Author: ivor20

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.

The Moon’s Podium






The Moon’s Podium



The Olympics are over
Now! Is an appropriate time
For our ancient and humble moon
To accept the shiniest medal
For being the friendly games
All around the World, marathon champion
During the endless days and sleepless nights
Our timeless warrior of the sky
Was the competitors overseeing, quiet achiever

Henceforth I duly declare
The “All Nations” podium belongs to the moon
For today, tonight, and all of our tomorrow’s












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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

I Couldn’t See the Moon, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.


Hello dear readers and followers, I am a writer for “Coffee House Writers magazine” (USA), on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “I Couldn’t See the Moon”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/i-couldnt-see-the-moon/













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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Peace and Harmony

Please Note: The photos were taken by Derrick Knight, and he kindly allows me to reproduce them here on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2024/08/08/a-exceptional-year-for-magpies/



Peace and Harmony

The friendly magpie 
Landed gently on the back 
Of the sleepy foal 
And quietly said 

“Thanks, I hope you don’t mind
if I stay here and rest my weary wings,
your new fur is so soft and warm”

With eyes half open
The foal looks up
Knowingly smiles, and replies

“Make yourself at home
and while you are there
could you please shoo away
those pesky flies for me”

“Then we can both share
this patch of nature’s turf
in peace and harmony”














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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

High Noon Moon (a Musette)

Musette:
three verses
first line – 2 syllables
second line – 4 syllables
third line – 2 syllables
rhyme scheme – a/b/a c/d/c e/f/e
the title reflects the poem’s content

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend’s Challenge is the word Mislead. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Here, my poem is about the ‘Midday Moon’ being “Misled”



High Noon Moon (a Musette)

Thin moon
A silver horn
At noon


Unowned
By the blue sky
Outbound


Unseen
Slinks toward night’s
Silkscreen












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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Patchwork Words


Today’s poem is created from an amalgamation of “4” anecdotes/comments that I have sent to my fellow WP sites in response to their fabulous poems/articles …
In stanza order, they are:
* Carol >> https://therapybits.com/2024/08/04/in-the-bright-patchwork-where-colors-collide/
* Mark >> https://havocandconsequence.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/ignore-ignited-flame/
* Michelle >> https://herwritinghaven.com/2024/08/07/hard/
* Willow >> https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/wordless-wednesday-memories-3/






Patchwork Words


Our big wondrous world
Is like a well-worn patchwork quilt
Where the warmth of hope and love does not wilt

We fly through decades of storms
I wonder
Are we the pilot of our journeys

Our unreadable blueprints
Are only guidelines in black ink
To make us think
Of life’s kinks and chinks
And those indistinct
Instinctive missing links

Our treasured memories
Are like nursery rhymes
They stay in our minds forever 













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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Throwback Friday, Sundown’s Flight


Last week, my poems were about nature’s theatrical light shows, and today’s Throwback poem is a very appropriate choice. Originally written in August 2019, and as is my way, I have rehashed my poem …



Sundown’s Flight


When I’m physically able
And feeling stable
I like to stroll down my dead-end lane
And study the sky’s weather vane


I see twilight clouds on the run
Being corralled by the setting sun
Shredding prisms of light, tonight’s benediction
Bright orange and grey, tomorrow’s ritzy prediction
From the horizon’s flamboyant ballet
A jazzy indication that storms are on the way


Then the shadowed treeline, merges with the cloudy red kites
And I stand here witnessing sundown’s dazzling flight












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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

The Sun is Warmer (a Haiku)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday challenge is the word –  Irresistible. Please visit their wonderful website by clicking on >> Here

And I’m find the end of winter’s warmer sunshine, pleasingly “Irresistible”.





The Sun is Warmer (a Haiku)


Winter’s waning

And he cannot hold back spring

Warmly, the sun winks











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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Pockets Full of Stone





Pockets Full of Stones



I would like to fly away
On this cold wintry day
But my pockets are full of stones
And my old wings are fragile bones


My benevolent friend, the moon
Is hibernating in his orbital cocoon
So, I’m grounded with muddy toes
Stuck here on this frosty meadow












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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Towering Archways





Towering Archways



Clouds are not all the same grey
Below their showy berets
They float like a ‘Swan Lake’ ballet

Adorning their silvery causeways
They display Nature’s mandalas,
screenplays, and cabarets


They are the sky’s open sleighs
The world’s towering archways
Gateways for tomorrow’s stairway











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Tullawalla:

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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) August 2024