Today’s poem is in response to Sadje’s Photo Prompt >> What do you see # 294- 23 June, 2025 – – https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/06/23/what-do-you-see-294-23-june-2025/
My poem can be interpreted into both of Sadje’s prompt images.
Life, Beyond the Lines
Life’s a continual battle
but the battle lines
are there to be crossed
Life’s wondrous museum
inspires me to keep exploring
the universe’s grand Colosseum
Ivor Steven © June 2025
In response to Sadje’s, WDYS # 291
>> https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/06/02/what-do-you-see-291-2june-2025/
I chose her second image, “a shot of a full moon, and in front of the moon, you can see a plane traveling!“
No Anchor, No Breaks, No Parachute!
“Hit the ground running,” they say
Well, I hit Monday
Without a ripcord
On my parachute
It mysteriously disappeared
Out of touch, out of sight
I think I left my ‘safety chute’
At the Market on Saturday
I’m only half finished
My new project,
Shangri La, Volume 14
“We desperately need
a coffee break”, I said to Frankie
So, down to the ‘Cafe’ we went!
This old poet had to relax
And slow down the adrenaline flow
“What goes up, must come down.”
Hopefully, when I crush tonight,
The landing will be a smooth one
Ivor Steven (c) June 2025
** Written for Sadje’s WDYS #287. To visit her fabulous site, please click on >> Here
And she presented 2 images for us to use either one or both as our inspiration! … I chose to use both image prompts in my poem
About Today
Our morning walk was uphill
And into a gusty wind
The trees were bowing to one side
And the wispy clouds went zooming by
Too windy for Frankie’s fluffy ears
Too windy for the birds to fly in
Too windy for the moon to see her star
Too windy for my teary eyes
Ivor Steven © May 2025
Image credit; Pixabay ( free for use)
In response to Sadje’s, “What Do You See”, prompt
>> https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/12/02/what-do-you-see-265-december-2-2024/
A Step Beyond Shadows (a Tanka)
An archway of trees
Cast shadows over my path
The light glows brighter
As I dare to step beyond
My uncharted existence
For Sadje’s Photo Prompt, “What do you see # 244- July 8, 2024”
To visit her fabulous site, please click on >> Here.
Too Hot to Handle (a Haiku)
The young dreamer’s cards
Become a fiery mirage
In the smokey hall
Ivor Steven (c) July 2024
Image credit: Vrolans @ Pixabay
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #111 photo prompt
Stone Arches, High In The Sky
Sitting on this old cemetery bench
Judiciously carved from marble
I’m pondering like Rodin’s ‘Thinker’
Observing God’s arches high in the sky
Supported by tall Gothic columns
Laboriously sculptured stone
Dull shades of gray
Etched by heavy rain
Burnt under the drying sun
Shaped by the winds of time
Millennia cast in granite
History encrusted surfaces
Pillars of society, silently solidified
Witnesses of forgotten decades
Ancient pyramids overseeing cold graveyards
Decayed monuments to our lost souls
Immortality and finality achieved
Beyond the shadows of doubt
Their stoic presence
An eternal epitaph
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
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