Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “The Dark Chasm”, 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-dark-chasm/
For, Coffee House Writers Magazine
By, Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Max the magpie joins us and then starts nibbling on my cheesecake.
Max slurps up the cream, as Frankie nonchalantly looks on
Sharing My Coffee and Cake
We were at the Moorabool Valley Cafe
For an afternoon coffee and cake
Unexpectedly, a feathery friend joined us
Max, the Cafe’s resident magpie
While introducing ourselves
In the blink of an eye
He leaned over and began nibbling
At my chocolate cheesecake and cream
Peck, peck, his beak dipped in
And soon his nose was covered in cream
Meanwhile, Frankie nonchalantly looked on
As Max mischievously gave me a wink and a nod
Before jumping across to the next table
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Snippets of Rhyme
Glowing from behind the trees
I saw the sunset, so bright
Or did I see the trees
Reaching up, in front of the light
Dusk is like a Venetian blind
Narrow ingots of time
Casting snippets of rhyme
Upon my black and white lines
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Grey Clouds Have Rainbows
The night is not always dark
You know
The moon has a bright side
The other side hides
in the Sun’s shadow
An icy pond’s reflection
Has the wrong image
Of whom was right
And grey clouds have rainbows
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
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Perceptions is Now Available via:
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Colour Challenge for March is; White … you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. There is no mention of ‘White’ in my poem, but there is certainly plenty of ‘White’ in my bird photos …
Side By Side
Side by side
We shall soar
Beyond these shores
Side by side
We shall soar
Toward our final encore
We will explore
The unknown
Then, we will look for
The way home
Until Eyes Hear Sound
Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com
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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
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AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Timeless white headstones
Guarding the ground of old souls
Loved ones’ final home
“Headstones”, Lyrics, Lake Of Tears
Past the forest of the flies of fire
Beyond the waters of shimmering tears
By a fire they stand
And they whisper my name
Now I seek upon the night
Small fragments of moonlight
Up the hill the headstones lie
Up the hill the reapers watching eye
Up the hill the headstones lie
Headstones…
In the circle of stones dressed in ivy
By the garden of the serene flowers
And the spirits are there
Whispering my name
Now I seek upon the night
Small fragments of moonlight
Up the hill the headstones lie
Up the hill the reapers watching eye
Up the hill the headstones lie
Headstones…
Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
A “Moon” poem that I originally wrote in June 2019.
Moon Blossom
The old moon knows
After a bitterly cold winter
There’s never a false spring
And Eve’s apple tree always blossoms
Then the full moon shyly shines
Casting moon-shadows upon sacred ground
And asks about the planet’s fading designs
“Where have all the ancient spirits gone”
However, the new moon remains alluring
And his moonbeams spoon our imagination
Yellow ripples shimmering across blue lagoons
Casting moon-shadows over lovers’ bedrooms
And love eventually conquers us all
When moon blossom ringlets gently fall
Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
My Mirrored Moon
Last evening, the midnight moon
Infiltrated my room
Like a mischievous raccoon
This morning, the sky’s silver moon
Enshrined our blue lagoon
With her debutant’s festoon
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Hello friends and followers, today I’m traveling to the other side of the State for my uncle’s funeral on Thursday (he would’ve been 100 years old on the 29th of February, (yes, he was a Leapyear Baby!) and I won’t be back until Friday … my blogging will be minimal. Still, I have scheduled some poems while away.
Worldly Friends (a Tanka)
Frankie watches out
Matilda then flies across
The road to say Hi
Animals, no matter their
Breed, are nature’s worldwide friends
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
A Senryu I wrote in response to Susi’s emotional poem “Getting Broken”
>> https://iwriteher.com/2024/02/14/getting-broken/
Featured Imaged Above: with Claudia’s (Humoring The Goddess)
kind permission, from her magnificent story about the artist, Glen Martin Taylor. Please visit her site and read the amazing article.
>> https://humoringthegoddess.com/2024/02/24/sunday-evening-art-gallery-glen-martin-taylor
Broken is Not a Token (a Senryu)
Once the heart’s broken
Kintsugi is a token
For the hurt spoken
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
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