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Rain-less Tears

On our morning walkies, it was very overcast, but for some strange reason it didn’t rain, just a few drops here and there, like “Rain-less Tears”




Rain-less Tears



across the barren
winter paddocks
beyond the horizon’s
leafless trees
the gloomy clouds
are slowly assembling

above the melancholic
funeral congregation
humbly huddling
shoulder to shoulder
quietly weeping
rain-less tears












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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

“Cosmic Typhoons and Tycoonds”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am a writer for “Coffee House Writers magazine” (USA), on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Comic Typhoons and Tycoons”, 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/cosmic-typhoons-and-tycoons/











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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Five Birds (a Tanka)






Five Birds (a Tanka)

Birds on a light post
Witnessing the world below
Five jurors on hold
The verdict is forever
Blowing in the winds of time











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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Resting?






Resting?



Why rest?
Dawn is here again
Another new day
For my persistent pen

Why Rest?
From every moment
A second emerges**
Time has no opponent

Why rest?
The Age of Aquarius
Has been and gone
And the edge of beyond
Is no longer precarious



** From every moment
a second emerges** … Borrowed from Robert Okaji’s poem, “Flame” out of his Chapbook, “From Every Moment A Second”
>> https://robertokaji.com/2017/11/21/flame/










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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Throwback Friday, Birds in Flight

On my morning walkies with Frankie, I like trying to photograph birds in flight, and since my book launch for “Until Eyes Hear Sound” is only 3 weeks away, I thought I would repost my poem “Birds in Flight” (Chapter 1, page 14)





Birds in Flight


Our spirit birds sleep all night

Then emanate at first light

To resume their dedicated flights

Our watchtower sentinels of Mother Earth

Who sacredly ascend at first light

Forever in flight, since nature’s worldly birth









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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Good Morning!



Good Morning!



“Are you Awake?”
” Of course! You just licked my face”
“It’s time for my brekkie”
“Oh Frankie, I’m warm and cozy here”
“I know, I slept here beside you”
“Temp’s only 3 Degrees, I’ll get up
when it warms up”
“Woof, woof!”
“Ok, you win”
(Hmmm, he always does)








Ivor Steven (c) July 4th 2024

Reflections (a Haiku)

Our walk path was covered in many shallow puddles and the daylight was sufficient for me to photograph some interesting reflections on the ground and in the sky …






Reflections (a Haiku)


Nature’s reflections

Shades of daylight everywhere

Kissing everything








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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

“A Dank and Foggy Morn”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am a writer for “Coffee House Writers magazine” (USA), on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “A Dank and Foggy Morn”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2024

Throwback Friday, Two Haiku Written by Frankie

Frankie had his ‘Winter Groom’ this morning… and the two Haiku below were written by Frankie in April and June 2023. All the attached photos were taken during today’s grooming session.




My Haircut (a Haiku by ‘Frankie’, April 2023)

“I was too woolly”
That is what my master said
“Have you seen my coat?”









My Winter Haircut (a Haiku by Frankie, June 2023)

“Haircut time Frankie”
“Hey boss, it’s zero outside
Winter is still here”








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Ivor Steven (c) June 2024