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Hello, dear readers and followers. As you may know, I stopped producing my โTullawalla Bookletsโ at #31 because that was the house number of our familyโs Tullawalla Homestead.
Yet the booklet format is a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems I produce, and as the saying goes, โI Am Turning Another Pageโ. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, called โShangri Laโ, the name of my little Villa, and it is my piece of โearthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilizationโ.
I now have โ2407โ poems gathered across these booklets
(On my bookshelf, sits โThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, with 1775 poems โ when I first began writing, I never imagined I would one day surpass that number.)
โLike all my booklets, this one is here to be read at your leisure โ no rush, no expectation, just an open page waiting when you are.โ
Click >> Here – for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of โShangri La, Volume 21, Beyond the Midday Moon.โ
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Beyond the Midday Moon
The midday moon
is less than 10ยฐ above the horizon โ
low enough
for my weary wings
to fly over.
The morning clouds are dispersing,
and up here, above the moon,
my shadows are free
to echo my dreams.
Between the sky and the moon,
I gaze into their shared light โ
sometimes life is out of sight,
other times everything is alright,
either way, they welcome
my unspoken words,
whether day or night.
A song that drifts in the same strange daylight as the poem โ a quiet companion to the light above us.
.
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Tullawalla:
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Ivor Steven ยฉ July 2026
For moon lovers everywhere, or should that be lovers of the moon? ๐๐ ๐คฃ Either way, I love your poem, Ivor. ๐
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congratulations, Ivor. The poem youโve included here is lovely.
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MAZAL TOV!
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Congratulations my dear friend! I’ll be checking in. Love today’s beautiful poem …. a delightful treat for those of us lovers of the mid-day moon. ๐ฅฐ๐๐
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Thank you very much indeed my dear friend โฆ I was nearly going to toss the towel in with this one but persistence and stupidity prevailed ๐๐ค๐๐
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Usually not a great combination but in this case, it worked! ๐๐ฅฐ
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Hopefully my old machine will behave itself betterer this weekโฆ my Copilot app gave me a few handy hints about computer management ๐๐ฅ๏ธ๐ฅฐ
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Excellent! I asked ChatGPT how to create an original song and I received detailed and easy instructions. This computer stuff is something else, isn’t it!? ๐ค๐ป๐
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Hmmm, maybe, the new tactics didnโt work, Iโm back to unplugging and rebooting my computer my friend ๐ฅฐ๐ค๐ฅ๏ธ๐
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ZOINKS!!! ๐คช
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Oh! Such a beautiful posting! Such a wonderful ode to the amazing mid-day moon and sky! ๐
Congrats on Vol. 21, Ivor! Thank you for sharing it! ๐
(((HUGS))) ๐โโฑเผป๐เผบโฐโ๐
PS… ๐ “Sometimes I see the moon in the middle of the day and know I am held by something so much bigger.” – Unknown ๐
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Thank you for the wonderful, and so happens that I am drafting a moon poem at the moment, Carolyn โฆ
I turn and say to a watchful and perplexed Frankie
โDonโt worry, weโre even too early for the school kiddiesโ
but we are in time to see the moonโs coy white gaze
before sliding down beyond the horizonโs morning haze.
You know my friend, we are incredibly fortunate
to be witnessing such a phenomenal cosmic moment.โ
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Oh! That’s wonderful! ๐
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beautiful poem Ivor ๐๐
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Thank you very much, Carol ๐ฅฐ๐๐
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wow, volume 21, did you ever imagine this second act in life ?
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Between the sky and the moon, I gaze into their shared light, sometimes life is out of sight, other times everything is alright.โ Ivor, that line. That acceptance of both states, holding them with equal grace. Thatโs the kind of wisdom that only comes from 2,407 poems and 19 years of choosing to write through everything.
The fact that you surpassed Dickinsonโs count feels less like a competition and more like a conversation across time, two people saying: we have something to witness, something to say, and we wonโt stop.
Thank you for not stopping. ๐
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Oh, thank you so much for your wonderful appraisal and appreciation of my poem, Khadija โฆ and I shall go over check your site out .. in the morning, itโs 11.15pm here in Geelong ๐ฅฐ๐
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Take your time, Ivor! Geelong nights are precious enjoy them. And yes, come by when you’re ready. So grateful for poets like you who hold both the darkness and the light in the same breath. Sleep well, and thank you for your words. They matter.
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