The Moon and the Tycoon





The Moon and the Tycoon

Late afternoon
The crows are in tune
Even without the moon

Nature’s towering, white dunes
Are the birds, cushioned saloon

There
Beyond the tycoon’s
Loud trumpets and bassoons

Where
The unknighted buffoon
Uses his innate silver spoon
To lampoon the tribunals




“Devon Church’s Fall Like Lightning — a soundtrack for protest and reflection.”




Ivor Steven (c) December 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.

16 thoughts on “The Moon and the Tycoon”

  1. An empowering post, Ivor! Love the photos, your timely poem, and David Church’s stunning and encouraging words. Maybe it is time to ressurrect the slogan, “Power to the people!

    Happy Holidays! 😊💕🎄❤️💚🎉

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  2. Oh, my gosh! Your photos are absolutely stunningly beautiful! 🙂
    Powerful important poem, Ivor! I’m so glad the moon (and so much of nature) is supportive, healing, encouraging, kind, trustworthy, ETC., to us humans because the tycoon(s) is/are not. 😦
    That is the perfect song choice! (Pass the tissues, please.) It informs our minds, ignites our emotions, touches our hearts. I think most people yearn for authenticity and that is difficult to find in today’s world and in today’s leaders. 😦
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Oh, thank you for your very gracious words, Carolyn … the photos I took came surprisingly well, then I thought I need write an important message about nature and life, and poem developed from there … 💛🌗🌏💚🦅🐶💕

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