A Lightning bolt struck
My branches were almost dead
Steadfast, here I stood
Allowing roots to regroup
And rebuild my forest roof
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Winter Slaps Autumn In the Eye (a Tanka)
Time shortens in stride
Autumn leaves pepper the ground
Winter slaps the sky
Midday sun closes her eyes
Naked trees wisely survive
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
A big thank you to the Editor: Barbara Leonhard, for accepting and publishing my poem “Anything is Everything” at MasticadoresUsa.
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Today my ‘Throwback Friday’ poem, is from June 2019, and again, as is my way, I have slightly revised the original piece.
“I went to my favourite lunch-spot today, the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe. I have not walked that far (the weather has been dismal), since I’ve been home from my trip to Philadelphia. Surprisingly I handled the long walk reasonably well. Then I sat down for a coffee and a piece of tasty blue-berry cheese cake. The winter sun was gorgeous, out on the outdoor balcony, and I happily observed a pair of Weebill birds, as I continued to write this poem(Below).
Black Snow Thaws In The Winter Sun (Revised)
I’ve no more secret words of sorrow
Only old lines I’ve borrowed
I found them in a poet’s dusty booklet
The pages were tattered, like grandma’s cookbook
Hidden in the family’s sacred cabinet
Faded words that now appear outdated
Years of love and dreams relegated
Stored away, but prudently not wasted
My road ahead is now cleared of black snow
The night is not always dark, you know?
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Tonight, here in Geelong, I went to see Damien Rice in concert. His performance was sensational in front of a rapturous full house …
Damien Rice: His encore song tonight, “The Blower’s Daughter”
Ivor Steven (c) 18th May 2023
Tunnel webs dissolve
When the darkness finds freedom
Beyond sleepless nights
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
And I Wonder
I stand before a living, breathing tree
And I wonder about our existence
Beyond the shade of the ingenuous tree
I see dreamy clouds flow by
And behind the baptizing clouds
A cerulean sky bedazzles my eye
Above our world’s limited air-supply
The incorruptible Sun habitually shepherds us
Throughout the planet’s perennial seasons
And I wonder about our Sun’s existence
Among outer space’s boundless galaxies
Beyond the immeasurable universe
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
I was a rock
A cold granite prison block
From a land of hard knocks
I was a rock
A breaker of heavy locks
And tight knots
I am a rock
A mortal warlock
The universe is my clock
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Mothers (a Tanka)
Happy Mothers Day
The queens of my universe
Your stars light my sky
Every day and every night
On my bended knees, I stay
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Colour Us Blue
Above
I see a single sphere of blue
Sheltering my raptured canoe
Skewered by an earthly corkscrew
Here
I wait to be rescued
Then I ask the crew
“How long is the queue
beyond this canopy of blue?”
After
In the celestial sky with you
Every soul is united by blue
Everyone’s true skin is the same hue
We are all coloured blue
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
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