Twin Towers

Twin Towers


We are all twins

From the same Planet


Mother Nature is our celestial Queen

The Universe is our immortal King


We are one-of-a-kind

We do not have two minds

Or possess 2 hearts

It’s time!

To create a new start








Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Throwback Friday. My World, My Thoughts


My Throwback poem from September 2021 was originally titled “Worlds Beyond Thoughts”, however, when I published the piece in my new book “Until Eyes Here Sound” I altered it to “My World, My Thoughts”

My poem today is made from a list of comments that I have left on fellow ‘Bloggers’ sites, and in order of stanza appearance, these are the writers’ sites for you to visit.

Bart – https://bartbarkerpoet.com/
Sadje – https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/
Punam – https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/
Sadje – https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/

Annette – https://aikalandros.com/
Dwight – https://rothpoetry.wordpress.com/
Michelle~M – https://herwritinghaven.com/
Catxman – https://catxman.wordpress.com/
Mark – https://havocandconsequence.wordpress.com/

Cindy – https://uniquelyfitblog.com/
Carol – https://therapybits.com/
Cassa – https://flickerofthoughts.com/
Windwhisperer – https://wildwindwhisperer.wordpress.com/



My World, My Thoughts



Laws are merely guidelines

For the arrows of love to climb

Mirror mirror on the wall 

Recalls our joys and falls 

Behind every mask, there is a weathered face 

Behind every face old lines survive in place 

Behind every place memories live with grace 

Evil eyes lurk in veiled skies


The wisdom of native ancestors should be listened to

And not be lost to the modern ways of this arrogant world

The way of modern progress

Is to leave nature shamefully undressed

Nature and renewal walk down the garden path hand in hand

I hear church bells ring 

I see the mice die 

And the clouds always cry

Keep the cup full, turn the power on

And the answer will come 


  

Like a big jigsaw puzzle

Not all the pieces will fit back

And overall the world will look the same

I cannot dwell on what has been 

While I feel my blade of grass is alive and green

Above and beyond the crusty dirt 

The universe is a symphonic concert

They say that the truth hurts

Beware of cold desserts








Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
.. 

Are All the Doors Closed?






Are All the Doors Closed?


Scores of uncultured doors

Closed pores of the old stores

Hiding drawers of past accords

The forgotten ardours of wise mentors


Now, just condescending decors to the new wars

Like cantankerous dinosaurs with itchy bedsores







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

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’

AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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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

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Grey Clouds Have Rainbows





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
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) March 2024

“That’s What Friends Are For”, Has Been Accepted for the “Cadence” Anthology


Today I received a lovely message from Lisa, Editor/Publisher at ‘Prolific Pulse Press’ >> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Dear Ivor, I love the poem you just sent for Cadence and would love to publish it with the anthology. It truly put a smile on my face.


Of course, I cannot post the poem until after the Anthology has been published in March, but I can tell you that my delightful poem is about “Charlie the Caterpillar shuffling over the track to help his little friend, Billy the Bee







Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

A Spinning and Swinging World

This afternoon, while lazing around at the Cafe
I could feel the world spinning around me
Oh, what a world I did foresee

My photos were taken last night, of Venus and then the Full Moon.

A Mapie begins his flight, a leaf is swinging in the breeze, and Frankie is the centre of my spinning world.

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Chance Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … and yes, we are taking a “Chance” by holding on, every time the world spins and swings around.





A Spinning and Swinging World




the cycle of nature

whirls around

like a spinning top

 

then slows down

at the equator’s plateau

pausing there

to swing on the world’s axis

 

either, swaying to the right

or leaning to the left

but always within reach

of life’s balancing point







Please Note: The 3 cover designs are by, Kerri Costello


Until Eyes Hear Sound,
 will be available in March

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) January 2024

Ivor’s Utopia

“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading!” … Veronica Roth


Ivor’s Utopia

A world made of sunflower seeds
And musical water reeds


A world without greed
No wars and plenty of feed


Where people don’t have to bleed
For being judged an alienated breed







Ivor Steven (c) January 2024

The Swing’s Tempo

My poem here, was a response/comment to Jevannel’s positive article, >> https://jevannelacademy.com/just-a-random-entry/ , which I have slightly altered to create this verse





The Swing’s Tempo


Life is full of challenges

Living alone is a challenge

Life’s challenges are there to be hurdled

Don’t let the world bring you down


The trees of life have many branches

Choose your strongest branch

Attach a lullaby swing

And enjoy all the highs

And flow with the lows

Of the swing’s enchanting tempo







Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Time Does Not Take Sides,(or, Time Has No Sides)

Forever is composed of nows.”– Emily Dickinson



Time Does Not Take Sides,
(or, Time Has No Sides)



The universe has been no stranger

To the world’s magnanimous mess


Regardless the sun

Continues to illuminate the sky

No matter what happens

Until the end of time


Earthlings believe

That time is on their side

Thoughtlessly blind to the fact

That time takes no prisoners

Hears no commands

And time has no sides!








Ivor Steven (c) November 2023

Within Us Or Without Us 

“What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.” ~ William Butler Yeats






Within Us Or Without Us 


 
 
Every river  

Has a steppingstone  

Every mountain   

Is there to be climbed  

Every island  

Is waiting to be explored 


Under the world’s oceans  

The fish swim together  

Out in the universe  

The stars will shine forever 

Within us  

Or without us 







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) November 2023