The White Azalea Peace Garden

Hello dear readers and followers, I am reposting this poem I wrote in July 2022 in response to Eugi’s “Moonwashed Weekly Prompt” – Peaceable … to visit her fabulous site, please click on >> Here





The White Azalea Peace Garden


I stare at the garden plaque

There on the ground

In front of the white Azalea bushes


I sit on the park bench and wonder

Here under a clear blue sky

Why? Does the sun shine on our world


I was born in nineteen fifty one

Here under a broken moon

During the second year of the Korean War


I stand and walk away

Where must I go?

To view the whole of the moon



Neon Blue




Neon Blue (a Haiku)


Our sky’s neon blue

The bright side of winter blue

Warming our toes too










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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Throwback Friday, Exposed (a Haiku)

Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Exposed’ in October 2020, and the Haiku will be the opening piece in the ‘Haiku’ section of Chapter 10 . Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others.

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Exposed (a Haiku)


Cold droplets of rain

Icicles stuck on bare skin

Hinged by winter wind







Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

My Mind Meanders (a Tanka)

I’ve done lots of meandering today and now I need to have a doggie nap




My Mind Meanders (a Tanka)


On our morning trail

Where beginnings never end

Imagination

Meanders around each bend

Conscious of nature’s haven








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The Weather’s Like a Boomerang

Over at “Weekly Prompts”, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Bucolic, please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … Below is my ‘Rural Weather’ response to the Prompt


The Weather’s Like a Boomerang


Saturday afternoon

We are stuck in the lounge room

Talking to the idiot-box

Outside there’s a winter monsoon

And the rain-god’s drops

Are as big as tablespoons

Full of crushed ice-blocks


Our day of play has gone

Tweedily tweet! The cuckoo sang

“Time to yawn

until tomorrow’s dawn

while waiting for tonight’s moon

to throw the next boomerang”








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Birds Know the Way (a Tanka)




Birds Know the Way (a Tanka)


Hold on and look up

Birds dodge the tangled skyline

They know where to fly

Birds will show us the way home

Above the blue horizon








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Golden Wattle Tree





Golden Wattle Tree




your iridescent flower

distinguishes itself

like a lighthouse

in the forest

a beacon

for the bees

a home

for the hummingbirds


your rich yellow blossom

intensifies

in the morning sun

you are a neon light

of the highway

a golden statue

nature’s own

torch of liberty









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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Night Shadows (a Haiku)





Night Shadows (a Haiku)


When the moon is full

I hear the world’s sins tremble

Below night shadows








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Whispering Wind (Revised)

A poem of mine that had been hidden away in my files. I originally wrote the piece in August 2018 and here I am presenting my revised version, which I rewrote today.




Whispering Wind (Revised)


I hear the wind whistling in the trees

Melodic sounds of rustling leaves

Swirling down through the branches

Nature’s prancing colourful dancers

Fluttering faeries of the forest floor

I hear the wind applause for more

Seasonal breezes carrying pollen spores


Germinating ancient lands over the eons

Eden’s garden of blossom and vines

Serving our tables with fruit and wines

I hear the wind reciting my memories and rhymes







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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023