Time Hears No Sound, Cover Reveal (by Kerri Costello) Today, I’m delighted to reveal the front and back covers of Time Hears No Sound. There’s a quiet magic in these designs, and I hope you feel it too.
The artwork comes from my Philadelphia niece, Graphic Design Artist Kerri Costello, whose creative touch has shaped the covers of my last three books—Tullawalla, Perceptions, and Until Eyes Hear Sound.
The disintegrating clock at the centre of the cover reflects the book’s core idea: that time is less a mechanism than a mystery. The warm sky mirrored in the lake suggests memory’s calm surface, while the darker tones around the edges hint at the silences and shadows the poems explore. Together, the colours and imagery echo the journey of the collection—where time drifts, dissolves, and reveals what it cannot say aloud.
To accompany the cover reveal, here’s the Tanka that closes the collection:
Timeless (a Tanka)
Once upon a time
At the beginning of time
What was before time?
Where’s the origin of time?
Infinity is timeless
Ivor Steven © April 2026

Gorgeous cover! Kudos to you and Kerri. Excellent tanka and music, my dear friend. Congrats!! 💙🎉🌏📔🎶
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Thank you for your lovely comments my friend 🥰🤗📘📖🌏🎶
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My great pleasure! 🥰
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Congratulations, Ivor. Great poem, too.
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Thank you very much, Andrew 📖🤗📘
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You’re welcome.
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Gorgeous cover art. And I love the closing poem too.
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Thank you so much, Violet 🥰📘📖
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Beautiful.
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Thank you 🥰💕
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😊
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Thanks for the book recommendation
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Thank you 🤗📘📖
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your niece is quite talented and these portray the concept perfectly
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Beth
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beautiful art work Ivor and I love the tanka, too! Bravo! 🙏😊
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Thank you very much for your thoughtful words, Carol 🥰📖📘
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Congratulations to you both
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You and Kerri make a great team…both of you are amazing artists…her designs and your poems!!! 🙂
(((HUGS))) for both of you!!! ❤️❤️
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I’m a very fortunate poet/author to have Kerri as part of my publishing team … she is amazing, Carolyn 💜📃📘🌏💛💕😊😎💚
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Congratulations Ivor. Wonderful cover.
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Thank you so much, Kerri did a wonderfully imaginative design, Sadje
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Very right 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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