Category: Music

Flying By (a Haiku)





Flying By (a Haiku)




Me and my shadow

Dodging morning dragonflies

And white butterflies








Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Tullawalla is Available From

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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/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com


Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Flying High in the Full Moon Sky

Matilda shows me how to push start the flight …

Matilda takes me through the process of gliding into the sky … he made it look easy!!

“Our” full moon photos from tonight, 8.30 pm (just after sunset), 9.30 pm, 10.30 pm, and midnight.

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Expect … you may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. …
In my poem below, Matilda and I are “expecting” to see the full moon tonight.



Flying High in the Full Moon Sky

 
 
During our walkies, this morning 
I enjoyed a friendly chat 
With Matilda the Magpie 

“Good morning, Matilda 
as you know, later today 
the full moon is going to be on show 
and I was wondering 
could I come and fly with you?  
for a clear aerial view” 

“You are more than welcome Ivor 
however, when was the last time you went flying?” 

“Five years ago, my friend 
when I flew to Philadelphia”  

“Oh, you will be a bit rusty 
and now you are a 72-year-old 
so best we have a practice run”

“Good idea, Matilda  
I suppose it is like riding a bike 
my wings will automatically remember  
how to give me a push start  
and then my gliding skills will return”  

I am pleased to say  
The training session went well 
Matilda and I 
Will be flying high  
Side by side 
In tonight’s full moon sky 






Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Beyond a World of Wires 





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

“Darkness”, is in this Week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Darkness”, 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/darkness-2/

“For a friend who decided to leave us without saying goodbye”






Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Throwback Friday, Did You Hear the Moon Call?

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
Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com

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/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Evening Lights

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
Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com

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/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Our Blossoming Twilight Moon

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








Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com



Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

To See What is Unfound

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word, Edge … you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. … My only claim to following the prompt is that I have mentioned the word “Edge” in the first stanza of my two-piece poem





To See What is Unfound

four boxes of my new book
“Until Eyes Hear Sound”
have landed and set ashore
on the edge of my loungeroom floor
now begins the next chore
become a poet’s traveling bookstore



To See What is Unfound (a Senryu)

“Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Read my new book, so profound
You will be spellbound









Available Soon …



Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Throwback Friday, Beyond Imagination

I wrote “Beyond Imagination” 5 years ago, while I was in rehab, recovering from my 3rd stroke, and somehow preparing my body for a long and arduous trip to Philadelphia. The attached poem below, “Dreams of the Heart” is a piece I wrote in Philadelphia, in May 2019.


Beyond Imagination (Revised)


This year (2019), after Easter

I’m flying north

Across the Pacific Ocean

Towards a place called America


From the west to the east coast

Landing at the Big Apple

To enjoy a five-day tourist bite

Then a train from Grand Central Station

For a debut meeting with my cousins in Philadelphia

My Dad’s far-away relatives


I shall rejoice in the reunion of our family’s spirits

Oh yes, my lifetime “Dream of the Heart” **

A dubious occurrence just two months ago

But now a reality beyond the realms of my imagination




** “Dreams of the Heart”

I cannot walk the continents
Like the intrepid Marco Polo
But my feet have felt the sands of time
Pass between my toes

I have not sailed the high seas
Like the courageous Christopher Columbus
But my body has bathed
In an ocean full of kind hearts

I’m yet to fly in space
Like the brave Neil Armstrong
But I have reached for the stars
And touched my soul’s dreams










Ivor Steven (c) February 2024