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
Birds Sing Until Dusk (a Tu-aiku)
The Resurrection of Shadows
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “The Resurrection of Shadows”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and visit my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/the-resurrection-of-shadows/
The Resurrection of Shadows
You! It’s time to take cover
Beware! Shadows have changed colour
And are reaching across the ground
Crying to the world, “It’s time to turn around”
Shadows have learned to crawl and walk
In the daylight, they brawl and talk
Shadows are tired of being ignored
And eager to leap off the billboards
Shadows will ascend to fight the evil warlords
And liberate the embattled horde
Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Golden Wattle Tree
Golden Wattle Tree
your iridescent flower
distinguishes itself
like a lighthouse
in the forest
a beacon
for the bees
a home
for the hummingbirds
your rich yellow blossom
intensifies
in the morning sun
you are a neon light
of the highway
a golden statue
nature’s own
torch of liberty
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Shangri La, Volume 3. Below the Trees and Bushes
FREE PDF COPY >>> Links Below
Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibily, I now have a total of “1502” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
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Below the Trees and Bushes
How far, is too far?
Too far away from home
Too far away from love
Love does not grow on trees
Love grows inside trees
Love flows down
Down inside the tree roots
The tree roots of our homes
The tree roots that wrap around our hearts
The tree roots that capture our souls
Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Night Shadows (a Haiku)
Night Shadows (a Haiku)
When the moon is full
I hear the world’s sins tremble
Below night shadows
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Throwback Friday, Wonderment Rings True
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Wonderment Rings True’ in September 2020, and the poem will be the opening piece in the Fantasy Section, of Chapter 9. Humour, Fantasy, Faeries, and Weird.
Wonderment Rings True
My imagination’s beaming
Alive and dreaming
Even when I’m sleeping
Tired eyes are peeping
Searching for the milky-way
Flying there, on my open sleigh
And sailing the air-waves
High above broadway
Steering my spacecraft, Itmims**
While reading The Brothers Grimm
And playing a tune on my old violin
The theme from ‘Lord of the Rings’
I’m a visionary sky Pilot
With a handful of violets
Travelling beyond a silvery moon
To float upon our blue lagoon
**Itmims … “Ivor’s Time Machine In Micro Space”
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
A Blue Wonder
Featured Image Above: I received the photo from my niece, Jasmine, who lives interstate in Sydney. The photo is of an old painting of my wife’s (Carole) that I have not seen for 25 years … and a hearty thank you to dear Jazzy for locating and reframing Carole’s wonderful painting.
A Blue Wonder
“Blue hills or blue waves”
I originally asked her
“Whatever your eyes hear”
She eloquently replied
Yesterday, I received a keepsake photo
Of an old painting of Hers, called “Blue”
Today, the ocean’s deep blue
Is where my veiled emotions lie
Tomorrow, the alp’s serene blue
Will covertly visit my soul
Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
A Half-Withered Water-Reed, 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 “A Half-Wither Water-Reed”, 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/a-half-withered-water-reed/
Ivor Steven © August 2023
Frankie’s Cake (a Huiku)
We’re at the Cafe
Frankie’s guarding our table
And his carrot cake
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Views
Views
I Started my WordPress Website in June 2017
Six weeks later, at the end of July 2017
My site had managed to receive 1,650 views
The world of blogging was new and difficult for me
And I was surprised at how many people
Were reading my humble little poems
Today, at the end of July six years later on
I am ecstatically proud to announce that my website
Has amassed a staggering “Quarter of a Million” Views
A hearty thank you to all of my friends, readers, and followers
I am not sure how to assess such an overwhelming statistic
But I suppose this means my “retirement” plans are on hold!
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
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