Category: Music

Comfort Zone, by Ivor Steven, up at ‘Coffee House Writers’

Hello dear readers and followers, “Comfort Zone” is my third poem up at Coffee House Writers  … please click on the link below to read my poem at Coffee House Writers …
https://coffeehousewriters.com/comfort-zone/





Ivor Steven (c) August 2021

Toothless Broom

Tullawalla by Ivor Steven, Kerri Costello, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

And also Available at Amazon (Paperback), especially for those living in Australia, with an Amazon.au account, postage is at local rates rates ..
Tullawalla : Steven, Ivor, Harris, patricia, Costello, Kerri: Amazon.com.au: Books





Toothless Broom


I am singing the same old tune  

About life’s empty room 

 
I will fly you to the moon 

To recover your silver spoon  

I will swim to Xanadu 

To save you from gloom  


I will wear a new costume  

And throw away my toothless broom  






Ivor Steven (c) July 2021

Going For a Stroll

Hello dear readers and followers, “Going For a Stroll” is my second poem up at Coffee House Writers  … please click on the link below to read my poem at Coffee House Writers … and let me know what you think of my poem, and I would appreciate your support over at my new venture as a writer on CHW… I’ve attached a first-stanza teaser below …

Going For A Stroll – Coffee House Writers


Going For a Stroll


When will I be too old?

To be left alone, out in the cold

With my naked words still unsold






Ivor Steven (c) July 2021

Where to Flee for My Jubilee




Where to Flee for My Jubilee


This Jubilee year has flown

My seventieth has been rolled and mown

Party days have been squashed

I’ll be dinning on sausages and mash

No birthday cake, and no candles

Only breadcrumbs for the snails, life is a shambles

No presents or cards on the mantle

It’s time to unhitch Itmims, and throw on my sandals



Itmims; “Ivor’s Time Machime In Micro Space





Ivor Steven (c) July 2021

Up and Down

Today on Weekly Prompts the Weekend challenge is: Side by Side. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on here >> Here. The poem below is my response to their prompt



Up and Down


Wake up

Stroll up

Walk down

Lockdown


Pent up

Shut up

Sit down

Lockdown


Numb foot

Stay put

Crazy frown

Lockdown


Light on

Telly on

Food down

Lockdown


Blanket on

Music on

Computer down

Lockdown


Book open

Spirit’s hoping

Eyes down

Lockdown






Ivor Steven (c) July 2021

Throwback Friday, Pendulum Lights, by Ivor Steven

Again, I cannot get the reblog button to work at my Go Dog Go Cafe site, so I have ‘copied & pasted’ my article today …

My poem here today is from August 2018, and I am not able to explain the thoughts behind my words, except that some promised outcomes to me, were not forfilled and I felt emotionally let down and cheated …

Pendulum Lights

I was blinded

By the light

Losing the fight

I was silenced

By the noise

Standing without poise

I was attacked

By the crown

Breaking me down

I was sentenced

By the people

Hiding under their steeple

Hung out to dry

Nailed to a cross

Punished for my loss

Surviving, burnt my courage

I battled to be bold

Returning from the cold

I refound my faith

Nullifying what they stole

Purifying my lost soul





Ivor Steven (c) Aug 2018

The Anthropocene Hymnal: Publication Date announced!

Anthropocene Hymnal

Save the date! The Anthropocene Hymnal is expected to release on July 24th, 2021. The Anthropocene Hymnal is an upcoming anthology about the different impacts of climate crisis and the global pandemic as written through the perspective of many different poets and writers (including myself). Ingrid Wilson is the author and editor behind this anthology. The cover art is by Kerfe Roig.

Purchasing Options

The paperback will be available through Amazon initially (with the possibility of expanded distribution at a later date). The Kindle e-book will be available from Amazon, but I will also be selling my own version of the e-book right here on this site. Payment for downloads purchased in this way will be via donation to WWF.

I am not allowed to market the anthology as a charity book as I have no official affiliation with WWF, but I will be donating all of the royalties I receive to them. I have set up a fundraising page, so you can track donations and see just how The Anthropocene Hymnal is raising money to help the planet whilst raising awareness of the existential issues we face.

Please stay tuned for updates on fundraising, sales outlets and contributors, which I will publish in the run-up to the launch date of 24 July.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to, or shown an interest in, this project. I very much look forward to bringing it to fruition!

Ingrid





Ivor Steven .. July 2021

Throwback Friday, The Rear of Night, by Ivor Steven

Again, I couldn’t get the ‘Go Dog Go Cafe’ site to reblog my post, so, I have copied and pasted my article here …
This morning in Geelong it’s a cold and thick foggy start to the day, and appropriately I have found this piece from exactly 2 years ago

The Rear of Night

My foggy morning, is an inky dye

The heavy mist, has kidnapped my sky

Sabotaging my light, the sun disappeared in front of my eyes

And the rear of night, has been left with no respite

There is no start, nor end to my blurry sight

Breathing in moist air, I gasp, where is the moon?

Has my gloomy forecast, unraveled too soon?

Is this sunless day, the beginning of doom?







Ivor Steven (c) July 2019