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
The Faerie’s Christmas Tree (a Tanka)
Category: Life & Nature
Inner Space
A big thank you to VJ Knutson’s poem >> https://vjknutson.org/2023/12/09/varnish/ , for being the inspiration behind my abstract piece today …
Inner Space
my faulty mind cannot find first base
and has slowed down to a snail’s pace
but no matter, in my space
I slide and slither with grace
while everyone’s imitation briefcases
are full of knotted bootlaces
and rushing into cyberspace
searching for “what’s” on third base
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Every Day is Perfect
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the Word, Contemplate. You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. … this afternoon, me and Frankie were “contemplating” when we should go back out in the rain …
Every Day is Perfect
Perfect one day
Rainy the next
Clouds are crying
Birds are hiding
Puddles are unifying
Saturday afternoon
The cafe is almost empty
Frankie’s a shaggy, doggie
Soaked and soggy
Oh, it’s raining again
Heavy fat drops
No sign of abating
Puddles are migrating
And we are waiting
For nature’s sundrops
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Wet Ground (a Haiku)
Wet Ground (a Haiku)
Sam the snail slithers
And slides over the wet ground
Clouds sound loud and grey
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Dragonflies and Butterflies (a Tanka)
Dragonflies and Butterflies (a Tanka)
In my garden chair
Royalty floats beside me
Regal dragonflies
And majestic butterflies
Hover in front of my eyes
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Nightfall (a Musette), is this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Nightfall (a Musette)”, 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.
>> Nightfall – Coffee House Writers
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Balance
Hello dear readers, I’ve just arrived back home after my evening out at the “Twilight Market” event … For me, the night was a balancing act between my general tiredness and my willingness to participate in the event. Good news, I managed to run my stall ok, but now this little old hero is on the tired end of the “seesaw” … 😴
The poem “Balance” is in “Our” book Perceptions (page 5), and the Featured Image Above, was taken by Derrick Knight >> https://derrickjknight.com/2020/07/14/keeping-its-balance/
Balance
There is a distant shore
Between why and when
Life is a seesaw
Between hero’s and heroine’s
There is a balance
Between ups and downs
Life is a challenge
Between smiles and frowns
There is a common ground
Between storms and calmness
Life is a humming sound
Between love and blindness
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
My Vivacious Sunflowers
My Vivacious Sunflowers
This is the start
Of something big
Something big and beautiful
And immensely bigger
Than my shrub’s
Lovely little ladybug
My new sunflower plants are thriving
And are about to burst into flower
My heart is pounding in anticipation
And I can sense the bushes vivacious tenacity
Spiritually enhancing my well-being
Ivor Steven (c) November 2023
His Musical Finale
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word; Finale You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here.
His Musical Finale
Richard the intrepid snail
Went searching for the Holy Grail
He was told by the garden toad
His goal was on a long frosty road
Winding down toward the South Pole
Coolly, the snail began his arctic stroll
Determined to find the sacred anomaly
Before the music played at his grand finale
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Ivor Steven (c) November 2023
Do You See the Sound?
Do You See the Sound?
Oh, great spirit of the sky
My eyes hear the sound
Of your moonbeam’s cry
A message so profound
Sadly, echoing the unearthly tremors
Of whales and pelicans distressed murmurs
This world has an abundance
Of digital receiving towers
And trillions of mobile phones
To interpret your ethereal moon-rays
Cannot they see the sound?
From under the oceans
Cannot they feel the ground?
Beyond today’s horizon
Cannot they hear the drowned?
Ivor Steven (c) November 2023
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