Cloud Nine! (a Haiku)
Chasing clouds is fun
Catching clouds is ecstasy
Living on cloud nine
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Cloud Nine! (a Haiku)
Category: Life & Nature
Triggers (a Senryu)
In my soon-to-be-published new book “Unti Eyes Hear Sound”, the Senryu below, is my dedication piece to my late wife Carole.
Triggers ( A Senryu)
“Oh, that knowing smile
The wink of acknowledgment
A wave, a warm hand”
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
A Spinning and Swinging World
This afternoon, while lazing around at the Cafe
I could feel the world spinning around me
Oh, what a world I did foresee
My photos were taken last night, of Venus and then the Full Moon.
A Mapie begins his flight, a leaf is swinging in the breeze, and Frankie is the centre of my spinning world.
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Chance Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … and yes, we are taking a “Chance” by holding on, every time the world spins and swings around.
A Spinning and Swinging World
the cycle of nature
whirls around
like a spinning top
then slows down
at the equator’s plateau
pausing there
to swing on the world’s axis
either, swaying to the right
or leaning to the left
but always within reach
of life’s balancing point
Please Note: The 3 cover designs are by, Kerri Costello
Until Eyes Hear Sound, will be available in March
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Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Throwback Friday, Imperfectness (a Tanka)
I recently wrote a poem titled “Ivor’s Utopia” and I thought today’s Throwback Friday poem “Imperfectness” would be a perfect accompaniment. “Imperfectness” is from December 2022.
Imperfectness (a Tanka)
My imperfectness
Is perfectly camouflaged
Underneath the trees
Where moon shadows protect me
From the world’s imperfections
Destiny and Shame Await. is in this Week’s Coffee Writers Magazine
Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Destiny and Shame Await”, 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/destiny-and-shame-await/
Daniel Norgren’s video/song below inspired me to write these reflective words …
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore … Ivor
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
The Sound of Time (a Tanka), and The Last Encore
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else” … Emily Dickinson
Rising moonlight hears the sound of the setting sunlight
The Sound of Time (a Tanka)
I am thinking why
“Is time, such a patient guy?”
I’m always writing
Anything that comes to mind
“Does time hear the sound of light?”
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
A Bluestone Breakwater (a Haiku)
A Haiku that was inspired by Cassa’s (Flicker of Thoughts) fascinating article “Graffiti Rocks” >> https://flickerofthoughts.com/2024/01/12/griffiti-rocks/
Please Note: all photos in today’s post were taken by Cassa and she kindly gave me permission to reproduce them here on my poetry site
A Bluestone Breakwater (a Haiku)
Tablets of bluestone
Enshrouded by chalk and bone
No iPhones in sight
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Ivor’s Utopia
“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading!” … Veronica Roth
Ivor’s Utopia
A world made of sunflower seeds
And musical water reeds
A world without greed
No wars and plenty of feed
Where people don’t have to bleed
For being judged an alienated breed
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Throwback Friday, Morning Starshine
Today’s Throwback Friday poem is a hidden gem from March 2018, and as is my way, I have made some changes, all for the better I hope …
Morning Starshine (Revised)
asleep, out of view
dawn blazes through
blinds me from above
piercing my dreams of love
uncovering memory heartbeats
exposed to the future’s one-way streets
letters sprinkle over my pillow
etching words upon yesterday’s halo
“reflective pages and blotches
wooden posts and hollow notches
under cracked foundation blocks
narrow jargon and hidden plots
inside poems of mine
glazed with her starshine“
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Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
One Go!
Over at Weekly Prompts the Wednesday Challenge is the word: Weather . You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here
My poem, although not about the ‘weather’, the ‘Sun and snow’ do get a mentioned …
One Go!
All easier said than done
That is what I said to mum
But now I know
Between our days
Under the sun
And that final day
Buried in snow
We only get one go
Tullawalla is Available From
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AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
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