Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Droplets of Joy”, 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/a-piece-of-deadwood/
Ivor Steven © September 2023
I’ve had one of those yucky weeks, my computer has been moonstruck and running amok and producing guck. My “Taskbar” keeps flying south with the Ducks!! I’m feeling like an ice-puck all out of luck. So, I apologise for my moody unstuck poem of bushbuck …
Duck Muck
Sucking more air
Life sucks
Evading the sloppy duck muck
Dodging the dusty garbage truck
Never having enough bucks
To fill the milk bucket
Left empty by bloodsucking
Schmucks
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eye Eyes Hear Sound”. The ‘Musette’ is also a relatively new poem format for me, (thank you to Ryan, >> https://daysofstone.com/, for introducing me to the Musette format), and “Shadows Fall” is a poem I wrote in February 2023, and it will be an exciting piece in the ‘Others’ section of Chapter 10. Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others
Shadows Fall (a Musette)
Don’t stop
Do not look back
Leaves drop
Shadows
Do not create
Meadows
Walk tall
Don’t look beyond
Nightfall
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
Caressing Our Eyes
The world caresses our eyes.
Every day until we die.
Truthfully
Mother Nature extolls no lies.
Her unobstructed beauty
Faithfully
Caresses our eyes
Timelessly
Rivers flow over
Our days of stone
Which reflectively
Caress our eyes.
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
Above the Wires (a Haiku)
Marbled clouds on fire
Our brindle sky is angry
With the voiceless wires
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
On my “nearby” walking track this morning I happened to spy some “nearby” Dragonflies. …
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is; Nearby … Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here .
The Faeries Minder (a Tanka)
Noble dragonfly
The faerie realm’s minder
Of exuberance
Good luck and prosperity
Beneath his wings of wisdom
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
I am ecstatic that my poem “True”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a “❤️” for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/true-by-ivor-steven/
IVOR STEVEN·SEPTEMBER 8,
written by: Ivor Steven
@ivors20
If there is something
I could do
I would do anything
To save you
Mother Nature, you are everything
I look up to
My words are nothing
Compared to you
You are the orchestrator of things
With a balcony view
Ivor Steven was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, now retired. He has had numerous poems published in anthologies, and online magazines. He has 2 self-published books, “Tullawalla” and “Perceptions,” and is an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc. (Australia) and an appointed writer for “Coffee House Writers” magazine (USA).
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. The ‘Limerick’ is also a relatively new poem format for me, and “Who Has the Foggiest” is a poem I wrote in May 2022, and it will be the opening piece in the ‘Other’ section of Chapter 10. Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others
Who Has the Foggiest? (a Limerick)
I could not see the morning moon
There’s no sunshine in my breakfast spoon
The heaviest of fogs falls
I cannot hear the birds calls
Has our world condemned nature’s tune
Tullawalla is Available From
Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT
Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) September 2023
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is. Late Bloomer … today I arose after ‘noon’ and the below Haiku is my appropriate response … please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here …
Today Ran Away (a Haiku)
Why a noon so soon?
Eyes haven’t seen the sky today
Where has the moon gone?
Tullawalla is Available From
Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT
Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) September 2023
Above the Clover
Yesterday’s storm passed over
I am tip-toeing carefully
Above the torn clover
Buried by red autumn leaves
And fallen branches
I am traveling light
But there is shredded debris
Everywhere underfoot
With every step, I feel a crunch
Every crunch, I hear a snap
Every snap, I feel my heart crack
Inside this cracked heart
I see a track
Winding back
To our love shack
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
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