Autumn Leaves and Bees Knees
Deep among the forest’s magical trees
Where the rowdy snails do as they please
There is a secret garden for frolicking fairies
Their cabbage patch is made from layers
Of interwoven autumn leaves and bee’s knees
Spread upon leftover leprechaun sleeves
Here, the sprites flit in on the breeze
With an occasional wheeze and sneeze
Sometimes the bold winter freeze
Gives them an overfriendly squeeze
And you’ll hear the fairies squeal in Sinhalese
Ivor Steven (c) June 2025
It’s another hot day here in Geelong, and after our early morning walk, we have been inside avoiding the heat haze. I’ve been writing, and Frankie has been snoozing. The heat haze seems to have sent my computer into a discombobulated maze!
There’s No Exit (a Tanka)
In a daze, I gaze
At my screen full of X-Rays
My mind is ablaze
Analyzing the next phrase
There’s no exit to this maze!
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Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2025
Please Note the featured photo and attached photos above are taken from Street Art in the Geelong CBD
A Blade of Light
Far beyond my darkest night
Clambering out of purgatory’s deepest void
I grasp onto a single blade of light
On the edge of my soulless asteroid
Who rescues me from Armageddon’s endless fight
Awaking in a pool of sweat, just after midnight
This meaningless nightmare gave me a hellish fright
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025
Sailing, Around the World
With my spaceship’s sails full
And the spinnaker pulling us west
Our journey around the world
Will be an expeditious adventure
Navigating our way over polluted oceans
And above war-ravaged ground
I’ll be confirming, first-hand
That our planet is, water, green, and round
And not a flat contaminated compound
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024
Beware! Alien Eyes
(a Haiku)
Inside the storm clouds
Yellow alien eyes looked down
On our wounded ground
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024
Matilda shows me how to push start the flight …
Matilda takes me through the process of gliding into the sky … he made it look easy!!
“Our” full moon photos from tonight, 8.30 pm (just after sunset), 9.30 pm, 10.30 pm, and midnight.
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Expect … you may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. …
In my poem below, Matilda and I are “expecting” to see the full moon tonight.
Flying High in the Full Moon Sky
During our walkies, this morning
I enjoyed a friendly chat
With Matilda the Magpie
“Good morning, Matilda
as you know, later today
the full moon is going to be on show
and I was wondering
could I come and fly with you?
for a clear aerial view”
“You are more than welcome Ivor
however, when was the last time you went flying?”
“Five years ago, my friend
when I flew to Philadelphia”
“Oh, you will be a bit rusty
and now you are a 72-year-old
so best we have a practice run”
“Good idea, Matilda
I suppose it is like riding a bike
my wings will automatically remember
how to give me a push start
and then my gliding skills will return”
I am pleased to say
The training session went well
Matilda and I
Will be flying high
Side by side
In tonight’s full moon sky
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
A Star Called Home
I am high flying
On the back of Phillip
My mystical fairy Penguin
I am the co-pilot
As we zoom over the halfway marker
That line in the sand
Now, there is no turning back
We are a dynamic duo
Wholeheartedly committed
To fulfill our dreams
Ungainly we may be
As we skim above the deepest sea
Toward the blue horizon
Chasing the cosmic sky
Looking for a star called home
I am reposting this poem in response to Moonwashed’s Weekly Prompted; Becalmed
>> https://amanpan.blog/2023/12/19/moonwashed-weekly-prompt-becalmed/
Becalmed Without an Alibi
Time to unshackle my inflatable raft
And reignite my charred draft
I left floating down the river
When I was the disabled driver
Of my Itmims space craft
Sadly, the fuel tank is running on empty
And the secondhand battery is almost dry
I need to recharge my world beyond page twenty
And being becalmed is not an imaginative alibi
Itmims; Ivor’s Time Machine In Micro Space
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
The Faeries Christmas Tree (a Tanka)
Deep in the damp woods
Behind dewy leaves, I spied
Faeries dancing
And frolicking around their
Community’s Christmas tree
Vale: Shane MacGowan
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
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
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