You are invited to the Book Launch of “Faces, Places, Emotional Spaces” an Anthology by the “Dome Poets”, a subsidiary group of Geelong Writers Inc.
** Saturday 20th May
** 2.00 pm til 4.00 pm
** Boronggook Library, Drysdale
** 2-8 Wyndham St, Drysdale
RSVP, here, or SMS me on 0437278888
Attached Below: One of my Poems (From 10) in the Athology
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
In response to Eugi’s Moonwashed Musings Photo Prompt: Skyline … To visit her fabulous site please click on >> Here
Lines To Nowhere (Revised)
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 midnight skyline begins to drool
Am I a full moon’s fool?
I will meet you at our old school
Down by the empty pool
This time we will not be ridiculed
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) May 2023
Be a Domino (a Tanka)
Assistance aids all
The receiver grows stronger
The giver gains love
Together, friendships thrive
Join the domino effect
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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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Mom’s birthday and Carole’s birthday were not far apart, and appropriately they enjoyed a very close relationship …
Today is my mother’s birthday, and next Sunday is Mothersday, and coincidently, today was also Carole’s funeral day … Here is my tribute to those 2 magnificent women in my life…
My Women
After I had left the hem
Without women
I could not have survived my time
I would not have braved the climb
Ladies you were my rhyme
My mothers of thyme
Helping me roll away the stone
Maintaining these old bones
Repairing the bridges, I had burnt
Reciting the messages, I had learnt
Cheering from the sidelines
Supporting my broken designs
Women of my rhymes
Mothers for a lifetime
Ivor Steven (c) May 9th 2023
Darkness folds into
Eyes that do not hear the sounds
Of homeless spirits
Tullawalla is Available From
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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Antony’s lyrics express my emotions exquisitely
Ivor Steven (c) May 9th 2023
Once again thank you to Susi, >>https://iwriteher.com/2023/04/26/reflections-revelations-has-published/ for selecting my poems in her outstanding Anthology, “Reflections and Revelations, The Short of It, Vol 2” … Today I am presenting the second page (33) of my pieces from her fascinating Collection of Short poems and prose … which I have scanned directly from copy of the anthology and attached below …
The paperback version is available on Amazon.com NOW!! If you’re interested in getting a copy, please CLICK THIS LINK!
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Wishing my Philadelphia cousins a safe trip home today. ✈
Hustle and Bustle (a Tanka)
Excitement arrived
My normal was disrupted
Organised chaos
With, Penguins, Kookaburras
And Tasmanian Devils
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:
Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT
Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Yesterday
Was one of those days
At lunchtime
I went to the Box Office Cafe
I forgot
And left without paying
For my coffee and cake
In the afternoon
I had a doctor’s appointment
I forgot
And left without paying
For the Fee at reception
After Dinner
I caught a bus into town
I forgot
That the ‘open mic’ night
Occurs on the second Thursday of each month
This morning
I watch the sunshine
Flickering on her handmade curtains
I remember
And I relight her candle again
Tullawalla is Available From
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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
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Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Today’s ‘Throwback Friday’ poem is from my remembrance week a year ago
“Below; I have formed one poem out of four Senryu that I wrote this morning, and I have many fractured thoughts within my soul, a decade after Carole’s passing on May 3rd 2012 at 1.15pm …“
Today’s Fragments (Revised)
(A four Senryu poem)
I am who I am
I can’t be another man
She’s my hologram
I sat beside her
Next to yesterday’s campfire
Embers in the wind
A red flame flickers
Above her celestial star
My eternal light
On my island home
Sea mist falls across my arms
Completion awaits
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:
Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT
Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
