Creative Geelong Market, Saturday 19th Oct’
Join us on Saturday for our monthly market day, featuring a great selection of stallholders selling art, vintage clothes, second-hand books, and more! Many of our tenants and art studios will also be open.
Tullawalla (a Haiku)
The dream presses on
Empty hands are full again
Of memory’s rhymes
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Please Note: Derrick Knight took all the attached photos, and he kindly allowed me to reproduce them here on my poetry site.
Today’s poem is one of my verses made up of comments I posted on some of my fellow WordPress writers’ articles during the month … In stanza order, they are
Marisela > lamenting to Lee | words less spoken (wordslessspoken781842219.blog)
Claudia > Faerie Paths — Lost – Humoring the Goddess
Ben Alexander > On the back, or: My mind – The Skeptic’s Kaddish 🇮🇱 (skepticskaddish.com)
Derrick Knight > Sun, Sea, Spray – derrickjknight
Beyond the Dross and the Moss
Loneliness is an empty place
Nothingness is a blank space
I am not lost
Nor buried under the frost
I am just looking for the gloss
Beyond the dusty dross
And the encroaching moss
Tomorrow’s gap
It is not a trap
Zap!
There is a world map
Wild windy seas are wondrous lees
Like a wizard’s wok full of bees
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Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Sunrise in MacArthur Park
We are in the middle of MacArthur Park
Where the morning sun
Irradiates the trees’ bark
Here, in the heartland
Dawn is more dazzling than normal
Glowing like a molten gold crucible
Shedding neon rays of sunshine
That stream through the tall pines
Like iridescent trumpet vines
Trumpet Vine, Solar Flare Bells
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
Lulu Books >> Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)
Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Flowers (a Haiku)
Yellow and purple
In a meadow of green
Weeds flower too
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Hello dear readers and followers, I’m heading north, to Ballarat for a few days, to celebrate my brothers birthdays! … both my brother and my brother-in-law.
Needless to say, I’ll be missing-in-action, blogging on your sites …
Mist Covered Ranges
When I head north
Along the walk track
If I venture far enough
I am graciously rewarded
With a scenic view
Of the You Yang Ranges
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Miners Rest is a semi-rural town with a very small township and commercial area. It.is a suburb north of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-western rural-urban fringe of the city, 11 kilometres northwest of the Central Business District. The population at the 2021 census was 3,829.
MacArthur Park Wetlands Is a tranquil retreat for all residents who proudly call it home, Macarthur Park, with its breathtaking wetlands, provides a relaxing retreat to take in its beautiful award-winning scenery. A haven for native flora and families alike, residents can enjoy a nice picnic or barbeque and playground for the kids, or take a stroll, walk the dog or, for the more energetic, jog around the wetlands walking track.
While staying at my sister’s place in Miners Rest, me and Frankie thoroughly enjoy our morning walkies around the MacArthur Park Wetlands area.
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word Judge. You can visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
Lizzy the wise old lizard, enjoys his peaceful world and Judges no one
The Wise Old Lizard (a Tanka)
Lizzy the lizard
Swaggled and dazzled across
The garden pathway
Enjoying the springtime sun
Peacefully harming no one
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
A Cinquain is 5 lines:
Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables
The Moon Says, Hello, Goodbye (a Cinquain)
The Moon
Calmly wanders
Through the afternoon sky
Sharing a glowing hello, then
Goodbye
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
Today’s Throwback Friday poem, “We Are Sour, But We Have the Power”, was written in June 2020 … It was a beautiful spring day today. Appropriately the attached Dragonfly images were taken during my nature walk this morning.
We Are Sour, But We Have the Power (Revised)
Out of the blue ocean, into the black sea
We continue to be wet behind our ears
And we are still burning bridges made out of coloured trees
Repeating the same old stories, from behind our shields and spears
What about looking at nature’s dragonflies and bees?
How do they live in harmony without fear and tears?
We are the carriers of humanity’s corrupt disease
Ignoring the world’s racist problems for too many years
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TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
This week, Weekly Prompts’ Wednesday challenge is Leaves, a word that offers a cornucopia of interpretations. To visit their fabulous site please click on >> Here. — These days my forgetfulness is scattered around like autumn Leaves
And, Welcome To Moonwashed Musings
*The Weekly Prompt – Any word or line in the below poem can be used for the prompt
uncertainty
troublesome
much-needed light
Please visit Eugi’s, Moonwashed Musings site by clicking on >> HERE:
I Do Not Have a Dress?
I must confess
Forgetfulness
Is sleeping in my nest
Thoughts are in a mess
Running at two abreast
Without knowing my quest
I am looking for my address
In the pocket of my vest
Did I leave it in my dress?
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Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)
Tullawalla:
Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books
OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) October 2024
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