“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
“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
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Ivor Steven (c) November 2023
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Why. You may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
Featured Image Above: A photo taken by Derrick Knight, >> https://derrickjknight.com/2023/10/27/autumn-has-arrived/ and again he has kindly given me permission to reproduce his intriguing photo, here on my poetry site … and I am always asking myself, Why?
I Am Tree
I am the one
Leaning against the sands of time
I am the one
Binding the earth together
I am the one
Delivering clean air to all
I am the only one!
Do not slaughter me
Like another one of
Mankind’s maniacal genocides
Please regenerate me
Before all of my ashes
Are swept out to sea
Ivor Steven (c) October 2023
I Write Her
Thank you to the editor of “Reflections & Revelations”, Susi Bocks, for nominating me …
Announcing The 2022 Pushcart Nominees!
It was wonderful to immerse myself again and fully digest the thoughts of all the pieces selected for the second volume of poetry of The Short of It in order to determine which works were to be nominated for this honour.
I am very happy to announce the following poets’ pieces were submitted to the Pushcart Prize Committee. Those selected were nominated for their contributions to the Reflections & Revelations—a collection of the best featured in the online publication.
Phantasma by Candice Louisa Daquin
remembering by Jane Ayres
The Sum is One by Ivor Steven
Old News Is Not Old News by Joni Caggiano
Winter’s Beauty by Lorraine Lewis
Anxiety by Radhika Puttige
My Poem: The Sum is One
The Sum is One (a Oddquain)
One
Sky above
Five oceans bind us
The one air we breathe comes from
Trees
Ivor Steven (c) October 2023
A poem I wrote back in April, a piece that did not make the final list in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”, oh damn … maybe one for my next Book! … Anyhow, my poem seems appropriate for the world’s current happenings and dramatic events
Deep and Deeper?
while afloat, we keep seeking
and building boats that keep leaking
time sails by, and we keep weeping
I often wonder how deep
humanities knowledge is
yet unseen …
how deep are our oceans
yet unseen …
how deep is the universe
yet unseen …
how deep is humanities love
for one another
yet unseen …
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Who Is in Command?
Spring sunshine
Dominates the sky
Nature’s warmth
Becalms my unsettled mind
Yesterday’s problems
Have blown over
And diffused toward
Today’s blue horizon
Time! is on my side,
hears no commands,
and takes no passengers.
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eye Eyes Hear Sound”. The ‘Musette’ is also a relatively new poem format for me, (thank you to Ryan, >> https://daysofstone.com/, for introducing me to the Musette format), and “Shadows Fall” is a poem I wrote in February 2023, and it will be an exciting piece in the ‘Others’ section of Chapter 10. Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others
Shadows Fall (a Musette)
Don’t stop
Do not look back
Leaves drop
Shadows
Do not create
Meadows
Walk tall
Don’t look beyond
Nightfall
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023
My “Quote” was inspired by Arlene’s lovely article ‘On Writing’
>> https://arlene1956.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/on-writing/
Why Do We Write? (a Quote)
“The world caresses our eyes
every day until we die.
We write to arouse idle mind’s
and soothe hearts with our soulful finds” … Ivor Steven
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Cracks and Holes”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/cracks-and-holes/
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2023
Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Birds on Fences”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/birds-on-fences/
Birds have commandeered my poetic imagination lately.
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2023
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