Between the Moon and Clouds

Twilight gathered around me, the moon above and the land below — and this mural, a reminder of the ancient, living connection our First Nations people hold with Country.





Between the Moon
and Clouds

They say the world is changing,
but the moon cannot stop frowning,
while nature is unerringly hurting,
beneath our fettered feet.

Between the worried moon
and the settling clouds,
I perceive a loud rumbling sigh
from beyond the deep blue sky.

In one ferocious breath, Thor decries,
“Beware of the ground’s ringleader’s lies
about the Earth’s visible demise,
and hear the crust’s cries
with your own eyes.”



In the silence between day and night, the sky held its breath, and I paused on earth’s shimmering crust, letting the music rise where words could not.





Ivor Steven  ©  June 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.

24 thoughts on “Between the Moon and Clouds”

    1. Oh, your wonderful words of encouragement greatly please my friend … this is a poem I’ve been working on for 2 days and I’m ecstatic with how the entire project turned out 💙🌏📘🌖🎶🥰📖

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  6. Oh, Ivor! Such a dynamic, vivid, important trio…photos, poem, and song! Bravo! I wish everyone could experience this post!
    You are so right…often music speaks for us when our hearts and minds can’t find the words, or can’t say the words.
    (((HUGS))) ❤️🌕☁️❤️👂👀❤️

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    1. Thank you so much for all of your lovely words, Carolyn … and yes, a lot of work went into creating this poem and post, (over 2 days) … and I’ll submit it to Spillwords Magazine … 💙📘🌏🌖💜🎵

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