Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Home Is (a Senryu).

Home is in my mind

Home is nearby, and afar

Home’s a distant star

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020…

Fae Dreams, The Anthology

The new Anthology, Fae Dreams, which contains “6” of my poems, is now available for pre-order, via the attached Amazon links below… >>

Amazon Australia:

https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Fae+Dreams+Anthology&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

Amazon America:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fae+corps+fae+dreams+anthology&dc&qid=1604538492&ref=aw_s_fkmr1

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Nightmare Whispers

The Anthology series “Nightmare Whispers, Vols, I, II, & III” is out now, and I have 3 poems in “Vol I, The Darkness Within”, and 1 poem in “Vol III, What Remains”.. Here is the Amazon purchase links >>
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=nightmare+whispers+fae+corps&crid=1GEPMMYU8ULJB&sprefix=Nightmare+Whispers%2Caps%2C401&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-a-p_1_18 

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020..

Revolving

Time is tiresome, here loafing around

Best I search for my chi at lost and found

I need a reliable Puffin’ Billy

To find a track that’s not too hilly

Heading towards a time and place

Where my mind can safely settle and touch base

While our new revolution replays the old collections

Of peace, love, and compassion without interjections

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

My poem “Broken Shoes”, was totally inspired by Kate’s (CalmKate) thought provoking poem “Witness” you can ‘view her original post’, by clicking on this link >>https://aroused.blog/2020/11/11/witness/

Broken Shoes

More sad news, more sexual abuse

Women being dumped like broken shoes

While men stupidly protect their ‘mates’

Knowing about their blatant mistakes

The multitude’s calls are loud and clear

Victims are not the ones to be smeared

Stop being matey fakes

Decline their dirty handshakes

The continuing abuse is a disgrace

It’s time for male attitudes to about-face

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

A Snowman Falls

A Snowman Falls

The writing is on the wall

Did you see the words fall?

From stars of blue, one and all

The letters stood humble and tall

Shimmering like Niagara Falls

Announcing the new overhaul

Choirs sang within tenement halls

Medicine-men debuted at the White House ball

And did you hear the snowman fall?

Into his dishonest cannon balls

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Promote Yourself Monday, November 9, 2020

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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Go Dog Go Café

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.

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Primates Wearing Bibs and L-plates

We’ve been plodding in waterlogged boots

Even neighbours heard the squelch over the owl hoots

Daily we waded among flooding restrictions

But those wet chains were sad afflictions

Full of overflowing mistakes and contradictions

Stay true to your imaginations predictions

Ignore the backstabbers and haters

About time they removed their bibs and L-plates

Gargled their foul voices and cleaned the slates

About time they stopped acting like scared primates

Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2020

Pink Looks Good on a Black or White Background

Yesterday I celebrated Oaks-Day and wore vivid pink

Who cares what the other guys think

Today I’ve dressed myself in white

Because my mood is happy and bright

Tomorrow I’ll look like a “Kiwi All-black”

To match the colour of my hat

No matter how we feel on the day

We all like to wear a different coloured display

So what’s so different about our outer coverings

To the way we express our skins colourings ??

Today’s poem is a copy of a comment that I wrote to Kate, of ‘CalmKate’, about her thought provoking poem “Colour”, https://aroused.blog/2020/11/06/colour/ , and big thank you to Kate for encouraging me to post my little anecdote as a poem on my site.