Fact or fiction
Whatever the diction
Words without friction
That is my addiction
Emotions from the heart
My love potion of remarks
From sweaty nightmares of blue sharks
To walking on dreams in Central Park
Words surviving my writing cramps
Evolving beyond sirens and flashing blue lamps
From bygone dreams of empty homes
To climbing a mountain of slippery stones
Ivor Steven (c) December 2020.
Tired eyes slowly open
The room is blurrily sloping
My lips are numb and dry
And I cannot see the sky
Three weeks I’ve been here
While my body is in recovery
Nurses say I’ll soon be out of this wheelchair
And I’ll be home with community health care
How will I cope I despair
My arm is idle and I cannot weight bear
And my speech is impaired
With a memory drifting in mid-air
I am unable to read or write
And daytime may as well be midnight
Three months have passed by
I am doing a morning crossword and my smile begins to cry
But there is a knowing sparkle in my eye
Upon my notepad I’ve scrawled lines of rhyme awry
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
This week the Weekend Challenge from Weekly Prompts is, Snippet. Please go and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> HERE. And below is my little snippet of a poem, in response to the ‘Weekly Prompt’
The Hummingbird Knows
I’m searching for a safe nest
a place for my weary wings to rest
a hostel for the hovering bewildered
above the rainbows where eagles soar
beyond the clouds silver linings
away from the world’s selfish cravings
a symphonic haven for my soul to call home
where the hummingbird knows the words for my poem
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
Love lives on and on
In the tune of every birdsong
And friendships warm the soul
Like the sun warms our body
Love lives on and on
Memories and rhymes remain strong
Love is within our heart
Love is there to be shared
Like the blood in our veins
Love is made for transfusions
Love has been there all along
Love advances right over wrong
Love lives within our sins
Love lives within everything
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
Baggage on a rough ocean, rattles
And snaps like a snake dressed in black
However the angry waves will bite back
And drown the leftover sacred battles
Baggage is only a temporary state
Between carrying life’s extra weight
And waiting for life’s next update
Baggage, imagine the stories
Imagine the hidden dreams
Imagine love bursting at the seams
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
The crashing noise started after midnight
When the growling thunder gave darkness a fright
I was shaken by the storms furious hard rain
Sounding like grumpy bears in chains
Thumping my iron roof with their heavy paws
And lashing at the awnings with their steely claws
Then the giant drops turned into falling ice-blocks
And I rushed back inside to shelter behind the dog box
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
Sunday’s Cooling Zephyr
So this is our new Sunday
Finally a return to normal ways
I feel almost alive
Adrenaline’s on a high
No time for my Dell
No time to dwell
Wonder and ponder
About a deep blue yonder
Another hour or so
And I’ll get up and go
Relax at my local Cafe
Enjoy a cake and coffee
And there will be a cooling zephyr
Caressing my brow, soft as a feather
I’ll hear Sigur Ros’s soothing music playing
And daydreaming, I’ll be gently swaying
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
This weekend the challenge from Weekly Prompts is the word; Noteworthy. Please go and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here . The below poem is my response to the prompt.
Centauress
I do not have to be famous to be noteworthy
Nor am I remarkably important
But within my fading soul I feel worldly
I do not have to be a President to be noteworthy
Nor am I significantly superior
But within my weary heart this story is newsworthy
I do not have to be a golden deity to be noteworthy
Nor am I the almighty creator
But within my lonely dreams I feel praiseworthy
I do not have to be anyone else but me
A earthy wordsmith, kind and trustworthy
Feature Image: The Centauress, by Rodin.
The Centauress is a provocative variation on the traditional equestrian monument. Instead of a hero mounted on a horse, the heroine and the horse have become one. Rodin combined two previous works in the design: The horse comes from an unrealized plan for a sculpture of a Chilean general. He adapted the woman from a male figure in The Gates from Hell.
Why create this amalgam? Rodin described a struggle between humanity’s “two natures. . . . An image of the soul whose ethereal impulses remain miserably imprisoned in the corporeal mire!”
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020
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