At ‘The Dunes’ cafe/restaurant, Ocean Grove, near Mum and Dad’s old family home, “Tullawalla”.
Centenarians
Today
We had a family remembrance party
For our dear departed parents
They were both born in 1924
One hundred years ago!
Today
We gathered to celebrate
Their love and loyalty for each other
And to proudly honour
The love and incredible support
We all unconditionally received
Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Colour Challenge is: Orange – you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Orange is the colour of energy and happiness, and I dream of solving the world’s problems by wrapping the “Earth In Rainbows”
Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)
Below the rainbow’s
Protective arch, nature’s birds
Know their nests are safe
Away from humanity’s
Hard rains and murderous wars
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Time, No Rhyme or Reason
Time is in your hands
Time hears no commands
Time is not sentimental
And does not need a schedule
Time dies under your feet
Time has no heartbeat
Time is infinite and blind
And revolves inside your mind
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Today’s Throwback poem was written before I started my website, and is from June 2012, not long after Carole had passed (12 years ago today). For unexplainable reasons, the nostalgic piece has not found its way into any of my “3 books”. Maybe this unheralded poem will catalyze me to begin a 4th book!
Where’s That Dream
I have seen the universe through to the stars beyond
There is a deep darkness, she is gone, she is gone
I saw her smile crack from the pain
There was a sorrow, she caught it tomorrow
I have seen the moon through the burning sun
Where is that planet she is walking on?
I saw her eyes crying tears of sand
Where is that beach she is lying on?
I have seen the ocean through the broken coral
Where is that ship, she is sailing on?
I saw her body serene and frail
Where are the ashes she is covered in?
I have seen the earth open, swallowing the multitude whole
Where is that chasm she is falling through?
I saw her gentle soul disappear out of sight
Where is that secret haven she is flying to?
I have seen the land go through violent storms
Where are the winds of time she is spread upon?
I saw her heart, her love, for all of you and me
Where is that dream, she has left us to find?
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Ivor Steven (c) May 3rd 2024
She’s A Rainbow
Today, I saw rainbows everywhere
On my poetry booklet
In my empty coffee cup
And my grey clouds
Donned rainbows too!
Thank you, my love
For thoughtfully
Brightening this day
With your ever-lasting smile
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: Regret … please go over and check out their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. and I never have any “Regrets” about walking in the rain when I am “Chasing Rainbows”
Who’s Chasing Who
In the cold, misty rain
I was walking quickly
Down my Cul de sac lane
Suddenly, the afternoon sun
Burst through a blue crack
In the dark grey sky
And there emanated
A far-reaching rainbow arch
Shimmering across the shady clouds
Spanning Twilight’s golden horizon
In one endless curve
Of fluorescent light
Chasing rainbows is what I do
And catching the rings of Saturn
This is what I dream of doing
Because this is where I last saw her
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Thirsting for Freedom”, 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/thirsting-for-freedom/
Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Finding Her Universe
(a Double Tanka)
In the direction
Of heading home, I found North
Then veered to the East
Looking for the setting Sun
There, I told the Horizon
“I have lost my way
flying through your golden day”
“You’re not lost, my friend,
fly toward my brightest point
and her universe is yours”
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
This is a poem from way before I started blogging in 2017, and I originally had it in a booklet of poems, called ‘Before, After, Now’ from 2010. So I thought I would repost the poem for the Weekly Prompts, Weekend Challenge, which is: One Day … please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
One Day (Revised)
I am not asking you to dust my story’s book cover
Nor am I expecting you to be like our kind mother
You know in your heart there are no others
I’m alone during my nights, under cold covers
All I want from you is to look for no other
All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother
She’s fading away, not complaining, and no bother
Her dying life has given me no time to hover
One day not so far away, her eyes beneath the clover
She’ll rest peacefully, and I’ll be crying over and over
All I want from you is to hold me while I recover
All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
Only One Day Of Voting to Go!
Dear Readers and Followers,
I am thrilled to announce my nomination for Spillwords Author of the Month! This is an immense honour, and I am truly humbled, both by the support I have received from the Spillwords Editorial Team over the years, and of course from everyone who reads and shows appreciation for my words.
All of the writers nominated are hugely talented, and I offer my congratulations to every one of them on their nominations!
If you wish to show your support by voting, you can visit this Spillwords Link >>https://spillwords.com/vote/
THE NOMINEES ARE:
Ash Douglas
Emma Wells
Ian Fletcher
Ivor Steven
RC Larlham
Ximena Escobar
Lindsay Soberano Wilson
Why Do We Write? (a Quote)
“The world caresses our eyes
every day until we die.
We write to arouse idle minds
and soothe hearts with our soulful finds” … Ivor Steven, Oct 2023.
Ivor …
a Leonard Cohen song for the occasion
Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 