Beyond a World of Wires
I am a bird
Perched atop a post
I am a bird on a wire
I am about to jump
A leap of faith
Toward the light
Through the wires
Across the oceans
Over the horizon
Into the universe
Beyond eternity
I am a bird
A bird on a wire
Perched on her bier
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
I have written and posted a number of “moon” poems lately, and there will be a full moon tomorrow night. So, my Throwback Friday Poem is another Moon Poem, “Did You Hear the Moon Call?, from September 2021
Did You Hear the Moon Call?
Time is an eternal sundial
The sun rises, and the sun sets
Tides roll in, tides go out
The rivers ebb and flow
And the gray clouds of life
Continue to fly on by
Curtains open, and curtains fall
The audience wants more
Feel the crowd roar
Last night, did you hear the moon call?
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is the word: Inspiration. You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here.
My poem below was “Inspired” by my evening photos of Nature’s Lights …
Evening Lights
My welcome light is on and shining
The twilight moon is iconically glowing
And the setting sun has thrown
A laser light across the horizon
The evening show has begun
There is enough room for everyone
Join me and Doctor Who’s Tardis crew
Enjoy a timeless front-row view
For a magical evening of fun
And savor another of nature’s classic re-runs
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Please Note, that the Featured Illustration above (Moon and Tree) is by Kerri Costello and is the Introduction Drawing for Chapter 8 (Poetry In Slow Motion) of my new book, “Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Our Blossoming Twilight Moon
Day after day glides by
And I watch you gradually grow
In the blossoming blue sky
While my grasping little toe
Clings on to the last endearing bonsai
A remnant from the new world’s crumbling chateau
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
An Afternoon Moon (a Tanka)
The afternoon sky’s
Iridescent crescent moon
Is a crystal bowl
Without the man’s silver spoon
Has he had dinner too soon?
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: Streets. You may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. – – My Tanka is about flying in the sky, and I imagine the sky can be considered our “one big aerial street”
My Wings Need No Alibi (a Tanka)
Poised, ready to leap
Into the world’s blameless sky
Where his wings don’t hide
From needing an alibi
To fly freely and in peace
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “The Moon’s Hallelujah Sound”, 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/the-moons-hallelujah-sound/
Twilight moons are enchantingly irrepressible.
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Crumbling Clouds
The third day of a summer heatwave
They have been searing scorchers
Today, I saw the blistering hot wind
Evaporate the edges of the crumbling clouds
There will be no rain tonight
Only a cooling zephyr to caress my brow
Please Note: The “3” cover designs are by, Kerri Costello
Until Eyes Hear Sound, will be available in March
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) February 2024
Yes, Frankie, proofreading all weekend was very tiring … “Until Eyes Hear Sound” is being Printed/published this week and will be here in time for the Clunes Book Fair.
The “Clunes Booktown Festival” FB Link
>> https://www.facebook.com/clunesbooktown
I Am a Flickering Light Globe
I’ve been flattened by a truck
The brick wall has struck
Right between the earlobes
And my mind is a flickering light globe
Pick me up, Frankie
Throw me a fresh hanky
Proofreading “Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Knocked me out of bounds
And preparing for the Clunes Book Fair
Has me as nervous as a shy koala bear
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
High noon, Lithium Light. Afternoon, Platinium Light. Dusk, Golden Light
Chromatic Light
Early in the morning
I witnessed a theatrical titanium light
Puncture the dawn sky
High noon
Under a hot searing sun
I felt the lucent lithium light
Boil the blood in my heart
Mid-afternoon
Within the fiery furnace
I watched the perennial platinum light
Fuse my soul to the ground
Dusk
Above the shimmering horizon
I wished the global golden light
Would enshroud a peaceful world tonight
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
