Life & Nature – Page 56 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Knots, Twists, and Autumn Leaves

Knots, Twists, and Autumn Leaves

Knots
Hold
My water-logged boots together
While plodding
Along
My soggy pathway

Twists
Bulge
From my leafless branches
While slowly falling
Away
From my family tree

Autumn leaves
Cushion
My fractured soul
While hibernating
Within
My guardian’s cocoon

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Earth’s Silent Sky (a Tanka)

Earth’s Silent Sky (a Tanka)

Adrift in the sky

Grey clouds silently roll by

Inadvertently

Pushing the blue day away

Making Earth’s time turn darker

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Skylights, Out of Sight (a Tanka)

Skylights, Out of Sight (a Tanka)

There are miles of clouds

Cloaking the hot morning sun

Clouds veil the moon too

The day’s skylights are dimmed out

But my shadow stays in sight

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

My Easter Poem Lands In Mainz

A Throwback to “Easter, 2020”

My Easter poem “An Old Book Closes, a New Door Opens”, has grown wings, and landed in Germany (Mainz), via a website platform called, Culture-Y >> https://www.culture-y.com/das-format/

CULTURE-Y is an initiative of the Mainz band Hanne Kah. “Now, at a time when we face restrictions in everyday life, we feel all the more that cohesion is the most important formula for living together. Therefore, we decided to show all the wonderful actions and projects that impress and motivate across generations.”

“With this initiative, we want to offer a platform for everything that is created “out there” in Mainz and the world so that it can move into your living room.”

“Everything should be possible on our portal. We think across generations and will unconditionally show everything that seems important and right to us. We will not be able to guarantee that every image is produced in high gloss, that technology always plays along. It remains handmade and that’s a good thing. We can already assure you one thing: We believe in our platform and would be very happy if you would like to be part of our community.”

“Show us your creativity and send us your contributions. Let’s make CULTURE-Y great!..”

Ivor Steven (c) Easter, April 2020

A Flock of White Birds (a Haiku)

A Flock of White Birds (a Haiku)

Chirpy Corellas

Flutter among the treetops

The twilight’s white knights

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Throwback Friday, Grumpy Bears in Chains

A poem I wrote in Nov 2020, which now appears in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”

Grumpy Bears in Chains

The crashing noise started after midnight

When the growling thunder gave darkness a fright

I was shaken by the storms furious hard rain

Sounding like grumpy bears in chains

Thumping my iron roof with their heavy paws

And lashing at the awnings with their steely claws

Then the giant drops turned into falling ice blocks

And I rushed back inside to shelter behind the dog box

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Our Land! (a Musette)

Our Land! (a Musette)

Magpies
Swoop overhead
Red eyes

Wings shine
Out spanned shadows
In line

“Our land!”
Was their flailing
Command

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Vox Populi?

Vox Populi?

I see the sound of the wind

Filter through the treetops

I hear the potential of the wind

Propel the generator’s giant fins

I see nature and humanity in harmony

I hear our worldly orchestra

Play the melody, “We Are Not Alone”

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

After Sunset (a Tanka)

On the horizon

A blaze of brightness performed

Under the dark clouds

Projecting waves of crimson

Across Twilight’s silver screen

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Reading Between the Lines

Reading between the lines

Looking north toward the twilight sky

There, in the cobalt canopy

The daylight moon flickered in my eye

In between the steel pylons

In between the copper cables

And the blackened power lines

I pondered, what was the moon’s perception?

Of Earth’s domineering digital congestion

Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024