Robbie’s Inspiration – Book reviews: Perceptions by Ivor Steven and Derrick Knight

A special thank you to Robbie Cheadle of “Robbie’s Inspiration” for her majestic review of “our” book. Please refer to her complete article by clicking on this link >> https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/robbies-inspiration-book-reviews-perceptions-by-ivor-stevens-and-derrick-knight-and-amanda-in-scotland-by-darlene-foster/?_gl=1*3amfe7*_gcl_au*Mzg4MTk1MzY0LjE3MzcwMjMwNTI.


Robbie’s Inspiration – Book reviews: Perceptions by Ivor Steven and Derrick Knight

What Amazon says

This colourful and fascinating book is a collection of collaborative articles. The photographs were taken by Derrick Knight from the New Forest area of southern England, and associated ekphrastic poems were written by Ivor Steven from Geelong, the other side of the world, the southern end of Australia.

My review

I am a fan of Ivor Steven’s poetry and also of Derrick Knight’s photography so this combined collection of poetry and photography is a real treat.

Ivor depicts everyday events and life through a lens of beautiful and uplifting words which is a marvelous talent. Derrick captures everyday life in an unusual and special way. I really enjoyed these combinations.

A few examples of the poetry with descriptions of the accompanying photographs:

Sunset couple on bench – a gorgeous photograph of the sun setting over water and flooding the world with golden light with a silhouette of a loving couple on a bench.

The words: A Rainbow Dance
“At the end of the rainbow
We shall dance and glow
On nature’s golden plateau”

Autumn woodland – a wonderful photograph of a wooded area during autumn which the trees are a variety of yellows, greens and auburns. There is a large bush, in shades of beige, in the forefront.

An extract from Connected:
“up there
under draconian dark clouds
I see a blue moon rising
gracefully shrouding the horizon”

Ferns and grasses – a glorious picture of ferns and grasses adorned in shades of green and yellow, dancing in the sunlight.

Extract from The Ancient Fern Survives:
“selfish, unopened minds remain numbed
False eyelashes are heavy and closed
Botoxed lips are silent and sealed
And elephant ears have been pegged out of sight”

This book is a special combination of visual and literary delights.

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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.

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  6. What a lovely review of a book by two gifted artists! Your amazing poems and Derrick’s amazing photos bring so much joy into my life. I’m sure you all don’t even realize the huge positive impact you are having in people’s lives. I so appreciate both of you! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you very much indeed dear Carolyn — it’s an honour to write in partnership with Derrick’s photos, and Robbie’s majestic review thoroughly epitomises our enjoyable collaboration 💙🤗📘🌏😍🎶💚📖

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