Category: Life & Nature

Happy Wings (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Uneasy … please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
I’m feeling “uneasy” about trying to link my poem to their ‘Prompt’, but I must say it is, “not easy” to capture a photo of a Dragonfly in flight, they are very swift little critters! I was very lucky that the dragonfly hovered in front of me just at the right moment.







Happy Wings (a Tanka)

Birds and dragonflies
Nearly close enough to touch
For my eyes only
Hovering, wings fluttering
Pleasantly fanning my brow












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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Happy Clouds (a Tanka)






Happy Clouds (a Tanka)

Happy Sam the snail
Slides over the dewy grass
While ebony clouds
Are contentedly smiling
On all creatures great and small












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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Throwback Friday, The Ancient Fern Survives

Today’s Throwback poem is from June 2022, and is also in my book Perceptions, page 37.

Featured Image Above: by Derrick Knight > https://derrickjknight.com/2022/06/10/rich-pickings/

The Images below: are from my courtyard ..





The Ancient Fern Survives



Selfish, unopened minds remain numbed
False eyelashes are heavy and closed
Botoxed lips are silent and sealed
And elephant ears have been pegged out of sight



But there under our careless feet
The earth’s ferns have agelessly survived
Three hundred and sixty million years
Without changing the appearance of their golden leaves
That timelessly regenerate themselves
By naturally releasing their fertilising spores











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Puddles and Ponds






Puddles and Ponds

Above the horizon’s sentinel tree line
Dark moody clouds
Were ominously rolling my way

Swiftly, fat wet drops
Started spattering my cap
And the growing round puddles
Begun pooling into ponds

I’m still miles from home
Regardless, on the remaining trek back
I’ll be good-naturedly splashing
And sloshing my way along the track




Today, I found this interesting song, “And Yet the World Turns” by, Automatic Shoes, the lyrics are below




And Yet the World Turns: Lyrics; Automatic Shoes. Matthew Joseph Hughes, Washington.


Never had a dark thought
Never felt a love rot
I just work the nine to five
That’s all I do, and I’m alive

And I never really dreamed of too much more

Never seen a sad face
Or thought much about the human race
I just punch out and punch in
And I’d do it all again

And I never really dreamed of too much more

And yet the world turns
Though your soul, it burns
You long to end these bitter wars
And get the rich to feed the poor

But I guess I never thought like that before

Never wanted to run away
From all the bills I have to pay
I do my best to please the man
Who signs my checks and ties my hands

And I guess I never thought of too much more

Never had to fight
Or stand up for my own rights
I guess I’m no protected class
And I’m fine with kissing ass

And I’m not real keen on doing too much more

And yet the world turns
Though your soul, it burns
You long to end these bitter wars
And get the rich to feed the poor

But I guess I never thought like that before
No I never really dreamed of too much more
No I never really dreamed of too much more
And I guess I never thought like that before








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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Is Once a Week, OK?

Frankie and the strawberry cheesecake … The Cafe is situated on a horse agistment ranch. >> https://www.mooraboolvalleychocolate.com.au/virtual-tour



Is Once a Week, OK?



Being a diabetic has its restrictions
But the main rule is, ‘everything in moderation’

I love homemade cheesecake
Especially the ones they make
At the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe
Their irresistible strawberry cheesecakes
Are on the better side of scrumptious

Frankie does not have any dietary problems
So, he over-indulges on a strawberry
And the crunchy biscuit base
While I relax with my cafe coffee
And write another pleasure-loving poem











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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

The Universe Waits (a Tanka)






The Universe Waits (a Tanka)

Into the mystic
Above the trees and beyond
The universe waits
Until blind eyes hear the sound
Of The reawakening










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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

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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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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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