Category: Spillwords

Nominated for Spillwords Author Of The Month April



AUTHOR OF THE MONTH


Only One Day Of Voting to Go!

Dear Readers and Followers,

I am thrilled to announce my nomination for Spillwords Author of the Month! This is an immense honour, and I am truly humbled, both by the support I have received from the Spillwords Editorial Team over the years, and of course from everyone who reads and shows appreciation for my words.

All of the writers nominated are hugely talented, and I offer my congratulations to every one of them on their nominations!

If you wish to show your support by voting, you can visit this Spillwords Link >>https://spillwords.com/vote/  

THE NOMINEES ARE:

Ash Douglas
Emma Wells
Ian Fletcher
Ivor Steven
RC Larlham
Ximena Escobar
Lindsay Soberano Wilson




Why Do We Write? (a Quote)


“The world caresses our eyes 
every day until we die. 
We write to arouse idle minds 
and soothe hearts with our soulful finds” … Ivor Steven, Oct 2023.





Ivor …
a Leonard Cohen song for the occasion



https://youtube.com/watch?v=bVsYz5rB8Bw%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26fs%3D1%26hl%3Den%26autohide%3D2%26wmode%3Dtransparent




Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

“My Darkest Ocean”, is up Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that my poem “My Darkest Ocean”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor, Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords, and if you wish, leave a “💗” for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/my-darkest-ocean/

Please Note: featured image above, supplied by Spillwords Press












Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

“A Poet’s Grotto”, is up at Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that my poem “A Poet’s Grotto”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor, Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a “💖” for my article, by clicking on this link >> A Poet’s grotto, poetry by Ivor Steven at Spillwords.com

Please Note: featured image above, supplied by Spillwords Press


A Poet’s Grotto

My writer’s studio, is the littered part of my bedroom
A paper tiger’s haven, has become a messy grotto
I am ruefully feeling muddled and befuddled
Pieces of paper and cardboard kites
Scatter the atmosphere like withered autumn leaves
Falling upon my untidy and cluttered archives

Scribbled words are yet to be decoded
Foolscap pages overwritten and eroded
Undefined and unlisted
Out of focus and twisted
Upside down and inside out
Uncategorised and full of self-doubt
My desk, once a dreamy picture postcard
Looks like a moonscape’s junkyard

My poetic writing quill has been the mythological ruler
Showing no regard for my bedroom’s demeanour
I am sleeping covered in my hurdy gurdy verses
It is time to cull the pretentious cosmic curses
Free myself of all unpublished jabberwocky
And let my imagination create a new poetic hard copy










Ivor Steven (c) January 2024

“True”, Nominated For, Publication Of The Month, at Spillwords Press.


Hello dear readers and followers, I’m proud to announce that over on Spillwords Press, my poem “True” has been Nominated for “Publication of The Month for September” … So eat humble pie guys … and get your VOTING CARDS out again, and if you wish, you can Vote for me by “SEPT 29” via this Spillwords Link:  https://spillwords.com/vote/

Please remember that you will need to register and/or log in to cast your vote.


Thank you to Dagmara K and the entire Spillwords team.


Congratulations to the other Nominees

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES:

Fever by Suman Pokhrel
The Falling Man by Stephen Kingsnorth
Kings of The Water by Tim Barlow
Chilling Embrace by Lauren Scott
Love Lane by Simona Prilogan
Two Black Cats by Tamara Lindsay
Ruth by James Walmsley
True by Ivor Steven
You’re No Good For Me by Sheila Henry
Rubble Women by David Milner
Harvest by Elaine Nadal
Unobtainable by S.J. Walker
Two Weeks Today by Elizabeth Ricketson
Endless Scale by Vasile Trif

TRUE

written by: Ivor Steven

@ivors20

If there is something
I could do
I would do anything
To save you
Mother Nature, you are everything
I look up to
My words are nothing
Compared to you
You are the orchestrator of things
With a balcony view



https://youtu.be/_8u4VLk0iTI




Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023

True, is up Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that my poem “True”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a “❤️” for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/true-by-ivor-steven/

TRUE

IVOR STEVEN·SEPTEMBER 8,

TRUE

written by: Ivor Steven

@ivors20

If there is something
I could do
I would do anything
To save you
Mother Nature, you are everything
I look up to
My words are nothing
Compared to you
You are the orchestrator of things
With a balcony view



Ivor Steven

Ivor Steven was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, now retired. He has had numerous poems published in anthologies, and online magazines. He has 2 self-published books, “Tullawalla” and “Perceptions,” and is an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc. (Australia) and an appointed writer for “Coffee House Writers” magazine (USA).



Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2023

Only One Day of “Voting” Left … Lines To Nowhere, has been nominated for Publication of The Month of June, at “Spillwords Magazine”


If you wish to “Vote” for me, you can vote here: https://spillwords.com/vote/

I am proud to announce that my poem “Lines To Nowhere” has been nominated for Publication of The Month of June, at “Spillwords Magazine”. A big thank you to the editing team at Spillwords for the nomination, and hearty congratulations to the other Nominees.
    
Voting will cease on 6/29 and soon after we will reveal the winner.
Please note, you need to register and/or login to vote.

The winning publication will be featured on Spillwords.com sidebar during the entire month of July!

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES:

Mid Week by Roy Eisenstein
Lines To Nowhere by Ivor Steven
Mermaids & Miracles by Ann Parker
The Sunset, The Beach, The Stars, and The Midnight Sky by Michelle Ayon Navajas
When You Find Your Center by Kate Leo
Darker The Water, The Deeper The Deep by Gerry Stefanson
Joy by Daniel Clarke-Serret
The Centre of My Universe by Jane Bradshaw
Two Faces by Chris Corbett
Dead Man’s Hand by Kerr Pelto
At 28 Weeks: When Reality Shifts by Erin P.T. Canning
And All That Jazz by Angela Huskisson
Piggy by Zach Zajac
Dress Rehearsal by Jon A Lunsford

Good luck to all!




Lines to Nowhere 

As my drapes fell apart 
I saw a setting eclipse 
And I decided to walk 
To the south side of the moon 


Carrying my plastic spoon 
There, a giant vanilla cheesecake 
Rolled over the crusty moonscape 
On a giant crumbly base 
Topped with blueberries and cream 
Laying here in bed, life is but a dream 

The evening skyline begins to drool 
Am I, a full moon’s fool? 
I will meet you at the old school 
Down by the empty pool 
This time we will not be ridiculed 
 
  
Ivor Steven © June 2023. Spillwords Magazine, New York  







Ivor Steven(c) June 2023

Lines To Nowhere, is up at Spillwords Magazine

I am ecstatic that my poem “Lines To Nowhere”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a 💗 for my article, by clicking on this link >>

Lines To Nowhere






https://youtu.be/PIIkN1vMbmo




Ivor Steven (c) June 2nd 2023

Schoolyards and Lizards, is up at Spillwords Magazine.

I am ecstatic that my poem “Schoolyards and Lizards”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a 💓 for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/schoolyards-and-lizards/

Featured Image Above: Spillwords Magazine – 1536×813

My photo of, “Richard the Lizard, a wise and withered Wizard”



Schoolyards and Lizards




Enter Richard the lizard

A wise and withered wizard

Who stealthily slithered and delivered

His magic beyond pandemics and blizzards


Recreating a safe haven

An unsmeared and inured schoolyard

To be shared by the children

Without the National Guard









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) February 2023

Sleepy Hollow, a Halloween poem, is in Spillwords Magazine.

My Halloween poem ‘Sleepy Hollow’ is at Spillwords Magazine, and thank you to Dagmara and her team for selecting my piece. Please go and visit my poem in Spillwords Magazine and give “Sleepy Hollow” a 💗, by clinking on this link
>> https://spillwords.com/sleepy-hollow/








Ivor Steven (c) October 2022

Miles From Home, is up at Spillwords Magazine


I am ecstatic that my poem “Miles From Home”, that I posted here on site only last week, has already been accepted and published at Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting 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/miles-from-home/



MILES FROM HOME

written by: Ivor Steven

@ivors20

Today
I went left, instead of right
No matter what direction
Or decision I choose
At the end of day
There will be night
My time to rest
And remain out of sight

Tomorrow
I shall take the back roads
Miles away from my troubled life
Miles and miles
Beyond those evil eyes of strife

Tonight
I will sleep under the stars
With my loyal companion
By my side

Now
He gives me that inquisitive stare
“Don’t look at me like that
I know mate, I know
I should never have left the wife”






Ivor Steven (c) September 2022