
I live in a time zone
Where a peaceful river flows
Through the heart of my home
Down the road, toward the South
The Ocean’s shimmering memories
Convey a tranquil taste
Of sea mist to my mouth
And not far away, toward the North
The mountain’s eucalyptus fragrance
Serenely follows me back and forth
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Birds and Bunnies (a Haiku)
Flighty and timid
Our feathered and furry friends
Both share nature’s world
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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Please Note: Derrick Knight took all the attached photos, and he kindly allowed me to reproduce them here on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2024/10/26/in-search-of-a-mate/
A Bridge Over Untroubled Waters
The rhythmical waters of time
Flowed rapidly under our bridge
As my unruffled pebbles of rhyme
Cascaded down from a faraway ridge
After that, every little ripple on the stream
Reflected untroubled moments in my dreams
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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Featured Image Above: Frankie attentively watches me roll up Gina’s air-bed mattress.
Frankie was with Gina yesterday, and “one” disconsolated Frankie this morning.
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Besotted
Our blessed guest
From the Northwest
Has left our nest
She expressed
Without protest
That we were the best
Although I did suggest
(as you all would have guessed)
That Frankie was obsessed
And besotted by our special guest
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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
After our early morning walkies, Frankie, Gina, and I went to the Box Office Cafe for a scrumptious breakfast.
My Bowl of Porridge, Fruit, and nuts … Frankie enjoyed his toast and coffee
Frankie and his friend Bella, eyeing off Gina’s scrambled eggs.
Then we drove to the nearby Geelong Waterfront for another enjoyable walkie …
1.00 pm was approaching and it was time to take Gina to the train station and say a fond goodbye to our gracious and generous guest … until the next time “Gina Comes to Geelong”
Ivor Steven (c) October 25th 2024
After enjoying our morning walkies, Gina and I (without Frankie) travelled to Drysdale, where we enjoyed an excellent luncheon/dining experience on board The Q Train, a historic train that travels between Drysdale and Queenscliff.
Thursday evening we attended the Geelong Library’s special presentation of the famous Australian author, “Tim Winton, in conversation with Jock Serong, as they discussed Tim Winton’s new novel, JUICE. [This event was the main reason why Gina had come to Geelong]
Tim Winton signing Gina’s copy of “Juice”
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Early morning walkies, followed by a visit to the historic Fyansford Paper Mills Precinct and a coffee break, then we drove down to Bancoora Beach to enjoy a walk in the warm sun, on the cool golden sand
We had lunch at the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe and then we decided to travel over to the You Yangs National Park
By now it was late afternoon and it was time to go home and get ready for Dinner at the ‘Industrie’ Restaraunt with the Geelong Writers members
There will be more photos Tomorrow (Thursday) “Gina Comes to Geelong”
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Gina, my internet pen friend, from Kaula Lumpur, is here with me in Geelong, to see one of Australia’s best authors, Tim Winton present his new book, “Juice,” at the Geelong Library’s Dome Auditorium on Thursday evening, and we are so looking the event.
In the meantime during Gina’s four-day stay here in Geelong, me and Frankie are her tourist guides …
Box Office Cafe for Lunch and then to Buckley Falls
At The Australian Wool Museum
There will be more photos Tomorrow (Wednesday) “Gina Comes to Geelong”
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
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