This Haiku are the words I wrote in a comment box to ‘Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet’, for her post >> Summer Rain | Gulf Coast Poet … A big thank you to Cheryl for being the inspiration for my poem ..
Love and Snow
The rains come and go
Summer’s good times turn to snow
Joyous hope still grows
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
Phantom-grams
Holograms and Instagrams
How heavy are these grams?
LinkedIn and Facebook
How heavy are their books?
Tumblr and Twitter
How can you weigh their feathers?
Priests and Politicians
How can you believe their repetitions?
Protest Songs and Subway Signs
Have you forgotten the messages of yesterday’s lines?
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
The world is a pool of people, some are sick, some are poor, some want more, and some are at war … The Featured Image Above: by Derrick Knight, and thank you to Derrick for letting me use his photo here …
Horses for Courses
there is something about the freedom of horses
beyond green pastures and steeple courses
there is something about the purity of life’s sources
from the snowy mountains down the river courses
there is something about the madness of wartime choices
beyond bloodstained lands of the killing forces
there is something about death’s silent voices
riding in wooden coffins down the hearse’s brief courses
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
Featured ImageAbove: Gaza Strip border, Kibbutz Netiv Ha’Asara, Israel © Kai Wiendenhofer
Flying Bricks
There is a divisive brick wall
That stands harsh and tall
To stop people breaking their fall
Then the leaders in ivory towers
Ceased talking about peace and flowers
And hurled bricks into that sandy strip
One brick after another brick
Flew from one side to the other
Crashing innocent children and mothers
Flying bricks crumbling to dust
Creating dirty clouds of mistrust
The walls of Babylon fall again
As brick upon brick adds to the strain
Brick upon brick fills the bloody drains
Brick upon brick kills and maims
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
Featured Image: The 14th China-Russia-Mongolia International Ice and Snow …Pinterest, 4 yrs ago
Cold droplets of rain
Icicles stuck on bare skin
Hinged by winter wind
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
Toes, inside my woolly socks
Toes, inside my ugh boots
Toes, crimson red and cold
Heart, inside my woolly vest
Heart, inside my warm chest
Heart, cherry red, my essence
Soul, why are my toes always cold?
Soul, what happens to the heart?
Soul, where does love stop?
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
“The reblog link for my ‘Go Dog Go Cafe’ post didn’t work today, so here is a copy”
Today I am presenting a poem from August 2017, just 2 months after I began blogging on WordPress ..
My Door’s Firmly Shut
Early Friday morning
At my desk
Writing in pencil
The inks frozen
No joke
Send the firewood
Light up my heart
With warm soulful words
Give my fingers a start
Knuckles are throbbing
An arthritic chill
My dog’s coughing
Poor little Lily
She feels it too
Ah, not to worry
A wry smile
A sunray
Shining through
Thawing my quill
Freeing my will
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
There is still time to enter your submissions..
In the Olympian Pantheon, Hermes is perhaps one of the most multi-faceted gods. He has been linked to guiding those of have died into the underworld, he is the messenger god, he is linked to trickery, mischief and theft, as well as being the god of shepherds and boundaries. And so, he poses a wide array of themes and subjects to explore.
This led to imagining a kaleidoscope. The ever-shifting and changing colours, shapes and patterns. I expect Issue II to be eclectic – celebrating the surreal, the abstract and illusory. I encourage you to reach beyond your comfort zone and use the idea of ‘hermes’ to inspire your work.
As always, interpret the theme as you wish. We accept poetry, prose, photography, creative non-fiction and visual art. Submissions are now…
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destiny constructs paths unknown
invisible lines under the snow
we follow our given route
balancing on life’s tightrope
without a safety net
we fall, we break
we survive, rejoin the choir
remount the wire
and we aspire to fly higher
Ivor Steven (c) May 2021
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