Our Shy Half-moon

A warm autumn sky, a bright afternoon, and a half‑moon trying not to be noticed.





Our Shy Half-moon


In our sunny Autumn sky,
the afternoon’s silvery half-moon
is naturally simple to pinpoint.

Especically
if you study your moon-chart app’
before you dip your eyes
into the dazzling blue yonder.

But beware — do not stare.
Our daytime moon is rather shy
about being exposed
by the sun’s intrusive glare.



A bright little moon‑tune to echo beneath the daylight sky.




Ivor Steven ©  April 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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  6. Gorgeous, brilliant, sweet trio, Ivor…your moon portraits, your lovely poem, and Mr. Beethoven! 🙂 (perfect moon-tune!)
    I’ve always believed the moon and sun love each other, but because they are on totally different schedules they don’t often meet up. 😉 So it’s lovely when the shy-moon appears early to see the bright-sun. 😉
    (((HUGS))) ☀️💕🌗

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    1. Oh, I do so enjoy watching the daytime moon, especially the late afternoon one when we are having our walkies … twilight time with moon and the setting sun is like being in the front row seat of Nature’s picture theatre, Carolyn 🌖🌏🌞🥰🤗🐶💙

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