Thank you to the editor, Jo, and her team, for selecting my piece in the Geelong Writers Inc. “AnoMaly Street”, Chapbook, Poetry With A Difference, Volume 3, No. 2
Ivor Steven (c) November 2024
The anthology “Cadence-Life’s Poetic Rhythms” has been nominated as a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Congratulations to all who have contributed to this anthology!
The recently published collection is a truly international poetry anthology found on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Bookshop.org.
Many thanks go to our co-editors, Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld, and Zaneta Varnado Johns, of Prolic Pulse Press >>
>> https://prolificpulse.blog/2024/11/25/cadence-lifes-poetic-rhythms-has-placed-as-a-finalist-for-the-american-writing-awards-congratulations-to-all-who-have-contributed-to-this-anthology/
The collection includes poems by Sarfraz Ahmed, Rita Anderson, Nanci Arvizu, Bartholomew Barker, arlene bice, A. C. Blake, Susi Bocks, Yasmin S. Brown, Lin Marshall Brummels, Stephen W. Buchanan, Anupama Sham Budhrani, Migel Bung, Joni Karen Caggiano, Theresa Carlie, Elizabeth Esquerra Castillo, Carla M. Cherry, Lauren M. Clemmons, Ambika Devi, Richard Fireman, Nolcha Fox, Carol Coven Grannick, Joel Haas, Mark Andrew Heathcote, Duane L. Hermann, Chyrel J. Jackson, Gerald Jatzek, Zaneta Varnado Johns, Cody Jones, Eftichia Kapardeli, Jill Sharon Kimmelman, Teresa H. Klepac, Barbara Harris Leonhard, Donna McKinney, Danielle Martin, Karuna Mistry, Howard Moon, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Nimitok, Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris, Thomas King Oloo (Babs), K. Ann Pennington, Dawn Pisturino, Sarah Merritt Ryan, Pratibha Savani, Shiela Denise Scott, Richa Dinesh Sharma, Nicole Smith, Ivor Steven, Gabriel S. Weah, Lynn White, Charlotte Alexandria Williams, Lindsay Soberano Wilson, Chanah Wizenberg, and Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld.
Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld & Zaneta Varnado Jones (eds.): Cadence – Life’s Poetic Rhythms, Prolific Pulse Press LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA, ISBN: 978-1962374903
Ivor Steven (c) November 2024
My selected entry from page 37 of the anthology…
Hi guys. My name is Frankie
I’m a furry Cavoodle
The owner of Ivor
You may know him
He pretends to be a poet
I let him stay at my house
And even allow him to sleep on my bed
He’s bald, so he doesn’t shed hair
Yes, I know
That’s generous and kind of me
Having said that
In a disorganized manner
“I do not own much
I do not owe much
I share what I have
I have hope and love” **
My home is his home
If he takes me for walkies
Three times a day
** I borrowed these lines from Ivor’s poem, ‘I, Can Breathe’
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Perceptions:
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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
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
I ordered my Copies of “Cadence” on Sunday, and they are today! (Thursday) … the Emu flew faster than Jet Plane … Me and Frankie have had a quick browse, and the anthology of “Life’s Poetic Rhythms” looks sensational.
Thank you, Lisa, for her efficiency and promptness
>> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Cadence Anthology, Amazon Link >> Cadence: Life’s Poetic Rhythms – Anthology of Poetry: Tomey-Zonneveld, Lisa, Johns, Zaneta Varnado, Johns, Zaneta Varnado: 9781962374903: Amazon.com: Books
All Books. Now Available At:
Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm
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 direct for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
I am proud and excited to have two poems in “Prolific Pulse Press’s” new Anthology, Cadence – Life’s Poetic Rhythms. Many thanks to the editors, Lisa and Zaneta for presenting this fabulous Anthology. >> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Cadence – Amazon Link >> Cadence: Life’s Poetic Rhythms – Anthology of Poetry: Tomey-Zonneveld, Lisa, Johns, Zaneta Varnado, Johns, Zaneta Varnado: 9781962374903: Amazon.com: Books
Description, by the Editors
We take pride in showcasing these exceptional poems crafted by devoted poets.
When we issued the call for submissions, we encouraged writers to contemplate the following questions:
– What do you celebrate about life?
– Who do you celebrate and why?
– When do you feel most joyful?
– How do you define joy?
– Where do you find the most happiness?
– How does joyfulness feel to you?
– Why is it important to find joy?
The responses received were both abundant and significant. Now is the opportunity to delve into the works of these remarkable poets and experience their unique perspectives.
We are grateful for all the contributions and devotion to this theme.
Flowers in the Sky (Cadence, by Ivor Steven)
Look up high
Beyond yesterday’s goodbyes
Until your eyes
Are caressed by the sunny sky
And savor the reason why
Flowers strive to fly
Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
Great News. Yesterday I received an acceptance for my submission to Cadence: Life’s Poetic Rhythms, an upcoming anthology (for Spring 2024), from Prolific Pulse Press.
They’re open to “more submissions” until the 31st of January, so I encourage all my poet friends to offer the Editor, Lisa, some joyful poetry. Details via this link >> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Featured Image Above: A photo collage of my “Flowers in the Sky”
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Last evening I attended the Geelong Writers book launch of their annual anthology “Eclectic Words 2023”, and I am thrilled to announce that my piece “A Frollick of Forest Faeries” appears in the poetry section this prestigious Anthology.
The lyrics to “A Faerie Song (We Who Are Old)” by The Waterboys & William B Yeats
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
You are invited to the Book Launch of “Faces, Places, Emotional Spaces” an Anthology by the “Dome Poets”, a subsidiary group of Geelong Writers Inc.
** Saturday 20th May
** 2.00 pm til 4.00 pm
** Boronggook Library, Drysdale
** 2-8 Wyndham St, Drysdale
RSVP, here, or SMS me on 0437278888
Attached Below: One of my Poems (From 10) in the Athology
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Once again thank you to Susi, >>https://iwriteher.com/2023/04/26/reflections-revelations-has-published/ for selecting my poems in her outstanding Anthology, “Reflections and Revelations, The Short of It, Vol 2” … Today I am presenting the second page (33) of my pieces from her fascinating Collection of Short poems and prose … which I have scanned directly from copy of the anthology and attached below …
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Forty-seven poets and writers with astute observations about living, emotions, and our world were featured online in The Short of It publication in 2022. The best of their thoughts fill the pages of this compilation. They will leave you with rich impressions, some providing mysteries to ponder but also many which speak deep truths. Each piece by the poets and writers presented in this collection shows us, with depth and succinctness, what was on their minds. Every one of their poems, as the title of this book suggests, brings to the surface their “reflections and revelations.”
A big thank you to Susi Bocks for editing and producing this outstanding Anthology, and I am proud to have been selected as one of many in a talented list of writers.
“The paperback version is available on Amazon.com NOW!! To get your copy, please CLICK THIS LINK! “
Here are my “Short” poetic entries in Anthology:
Facades
Wearing your best vest
Is not necessarily a truthful test
A facade for a restless chest
Again
Summer’s golden plains
And stormy rains
Erase winter stains
After Twilight
Starry, starry nights
Shine on, shine on bright
Please stay, please stay within sight
Earthquake
I feel the earth quake
Fracturing tears off my soul
Tremors from my heart
Hail
Hailstones, hard as nails
Falling frozen razor blades
Storm’s icy sharp balls
Ivor Steven (c) April 2023
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