Sharpen Those Pencils

“As a poet, sometimes we confuse ourselves, Trying to create ashes, instead of fire ” – Loenard Cohen

I wrote this poem for “Go Dog Go Cafe’s , Make It Happen Thursday”, please go over and visit our fabulous site by clicking >> Here http://godoggocafe.com/2022/03/24/make-it-happen-thursday-8/

Sharpen Those Pencils

I like to write with a HB lead pencil
I enjoy the earthy feel of wood in my fingers
And the soft touch of carbon upon paper

During sharpening time, my mind ponders
About the origins of those timber shavings
And the history behind the carbon slithers
These tiny trival objects all evoke thoughts
Then the thoughts instigate words in my mind
And simply like that, my writing process begins

I never retire without my note-pad nearby
And a lead pencil as my trusty writing scribe
Sometimes heavy, other times light
A necessary sword to fight off a dark night

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022

Red Noses and Sad Frowns

There are good clowns and bad clowns

In yesterday’s nightmare, a big bad clown

Trampled everyone in my friend’s hometown

He wore a big Red nose and a big sad frown

Destroying every peaceful thing around

When his big red shoes kicked the ground

The world’s worst fears were then found

To be in the hands of a bad Russian clown

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022

Pitch Black, War Limericks Are Not Fun. is up at Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, as you may know, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Pitch Black, War Limericks Are Not Fun”, is in this weeks edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to read my poem, at Coffee House Writers >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/pitch-black-war-limericks/

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022

Promote Yourself Mondays, March 21, 2022

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A Variation of the Same Theme

This weekend the challenge from Weekly Prompts is: Variation. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here .. The below poem is my response to the prompt.

A Variation of the Same Theme

My usual lazy Saturday afternoon

The sun is beaming like a silver spoon

Here relaxing at my familiar save zone

My favourite cafe, not far from home

Then my mind begins to sadly ponder

How the children are coping over yonder

Without their afternoon coffee and fruitcake

Without their young friends cuddles and handshakes

Only to be left forsaken

Clasping their frightened heartaches

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022

Throwback Friday, Where Is Their Tomorrow? by Ivor Steven

Over at Go Do Go Cafe’s Throwback Friday, I presented another old poem that seemed reflect the war dilemma in the Ukraine at the moment

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Today’s Throwback is a poem I wrote in September 2018, however the theme of my piece seems to be disturbingly appropriate for present war situation in the Ukraine.

Where Is TheirTomorrow

I eat, I drink, I sleep

I casually dream of yesterday

I Shamefully wonder about tomorrow

I am walking along my sunny street

I am alive and free as a bird

But I am anxiously emotional about tomorrow

Will the children wake-up without crying?

Will the children see sunlight today?

Will the children be with their parents tomorrow?

How can the heartless leaders sleep?

How can they not hear the voices of today?

How can they continue to lie about tomorrow?

Ivor Steven (c) June 2018

G’day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I’m an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for…

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