Category: Poems

Disappointments


My new book “Tullawalla”, is due to be released on 30th March, and for preorder, here are the links

Barnes and Noble..  Tullawalla by Ivor Steven, Kerri Costello, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com) 

Amazon..  Amazon.com: Tullawalla eBook: Steven, Ivor, Costello, Kerri, Harris, patricia: Books 

www.books2read.com/Tullawalla 




I think I have given you all enough sneak preview poems from my ‘Book’, so over the next few weeks I’ll be presenting some of my poems that nearly made their appearance in “Tullawalla”, and ironically Disappointments didn’t make the cut…

Disappointments

Life is full of disappointments

Of our physical and mental laments

There is the disgruntled type

When we are stood down

Years of loyalty all for naught

Leaving you downcast and distraught

There is the disheartened letdown

When we are stood-up again

Yesterday’s promise, today’s voiceless ghost

Leaving you an empty chair and sadly aghast

There is the frustrated fiasco

When we are stood upon

Months of being a washout and a physical mess

Leaving your body punished and almost useless

Dismayed and in disarray

When we are misunderstood

Decades of disenchantment, but undefeated we stay

Knowing we all experience disappointments on life’s causeway






Ivor Steven (c) August 2019

A Chapter List

Barnes and Noble.  Tullawalla by Ivor Steven, Kerri Costello, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com) 

Amazon.  Amazon.com: Tullawalla eBook: Steven, Ivor, Costello, Kerri, Harris, patricia: Books 

www.books2read.com/Tullawalla 


A Chapter List


Way back in time, during the middle of the ‘Pandemic Age’, there was a dormant ‘Poet’s Egg’ hibernating and waiting to hatch. In the middle of this ‘Era’, the populous had to endure long periods of ‘Lockdown’ and ‘Isolation’, and it was then the ‘Poet’s Egg’ started to hatch and begin to see the light day, and mature slowly in the confines of a cosy courtyard. ‘And In the Beginning’ under the poet’s verandah, ‘A Chapter List’ was created. “From Little Things Big Things Grow”. So without further ado, here is a sneak preview of my ‘Chapter List’

Tullawalla – A Meeting Place

Chapter 1.
Nature, Trees, And The Air We Breathe

Chapter 2.
My Empty Hands Are Full Of Memories And Rhymes

Chapter 3.
Dragons, Wizards, Faeries, And A Space Craft

Chapter 4.
Humour, Wit, Sarcasm, And Christmas Stories

Chapter 5.
Observations – The Sound Of Silence

Chapter 6.
Travel – Air, Land, And Sea

Chapter 7.
The Family Tree And Dream-time Stories

Chapter 8.
Haiku’s And The Leftover Champagne

Chapter 9.
Not Horror But Weird

Chapter 10.
Beyond The Blue Horizon

Epilogue
Words Of Mine




Ivor Steven (c) March 2021

Issue I: contributors

Free Verse Revolution Issue 1. coming out soon … We hope you are as excited as we are about the release of Issue I: hebe (the fountain of youth)! To tease you a little further, below are the incredible writers, artists and photographers whose work will be featured in our first issue.

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We hope you are as excited as we are about the release of Issue I: hebe (the fountain of youth)! To tease you a little further, below are the incredible writers, artists and photographers whose work will be featured in our first issue.

The cover reveal will be released this Sunday coming at 2pm GMT.

We cannot wait to share this issue with you in March.

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A Brick Wall Comes Alive (Revisited)

During July last year, I had the pleasure of observing a creative piece  of street-artwork evolving on a corner shop wall, at nearby the ‘Box Office Cafe’, where I like to enjoy a coffee and cake…  The wonderful painting, inspired me to write this little poem… And today I am pleased to announce that the artwork by local artist Kirsten Walsh, has been shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Street Art Awards’ Best External Mural.

A Brick Wall Comes Alive

There, before my smiling eyes

An old brick wall comes alive

A colourful display, growing and flowing

There’s flowers and faces glowing

Within artistic creations of finesse

Upon every brush-strokes progress

The facade’s sharing her party dress

And she’s dancing in the streets to impress




Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021

Promote Yourself Monday, February 15, 2021

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Magnetic West



Magnetic West

Adrenaline flow has trickled to a stop

My wildest dream has cascade over the top

I have dizzily had my head in the clouds

My mind is now frazzled and proud

Best I slow down and rest

Away from my magnetic writing desk

Sit at my refuge, the Box Office Cafe

A place to relax and enjoy a coffee

Where I can be tempted by their cake selection

The banana and coconut slice tastes close to perfection

And I will have a convivial chat with my friends

My Dragon, the wise owl Oscar, and Phillip the penguin




Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021

Winter Rose

Today, here again I am presenting another ‘5min’ poem that I have written at one of Ali Grimsham’s ‘Writing Circle’ Zoom meetings that I attend on Monday’s, but sadly this was my 5th and final session with the group, and I would like to thank Ali for giving me an opportunity to participate in such a fantastic event … Here is the page link to get more information about the next “writing circle” event. https://flashlightbatteries.blog/online-writing-circles/ Tickets by donation. All are welcome.

Winter Rose

I am soundlessly staring

Out the frosty window

Looking at a sunny patch in the snow

Where a single winter rose grows

And here beside the fire flame

I warm my bare toes

I feel their numbness

That only my hand knows






Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021

Comfortably Numb

Again it’s that time of the week where I present another ‘5min’ poem that I have written at one of Ali Grimsham’s ‘Writing Circle’ Zoom meetings that I attend on Monday’s, but sadly this was my 5th and final session with the group, and I would like to thank Ali for giving me an opportunity to participate in such a fantastic event … Here is the page link to get more information about the next “writing circle” event. https://flashlightbatteries.blog/online-writing-circles/ Tickets by donation. All are welcome.

Comfortably Numb

I cannot feel the sleet

Numbness finds my feet

I stand alone in the icy rain

Senseless, without pain

I lean against a bitter wind

Coldness wrinkles my skin

I silently cringe and cower

My nakedness needs to be scoured





Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021

Promote Yourself Monday, February 8, 2021

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A Special Poetry Day

Yesterday I had the privilege to attend a book launch day, for fellow local Geelong poet, Jeremy Palmer. To purchase his book, you can contact Jeremy through the following links >> http://www.jeremypalmerpoetry.com >> http://www.instagram.com/jeremypalmerpoetry >> http://www.facebook.com/jeremypalmerpoetry >>


A Special Poetry Day



A balmy Saturday afternoon

At the Analogue Academy commune

I have not been here to this special venue

Since the start of our world’s year of upheaval



I am attending Jeremy Palmer’s book launch

A poetry book aptly named “Poems of Pilgrimage”

The gathering is probably the maximum allowed

And there is friendly conversation buzzing from the crowd



I sense a clear aura of anticipation

As Jeremy’s readings become our minds hydration

His words are full of harmony and imagination

And he invites us into his heart’s instrumentation



And entertaining the mesmerized audience further

We listen to the glorious voice of a local singer

‘Arjuna’ has written a melody to one of his poems

A fitting finale to the day’s poetry emporium





Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021

Here’s a favourite poem of mine from Jeremy’s book