The Weekend Challenge from Weekly Prompts is: Sanctuary. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here . and the poem below is my response to their prompt …
My poem today is the other poem that I wrote at Ali Grimshaw’s, poetry ‘Writing Circle’ Zoom meeting event on Tuesday.. Once again it was a privilage to be a part of a wonderful gathering of kindred poets. And I thoroughly reccommend Ali’s Writing Circle programs to all interested poets out there, you will not be disappointed if you decide to attend… You may connect with her site via this link >> https://flashlightbatteries.blog/.
Hello dear readers and followers, as you may know, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “In This Limbo”, is this weeks edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to read my poem at Coffee House Writers
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‘Fae Corps Publishing’ has created a new Anthology, “Into The Glen: Into The Light” which is available now at Barnes & Noble, via this link >>https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/into-the-glen-fae-corps-inc/1139957472?ean=9781668523179 And I am pleased to announce my poem “The Faerie Shelter” was selected by the editors in this fabulous anthology of short stories and poetry…
An anthology of fae places focused mainly on the summer court.
With Stories By: Sergio Palumbo, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Mark Jabaut, Justine Johnston Hemmestad, B.F. Vega, Micheal Gillen, Kathleen Murphey, Andrew McDowell. With Poetry By: Kate Meyer, Jericho Hockett, Serena Mossgraves, Raz T. Slasher, Kristin Roahrig, Fred Gerhard, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Ivor Steven, Buffy Aakaash, Katherine Quevedo And Art By: Patricia Harris, Vonnie Winslow Crist, and Allene Nichols
And here is my poem, “The Faerie Shelter”
The Faerie Shelter, by Ivor Steven
Beyond the hands of time
In a garden of parsley, sage, and thyme
Live faeries of magic and rhyme
Dancing in the midnight faerie pantomime
Under the moonlit sky they frolic and roam
Among reeds of the field-mouse’s hidden home
Where the wise owl broods atop his mushroom
And dragonflies hover above mystical gnomes
Here guardian sprites defend the crimson forest
That stoically shelter Saraswati the Hindu goddess
As she dutifully protects the faeries secret hamlets
The Wednesday Challenge from Weekly Prompts is: BURNT OFFERINGS, please go and visit their fabulous by clicking >> Here .. and the poem below is my response to the Prompt …
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A big thank you to Ingrid of >> https://experimentsinfiction.com/ for posting this article on her fabulous site today, as part her promotions for the important Anothology, The Anthropocene Hymnal. which she edited and published ..
Today I am honoured to present bestselling poet Ivor Steven reading his poem ‘Silent Sky’ from The Anthropocene Hymnal. Ivor is a poet from Geelong, Australia, whose poetry collection Tullawalla is burning up the bestseller charts! Definitely recommended reading, please see my review for more information. Now it’s over to the man himself:
Ivor Steven
Ivor Steven was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, and has been writing poetry for 19 years. His book “Tullawalla’ was published on the 30th March. He has had numerous poems published in anthologies, and on-line magazines. He is an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc. (Australia), and is a team member/barista with the on-line magazine “Go Dog Go Cafe” (America). He recently became the first international member of Coffee House Writers (USA).https://ivors20.wordpress.com/
The featured image is by Valdis Stakle, and was originally intended to illustrate this poem. However, due to the book layout, it now appears in The Anthropocene Hymnal after the poem ‘The Wheatsheaf.’
Now available from Amazon! I will be donating my royalties to WWF.
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