Before the Morning Moon Sets (a Combined Poem)

In the hush before daylight kisses everything, the setting moon and a lone flyer share the sky’s peaceful journey.


This morning’s moon lingered above Geelong’s blue sky — a quiet witness to words exchanged between kindred writers. Today’s poem gathers those fragments, reshaped from comments left on their pages, into one flowing verse before the morning moon sets.
In stanza order, they are:

Stanza #1, David >> Enemies, or: A rengay – The Skeptic’s Kaddish 🇮🇱
Stanza #2, Sara >> mountain rising | purplepeninportland
Stanza #3, David >> One leg stand , or: A rengay – The Skeptic’s Kaddish
Stanza #4, Kelley >> Listening to Johnny Cash – Piano Girl




Before the Morning Moon Sets

Beware
– of crossing gravel paths.
They say
– ants wearing army boots
Are on the move,
– crushing breadcrumbs
– and breaking straws.
Micro power —
– the mighty insects have their own claws and laws.
– and know how to gnaw and undermine desert wars

Blackness hears our lies.
Mountains pierce the sky.
Sunlight kisses our eyes.

The seam becomes a stream.
The stream trickles into the river.
All rivers journey to the sea,
where all hearts rest peacefully.

Memories do not fade;
they are sparkling pieces of jade.



Let the music widen the horizon a little further, where light, peace, and memory become the quiet journey beyond the world’s grandeur.



Ivor Steven  ©  May 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.

16 thoughts on “Before the Morning Moon Sets (a Combined Poem)”

  6. A powerful and beautiful poem, Ivor! Especially love the seam to the sea…and the memories like sparkling jade! 🙂
    I so enjoy the creative brilliant way you weave together your thoughts/comments into a poem. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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