Statuettes and Silhouettes

A Silhouette Quote: “The faceless silhouettes seemed to look at each other, as if wishing they could resolve the situation between themselves, without having to trouble their owners.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust






Statuettes and Silhouettes


Without Indulging in the planet’s regrets
Or wearing any showy epaulets
Our golden sun peacefully sets

Meanwhile
From the shady balconies of the ruler’s minarets

When will our world’s shadowy statuettes
Leave the safety of their bassinets
And unite our twilight’s
Xenophobic silhouettes?






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Ivor Steven © April 2025

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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.

25 thoughts on “Statuettes and Silhouettes”

    1. Oh, how mind is deeply influenced by our troubled times … it was supposed to be a poem about sunsets and silhouettes, as depicted by my photos, but somehow my words got derailed 😊😍🌏☮️

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    1. Thank you very much indeed, Violet … I love trying to find an appropriate song for my poems, and here the ‘Of Monsters And Men’ song was a good find for me, and one I hadn’t heard before 😍😊🌏🎶☮️

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  5. Fabulous quote! 🙂
    Gorgeous photos! 🙂
    Profound, vivid-images, powerful, relevant, heart-touching poem! It has two meanings to me. And I must say…it, also, reminds me that nature is often what gets me through this troubled world and troubling times. Thank you for writing and sharing this poem, Ivor! 🙂
    Tears-evoking song. It grabbed my heart. Thank you for sharing it. I’d never heard it before. I will be listening to it again. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you for your thoughtful comments Carolyn… my poem about sunsets and silhouettes, somehow ended up being a protest poem about ‘statuettes and minarets’ … oh, I was very pleased with how ‘silhouette’ photos turned out … and that was the first time I had heard the ‘Of Monsters And Men’ song too! … 🎶🐶🤗😍🌏💕☮️

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    1. Thank you for your very kind comments, David … my poem was inspired by my wonderful photos … and in my poetic statement I tried to capture the political essence of being a silhouette … I’m not sure it worked, and I wanted to include these words …
      “Above the crumbling parapets
      I see parachutes without silhouettes”
      … maybe I’ll revise my poem one day …

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