Throwback Friday, A Blade of Light

Please note the featured photo and attached photos above are taken from Street Art in the Geelong CBD

Today’s Throwback Friday poem (originally written in January 2025) is drawn from my upcoming book, Time Hears No Sound. It appears as the first poem in the Fantasy section of Chapter 9, Humour, Fantasy, and Fairyland: Timeless





A Blade of Light


Far beyond my darkest night
Clambering out of purgatory’s deepest void
I grasp onto a single blade of light
On the edge of my soulless asteroid
Who rescues me from Armageddon’s endless fight

Awaking in a pool of sweat, just after midnight
This meaningless nightmare gave me a hellish fright






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)



Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com … and I can send you a PayPal account,
for the Book, plus Postage.


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.

26 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, A Blade of Light”

  1. You know what makes me wonder is how you find such perfect words to give just the right impression. I have been a wordsmith for the last 30 years, but it’s been a different sort of creation. Your poems are short and precise and evoke such wonderful emotions. Keep it going, Ivor … you have the magical touch.

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    1. And thank you for all of your wonderful compliments, Claudia … I failed English at school, so I’ve surprised myself with my hidden talent for writing poetry … I having strokes unleashed something in my brain

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  8. Eek! 😮 Those nightmares sound so scary! 😨 You’ve expressed it so well in your poem!
    I hope nightmares are few and far between in the days, months, and years ahead.
    Wishing you, and Frankie, sweet pleasant dreams tonight! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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