Hibernate? (a Tanka)
Legs are out of sync
The mind’s running on empty
Time to hibernate?
Eyes do not hear the sunrise
Ears cannot see the future
Ivor Steven (c) July 2024
Hibernate? (a Tanka)
Category: Senryu
Who’s Listening (a Senryu)
My poetic response to Raquel’s thoughtful post >> https://lavidaraq.com/2024/03/28/pick-up-the-phone
Who’s Listening (a Senryu)
Looking at my phone
Hoping for that ringing tone
Feeling all alone
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
White Stone (a Senryu)
Timeless white headstones
Guarding the ground of old souls
Loved ones’ final home
“Headstones”, Lyrics, Lake Of Tears
Past the forest of the flies of fire
Beyond the waters of shimmering tears
By a fire they stand
And they whisper my name
Now I seek upon the night
Small fragments of moonlight
Up the hill the headstones lie
Up the hill the reapers watching eye
Up the hill the headstones lie
Headstones…
In the circle of stones dressed in ivy
By the garden of the serene flowers
And the spirits are there
Whispering my name
Now I seek upon the night
Small fragments of moonlight
Up the hill the headstones lie
Up the hill the reapers watching eye
Up the hill the headstones lie
Headstones…
Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Broken is Not a Token (a Senryu)
A Senryu I wrote in response to Susi’s emotional poem “Getting Broken”
>> https://iwriteher.com/2024/02/14/getting-broken/
Featured Imaged Above: with Claudia’s (Humoring The Goddess)
kind permission, from her magnificent story about the artist, Glen Martin Taylor. Please visit her site and read the amazing article.
>> https://humoringthegoddess.com/2024/02/24/sunday-evening-art-gallery-glen-martin-taylor
Broken is Not a Token (a Senryu)
Once the heart’s broken
Kintsugi is a token
For the hurt spoken
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
To See What is Unfound
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word, Edge … you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. … My only claim to following the prompt is that I have mentioned the word “Edge” in the first stanza of my two-piece poem
To See What is Unfound
four boxes of my new book
“Until Eyes Hear Sound”
have landed and set ashore
on the edge of my loungeroom floor
now begins the next chore
become a poet’s traveling bookstore
To See What is Unfound (a Senryu)
“Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Read my new book, so profound
You will be spellbound
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Triggers (a Senryu)
In my soon-to-be-published new book “Unti Eyes Hear Sound”, the Senryu below, is my dedication piece to my late wife Carole.
Triggers ( A Senryu)
“Oh, that knowing smile
The wink of acknowledgment
A wave, a warm hand”
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Fireworks (a Senryu)
Fireworks (a Senryu)
The fireworks died down
Ashes drift over the sea
Smiling lips of thee
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Soaring (a Senryu)
There’s an old saying
What spirals up, must come down
I’m still Soaring up
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Ivor Steven (c) November 2023
Do Not Be Silent (a Senryu)
A big thank you to ‘Eugi’ from “Moonwashed Musings”, with her post “Listen But Hear The Truth”, for inspiring me to write this ‘Senryu’… You may visit her wonderful site via this link >> https://amanpan.blog/2023/08/31/listen-but-hear-the-truth/
Do Not Be Silent (a Senryu)
I’m aged and fading
I listen but do not see
I see but don’t speak
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2023
Throwback Friday, Lullaby (a Senryu)
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Lullaby’ in May 2023, and the Senryu will be the opening piece in the ‘Senryu’ section of Chapter 10. Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others.
And coincidently, over at Weekly Prompts, the Midweek Challenge is the word Napping, please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here …
Please Note: All above images (Except the one of Frankie), were by taken by Derrick Knight, and he kindly allows me to reproduce his wonderful photos here on my poetry website. If you wish, you may visit his fabulous Site via this link > https://derrickjknight.com/2023/05/17/baby-species/
Lullaby (a Senryu)
Sleep little ones, sleep
Our Chaotic world will wait
Until eyes hear sound
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2023
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