The Moon and the Pelican

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A saffron moon, a gliding pelican, and a wistful spoon — twilight over the bay, set to Lisa O’Neill’s “Silver Seed.”




The Moon and the Pelican

Twilight time,
the moon is on the climb.

The bay is misty and calm,
below the whispering palms.

Pelicans gracefully glide by
in the evening’s hessian sky.

There is a saffron moon
to fill my wistful spoon.

While I wait for the bird’s silhouette
To inscribe my words on the moon’s lunette.







Ivor Steven  ©  January 2026

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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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