Category: Quote

Within Us Or Without Us 

“What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.” ~ William Butler Yeats






Within Us Or Without Us 


 
 
Every river  

Has a steppingstone  

Every mountain   

Is there to be climbed  

Every island  

Is waiting to be explored 


Under the world’s oceans  

The fish swim together  

Out in the universe  

The stars will shine forever 

Within us  

Or without us 







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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) November 2023

Aristotle

Over at Moonwashed Musings, the Weekly Prompt is: Mottled Sky Page >> https://amanpan.blog/2023/10/31/moonashed-weekly-prompt-mottled-sky-page/ …I have been overdoing it lately … writing until I am almost exhausted, so my response to the prompt is a bit jaded and moodily a ‘Bittersweet’ poem.

And at “Weekly Prompts” Wednesday Challenge the prompt word is: Bittersweet. You can visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> HERE



Aristotle


My magic Genie has been bottled

I was writing beyond full-throttle

My pencil became rough and cobbled

And my dreams were infirmed and mottled

Then I thought about the genius of Aristotle

“There is only one way to avoid criticism:

do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”




https://youtu.be/eNDdn4de35Y




Ivor Steven (c) October 2023

Why Do We Write? (a Quote)

My “Quote” was inspired by Arlene’s lovely article ‘On Writing’
>> https://arlene1956.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/on-writing/


Why Do We Write? (a Quote)


“The world caresses our eyes 

every day until we die. 

We write to arouse idle mind’s 

and soothe hearts with our soulful finds” … Ivor Steven









Tullawalla is Available From

Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Deep and Deeper?

The inspiration behind my philosophical poem, came from two fellow blogger’s articles today … please visit their fabulous sites by clicking the links below >
Annette >> https://aikalandros.com/2023/04/02/seeking-2/
Frank >> https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2023/04/01/183-deep/




Deep and Deeper?




while afloat we keep seeking 

and building boats that keep leaking 

time sails by and we keep weeping


I often wonder how deep

humanity’s knowledge is

yet unseen …

how deep are our oceans

yet unseen …

how deep is the universe

yet unseen …

how deep is humanity’s love

for one another

yet unseen …







Tullawalla is Available From

Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT

Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2023

Now, Tomorrow, and How

Happy New Year!! 2023 …




Now, Tomorrow, and How


The afternoon before New Year’s Eve

Before Two Thousand and Twenty Three

I am hanging out at the Box Office Cafe

Soaking up the swarmy summer sun

Lounging in a seductive sea breeze


The final day of the year

Has become almost perfect

And I am listening to the blarney tunes

Of the Irish band “Flogging Molly”


I am smiling, swaying, and dreaming

About now, tomorrow, and how

“My empty hands are full

Of memories and rhymes” *



* A quote from my book ‘Tullawalla’







Tullawalla is Available From

Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

Lost, Without a Compass (I’m lost for words)

Here is a poem I wrote 2 years ago after Trumps devisive and undemoncratic tactics during his USA election campaign … but “today” for a different invasion of “injustice” my poem seems to be appropriate again ….

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
Nelson Mandela

“If you want to improve your quality of life and the quality of life for all women, never stop questioning society or calling for change.”
Justina De Pierris


Lost, Without a Compass







Ivor Steven (c) June 2022

Do Not Quote Me?

This poem is not really a poem, but a poem made from some of my quotes that I have occasionally posted here on my site, and the creating of this collection/poem was prompted by Derrick Knight’s, Feature Image Above >> and you may visit his site via this link >> https://derrickjknight.com/2022/06/24/too-close/


Do Not Quote Me?




“A poet following a poet, gives you poetry in motion”

“The tunnel is growing wider 

The light is glowing brighter”

“He who worships from the tallest tree, 

should be weary of the broken branches he trod on below” 

“Stories emanate from the heart. Literature lives in every heartbeat “



“Not all literature is perfect, none of us are perfect”






Ivor Steven (c) June 2022

I Tried



After times of sorrow 

Hope lives on,

in tomorrow 

So sings,

my little sparrow


All my mountains

have been climbed 

All my climbs

had their falls and failures 

Then ultimately

I tried to reach my goal


“Except that the goal

Falls short of the reach” … Leonard Cohen, from his song ‘The Goal’






Ivor Steven ©  May 2022

Rivers of Love, is up at Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that during this month of personal remembrance for me, to have my special poem/Tanka, “Rivers of Love” published at Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for accepting my piece .. Pease go and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a 💗 for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/rivers-of-love/



Rivers Of Love (a Tanka, with an introduction quote)
Written by, Ivor Steven

“How many rivers of tears must I cry. Before all the deepest wells run dry” …Ivor Steven, May 2012


The hail’s coldness stings
An old wind pierces my eyes
As yesterdays tears
Etch raw ravines in my cheeks
Her rivers of love run deep






Ivor Steven (c) April 2022