I am one human
Why are you so inhumane?
Can you see the light?
Shine over humanity
You! One ion-less atom
Ivor Steven (c) April 2022
A Universe Above The Sky
Walking in the rain
Wearing water-logged boots
I am dodging millipedes
And hopping over puddles
With the footpath crickets
I see a universe above the sky
As the liquid clouds
Drop their weight
Upon my empty hands
Filling them with verses
Of memories and rhymes
Ivor Steven (c) April 2022
How To Eat An Easter Egg
Here is another ‘Easter Poem’ from my archives. This one is from Easter last year (2021)
How To Eat An Easter Egg
[i] Carefully chose your Bunny’s and Egg’s
But the “Violet Crumble” box is a MUST
Deliciously smooth and tasty
[ii] Wisely place your purchase in the fridge
Australia always has a hot Easter weekend
And judiciously push the Easter delights towards the back
[iii] Patiently wait until Sunday morning
Stoically obey those traditional procedures
Mine were eaten by Saturday evening. How did you go?
[iv] Delicately unwrap the colourful foil covering
I have diligently preserved the shiny shells since my first egg-hunt
Then gently nibble open the pointy end of the exposed Egg
[v] Fiendishly devour the irresistible chocolate
Until you are more than fully satiated
Then voraciously attack the bunny and bite off his ears
WHOOPS !! surprise, surprise … that rascally easter bunny has
left me some “Eggs” to find on Sunday…
WARNING: This article is posted for Austraian audiences, however
‘International’ followers may read the below instructions at their
own RISK !!
Ivor Steven (c) April 2021
Promote Yourself Monday: April 18, 2022
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
A Third Eye is Watching
Happy 75th birthday to my dear departed wife Carole, and I am also celebrating the 10th anniversary of her passing from this world.
Featured Image above: Is a collage I created from 2 of Derrick Knight’s photographs, and thank you to Derrick, for allowing me to use his photos here in conjunction with my poem. >> https://derrickjknight.com/2022/04/15/swarms-of-moths/
A Third Eye is Watching
When your emotions begin to flow
Do your senses amplify and grow?
Bodily aches and mental strains intensify
Your flooded brain feels like a third eye
Wondering why?
You are paddling knee-high
In yesterday’s goodbyes
Today my universe
Hovers above my verse
And there is no reason to cry
While her soul resides high and dry
Ivor Steven (c) 17th April 2022
Jingle Jangle for My Easter Bonnet
Another Easter poem from 2 years ago, that I also posted on Throwback Friday, over at Go Dog Go Cafe >> https://godoggocafe.com/2022/04/15/throwback-friday-jingle-jangle-for-my-easter-bonnet-by-ivor-steven/
Jingle Jangle for My Easter Bonnet
My notebook’s running on empty
There’s pages of invisible words
And blue lines are leaping forward
Leaving my empty threads behind
I have empty socks
Lining my holey pockets
And my mouldy purse
Is loosely tied to my Easter bonnet
How am I going to fly?
Without costly wings
I’ve not even a jingle jangle
Of silver change
And my dream’s destination
Now seems out of range
But I don’t need to travel too far
To reach my Easter avatar
Ivor Steven (c) Easter 2020
An Old Book Shuts, a New Door Opens
Dear readers, have a pleasant Easter, and here is my Easter poem, from 2020, that I’ve slightly revised this morning…
An Old Book Shuts, a New Door Opens
Today I question myself
What do I see?
Upon my world’s lower shelf
There! An open wider drawer
Containing a treasure chest
A universe of potential
An orb with a mystical two piece door
The bottom half’s pale blue
Like yesterday’s fading blue moon
A book of old testaments
The above half’s bright yellow
A gateway of gilded gold
The book of tomorrow’s future
A new prophecy of days under the sun
Ivor Steven (c) April 2020
Frankie
Frankie has been with me for 9 months now, and he’ll be 6 in July and I’ll be 71 in July …
Frankie
Frankie is my doggie
Supposedly a champagne colour
But more like a dirty off-white
woolly picnic blanket
Friendly by nature
On hind legs he prances
Then promptly hit sits
Holds out his soft curly paw
He has the Cafe waitresses
Melt at his doggie command
Frankie knows how to score
Treats galore come his way
He is a happy winner everyday
Ivor Steven (c) April 2022
Haibun Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Hello readers and followers, you are most welcome to participate in our new format from “Go Dog Go Cafe”, which is being organised by Donna Matthews, an interesting format of writing a “Haibun”, so read all about how to write a Haibun, and you are all welcome to join us at Go Dog Go Cafe, and post your articles here on “Haibun Wednesdays” …by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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Welcome to Go Dog Go Cafe’s Haibun Wednesday!
What exactly is Haibun?
Autobiographical poetic prose accompanied by haiku.
Bruce Ross
In his old age Basho, who may be credited with establishing the haiku form, undertook a long journey to the remote regions of northern Japan, fully expecting to die before completing it. He did complete the journey, and his record of it has become a classic of world literature and an example, in the broadest sense, of haibun, autobiographical poetic prose accompanied by haiku.
– Journey to the Interior, American Versions of Haibun, Edited by Bruce Ross
Writer’s guide…
Some things to keep in mind when writing haibun:
- The range of haibun is broad and frequently includes autobiography, diary, essay, prose poem, and travel journal.
- A haibun is a combination of prose and haiku.
- The prose is brief and simple and usually written in the present tense.
- The…
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Concrete Void
Originally posted on my site, 27th November 2017.
Yeah .. my concete void has finally been filled ..
Concrete Void
I’m becoming impatient,
Here waiting,
Waiting for a concrete lid.
Too many stop signs,
And lifetime bans.
I’m a good man,
So I’ve been told.
But there’s a chasm,
And the concrete’s,
Yet to fill the void.
……..To my readers that knew about my new verandah, “now nine months old”, and sadly it has been without the patio/floor area being concreted for all that time.. Yippee, today the mission has been accomplished. Thanks to my newly appointed concreter “Damian Maloney”, Yep, he’s on my recommended list. And Lizzy The Lizard Of Wizardry, was curiously looking on…..
Ivor Steven (c) April 2022
