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
Flying By (a Haiku)
Me and my shadow
Dodging morning dragonflies
And white butterflies
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
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
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
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
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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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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
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
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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:
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
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
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
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
An Afternoon Moon (a Tanka)
The afternoon sky’s
Iridescent crescent moon
Is a crystal bowl
Without the man’s silver spoon
Has he had dinner too soon?
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
