Late yesterday afternoon I went down to the city waterfront to capture the full moon rising over the bay. Then I attended the Creative Geelong Winter Solstice event and the City’s Solstice Festival … No poem, but I took lots of Photos …
The Full Moon and the Sunset over Corio Bay
The Creative Geelong Event at our Makers Hub
The City’s Solstice Festival
Ivor Steven (c) June 22nd 2024
Winter Sun Lines
Two hours before midday
Under a clear and crisp blue sky
The drowsy winter sun
Feels moderately warm
To the chilly and dewy lawn
Despite, the obtrusive
And ignominious
Overhead power lines
Between, us here,
And the vexatious stare
Of our solar eye’s
Laborious glare
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Tullawalla:
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Sleep … please visit their fabulous website by clicking on >> Here.
I’ve been busy the last several days, an open mic’ night, a big fun afternoon at the Box Office Cafe (Poem below), Creative Geelong Market Day, and tomorrow morning it’s my Dome Poetry Group’s monthly meeting … And tonight, I am very “Sleepy”
Together in the Box Office Cafe
As is Frankie’s way
In his cute and friendly manner
He invited three young ladies
To join us at our table
And as in Tullawalla’s, ‘a meeting place’
We quickly became cheekily friendly and chatty
They were inquisitive about what I was writing,
and my books, ‘Perceptions’ and ‘Until Eyes Hear Sound’
The three “train-driver” ladies jokingly agreed
“Youth is wasted on the young”
Then, Ivor, Frankie, Carla, Mandy, and Emily
Shared pup-cups, cappuccino, and latte
Along with some neuro-cool glasses
Of vodka, prosecco, and martini
Thanks to the ladies, we had a fun afternoon
Frankie lapped up all their extra cuddles
And Carla kindly purchased
Signed copies of, ‘Tullawalla’ and ‘Perceptions’
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Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
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Tullawalla:
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OR: >> You may email me direct for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
A poem I wrote in April 2021, about waiting for the Publisher to do the edit corrections and have my “new” book (Tullawalla) printed and look the way I wanted it to be!
Patiently, I Am Waiting
Patience drifts around the clock
Patience floats in dry-dock
Patience hovers in transit
Patience belies my spirit
Patiently I walk
Patiently I talk
Patiently I listen
Patiently I have forgiven
Patience is the essence
Patience is my sentence
Patience is my burden
Patience is my warden
Patiently I wait
Patiently I update
Patiently I sleep
And alone I weep
Patiently I Compromise
Patiently I will arise
Patiently I reactivate
Patiently I will gravitate
Patience commands my time
Patience is my crime
All Books. Now Available At:
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Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm
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 direct for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) June 2024
I use only one pair of shoes and after 12 months and 2200 km later, I’ve worn off about 15 mm of rubber from the outside heal area …
Rubber Soles and a Timeworn Soul
My shoe’s rubber soles
Are worn out and almost gone
And the laces are threadbare
Like burnt-down candle wicks
I have traveled many hard miles
My old bones are weary
Worn out and almost gone
But my timeworn soul remains intact
While my journey’s dreams are alive and well
All Books. Now Available At:
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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 had enough wooden letters, some leftover pieces of timber, glue, white semi-gloss paint, and assorted cans of spray paint colours.
The Project; to design and build a stand-alone large bookend for my “Poetry Book” shelf.
Result; My bookend/stand looks colourfully handsome, and sturdy.
Ivor Steven (c) March 31st 2024
Yesterday, Judy, my editor/publisher, set me one last task before my manuscript could be sent to the printers, which was to design a Back Cover with an interesting ‘Blurb’ for my new book. By using my ‘Canva App’, and reworking Kerri’s Front Cover design, I was happy with the image that I created. Then the difficult part was writing an appropriate ‘Blurb’ for my book, which was to be my debut attempt at writing such a piece. After many torn-up drafts and lots of frustrating self-doubts, I eventually produced my ‘Blurb’.
“Until Eyes Hear Sound”, My ‘Blurb’
The title ‘Until Eyes Hear Sound’ could mean different things depending on your interpretation. It could be a poetic expression, a metaphor for waiting for something to happen, or a way of describing a state of deep concentration where one is so focused on one’s inner vision that one becomes oblivious to external sounds.
Ivor’s poems do not suggest having the answers, but his words encourage you to think about the environment we live in, as he ponders the purpose of our existence in the Universe.
“If you love poetry that challenges, inspires, and moves you, this book is for you.”
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Early July 2017, my blog/website was only 3 weeks old when I wrote this abstract poem, ‘Fruit Loopy’ … hmmm … and I am not sure what my thoughts were at the time … but I had only been in my new little abode for 5 months, and I was finishing off building the verandah, and starting to create a courtyard garden … I suppose I was “dreaming” about how much Carole would have loved my new home, so hence the “funny title”
Fruit Loopy
The juices of expectation
are upon me again.
Dreaming of yesteryear
and clambering for today.
Through my pores
a taste of sweetness.
My apple of love
the fruit for tomorrow.
Vale, Melaine Safka, she was one of kind
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Colour Challenge for January is: Purple . Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
Please Note: All attached photos of ‘me’, were taken by, ‘my best friend’
My Lounge Suite (a Haiku), Written by, Frankie
Come sit beside me
Scratch my ear, and shake my paw
My home is your home
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Perceptions is Now Available via:
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Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Today’s Throwback poem was written when I was on a tour in China, and here we were in Beijing, at an ancient family home (500 years old) being entertained by the lady of the house playing traditional Chinese music on her antique Guzheng instrument.
“Zither”, was the winning Haiku in a Haiku competition run by Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine, in November 2018
Nov 2, 2018. Editor, Brian Geiger. For those of you who didn’t know, I hosted an October haiku contest a couple weeks ago. I’m happy to reveal our winner: Submitted by Ivor Steven. Zither
Zither (a Haiku)
Chinese courtyard sounds
Guzheng music gently strums
Beijing alley hums
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 