The Morning After





The Morning After



Tracking south

Stepping from one quiet cloud

Onto a whispering cloud

Following powdered footprints

Without displacing a feather

Without cracking the sky’s

Hypnotic blue eggshell

And daydreaming of the south

Without you








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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Neon Blue




Neon Blue (a Haiku)


Our sky’s neon blue

The bright side of winter blue

Warming our toes too










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Ivor Steven (c) August 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









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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Where Have The Faeries Gone

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Where Have The Faeries Gone?

ENVIRONMENT POETRY

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WHERE HAVE THE FAERIES GONE?

BY IVOR STEVEN/

AUGUST 21, 2023/

    Ivor Steven / Coffee House Writers

    Deep in the enchanted forest
    Under mossy rocks and water-reeds 
    I found an iron-bar door
    Lying over a sinkhole in the creek bed

    I wondered and yelled out
    Eerily, a gentle voice replied
    “Do not worry, we are sheltering here” 
    “Why are you hiding?” I inquired 
    “We are waiting for humanity  
    to stop the carnage on our planet”

    Then, peering up from lower in the chasm
    I witnessed that the small luminous eyes  
    Of Earth’s guardian faeries 
    Were en masse, joyless, and crying

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    Throwback Friday, Exposed (a Haiku)

    Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Exposed’ in October 2020, and the Haiku will be the opening piece in the ‘Haiku’ section of Chapter 10 . Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others.

    Featured Image: The 14th China-Russia-Mongolia International Ice and Snow …Pinterest, 4 yrs ago





    Exposed (a Haiku)


    Cold droplets of rain

    Icicles stuck on bare skin

    Hinged by winter wind







    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    Where Have the Faeries Gone? is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

    Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Where Have the Faeries Gone?”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/where-have-the-faeries-gone/


    Music/Video: by Sigur Ros, “Ylur”, translated means, Warmth




    Ivor Steven ©  August 2023

    Mirage! (a Haiku)

    Image by Joe from Pixabay

    Over at “Moonwashed Musings!” The Weekly Prompt is the above Featured Image and the words – Somehow-cozy … Please visit Eugi’s wonderful site by clicking on >> HERE …



    Mirage! (a Haiku)


    Golden tree, so bright

    Are you my savior’s light?

    Or! Today’s mirage







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    AND
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    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    These Days, Haunt Me




    Levering my leg like an old toad 

    I stumble and bumble 

    Along my yellow-brick road 

    But I will not crash or crumble 


    Floundering, unbalanced, and unsteady 

    From a thumping migraine in my head 

    Piercing my eyeballs 

    With unfeathered darts 

    That continually find their mark 


    My neurosurgeon calls them  

    “Post-stroke fatigue moments” 

    Four years on! 

    They haunt me like “Jaws” 

    With the go button stuck on pause 

    But fortunately, after two days rest 

    I am back to my normal alien best  







    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    Burning the Fears

    Over at Weekly Prompts, the word: Backwards is the Weekend Challenge. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. – Below, I followed Sue’s suggestion and went “Backwards” through my files and found this intriguing piece from September 2017
    Featured Image: Artwork, by Kerri Costello, Graphic Design Artist, my amazing niece/second cousin, who lives in Philadelphia, and I think this was the first design that she created for my poetry website.


    Burning the Fears


    I’m frightened, and too scared to show my face

    And knowingly, I’m arriving late

    The ghouls are spying from the hill

    And lower fools are poisoning her will

    Underneath her, a wicker complete

    Above, she’s suspended from a stake

    The bonfires started, against the rules

    And the crowds rejoicing, as the fire drools

    Waiting agog, for her garments to ignite

    The flames are crackling below her tonight

    And the mob’s listening for her ungodly screams

    But there’s not a whimper! Within she beams

    And secretly, I see her black cat’s drowning tears

    Are extinguishing all her burning fears






    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023