Free Like a Bird





Free Like a Bird (a Tanka)


He is standing there

Longing to fly with her soon

Wings begin flapping

And up he gracefully soars

Spiraling toward wisdom







Tullawalla is Available From

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Yellow Boulders, is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, I am writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Yellow Boulders”, 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/yellow-boulders/







Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Blinded By the Light 





Blinded By the Light 


 
 
Good morning golden one 

Can you see us? 

From above the world’s pieces 

Of tattered sky 

We are the ones 

Wearing smeared makeup 

Around our weeping eyes


 

Good morning gifted one 

Can you save us? 

From the world’s darkening clouds 

Of hard rain 

We are the ones 

Wearing molten mascara 

Blinding our silent eyes 








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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023


The Stage is Set (a Tanka)

Please visit the Geelong Arts Centre Development via clicking on this link >>
https://www.development.vic.gov.au/projects/geelong-arts-centre?page=overview




The Stage is Set (a Tanka)




Unfurl the curtain

For the grand opening night

Geelong’s pride and joy

A cultural theatre

And Arts Centre is ready





I know it’s not poosible: but in my dreamy imagination, it would have been fabulous to have our local international star, Xavier Rudd, sing at the opening night




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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Seven Shades of Gray





Seven Shades of Gray 


 
 
My morning is not ruined 

The sky has finished crying 

And the awakening winter sun 

Begins painting the clouds  

In shades of coral gray  

Artfully illuminating my day  









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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Throwback Friday, Empty Streets and Lonely Chairs

Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Empty Streets and Lonely Chairs’ in August 2020, and the poem will be the openining piece in Chapter 4. The New World? The Same Universe!



Empty Streets and Lonely Chairs


The witty city ones

Don’t get to see all of the sun

They rant and grimace during the day

At night you’ll hear them cry and bay

Their barks are worse than their bites

If they saw the white wolf they’d get a fright



The icing has melted on their cakes

And run off with their dirty plates

Behind masks, mesmerised eyes blankly stare

At the city’s empty streets and lonely chairs

There’s too many people in the same boat

This ancient raft’s struggling to stay afloat

There’s not enough life-jackets for the crowd

Some will drown, others will stand proud






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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

A Frozen Sundial (a Tu-aiku)





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

Below the Trees and Bushes, is up at Masticadores USA


A big thank you to the Editor: Barbara Leonhard, for accepting and publishing my poem “Below the Trees anbd Bushes” at MasticadoresUsa.



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

……….

To view my entire poem at MasticadoresUsa, please click on this link >>
https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/below-the-trees-and-bushes-by-ivor-steven/

Featured Image: Courtesy of Pixabay









Ivor Steven © June 2023

Winter Solstice




The winter sun subsides

Behind white frosty clouds

And the cold setting light

Submerges under twilight’s

Curtain of icy darkness








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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

You Cannot Stop Me (a Haiku)



The leaves stopped falling

Autumn crumbles to a halt

Winter plunges in






Tullawalla is Available From

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023