Loaded Guns (a Tu-aiku*)
Sitting on the line,
observing daylight’s decline –
isn’t a hanging crime.
But innocent ones
are still being outgunned by
The world’s loaded guns.
*Tu-aiku – Ivor’s name for a Dual Haiku
Ivor Steven © January 2026
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Black and Grey (a Tu-aiku)
The sky’s black and grey
And the heavy weeping clouds
Know it is their day
Between the raindrops
Cold air makes open eyes cry
And sealed lips turn blue
Ivor Steven (c) July 2025
Thanks For the Dance, or My Foot Went Numb (a Rhyming Tu-aiku)
My fingers are thumbs
I cannot pick up the crumbs
Nor pluck the ripe plums
My right foot went numb
Her eternal dance did come
Life is a hum-drum
Ivor Steven (c) May 3rd, 2025
A Grey Disguise (a Tu-aiku)
Grey clouds fill the sky
Humidity’s on the rise
Birds are in disguise
Rain begins to fall
My grey tracksuit is wet through
Frankie’s a white sponge
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Ivor Steven © April 2025
A ‘Tu-aiku’ is my name for a Dual Haiku
Yellow Meadows (a Tu-aiku)
The summer meadows
Are a sun-bleached yellow
Under the iron sky
Twilight’s Midas touch
Lavished golden beams upon
Everything in sight
.
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025
A ‘Tu-aiku’ is my name for Dual Haiku, and here, my first stanza is a Japanese style of Haiku with only 9 syllables, and the second stanza is a standard English version, a 5-7-5 syllable count
Hail (a Tu-aiku)
Stones of ice
Fingers go numb
Cheeks burn
Birds gracefully glide
Into the freezing hailstones
Snails calmly slither
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024
Birds Sing Until Dusk (a Tu-aiku)
Frost covers the path
Coldness freezes the birdbath
Bird feathers thaw fast
Spring’s about to start
Winter’s spirit did not last
Birds sing until dusk
Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
A Frozen Sundial (a Tu-aiku) my name for a Dual Haiku
Breathing in Iciles
Zero is not amusing
Frost covers my world
My sundial’s stopped
Beneath a sheet of white ice
Frozen within time
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023
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