Ivor.Plumber/Poet

My Women (Happy Mothers Day)

This has been a nostalgic week for me. Thursday was my mother’s birthday, and also Carole’s “funeral day” and now it is “Mothers 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 are my rhyme

My mothers of thyme

Helping me roll away the stone

Maintaining these old bones

Repairing the bridges, I have burnt

Reciting the messages, I have learnt

Cheering from the sidelines

Supporting my broken designs

Women of My Rhymes

Mothers for a lifetime

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Nature’s Oceanic Symphony

Nature’s Oceanic Symphony

Beyond the dunes

That is where I belong

Lying on a sandy beach

Watching the ocean’s waves

Lyrically draw rippled contours

Upon the welcoming shoreline

And where I refreshingly

Listen to the rolling sound

Of Nature’s Oceanic Symphony

Rhythmically thrum, over and over

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Throwback Friday, The Woman In Me

Me, sitting on Mum’s knee. … L to R, Carole, Aunties Elizabeth & Pearl, & Grandma

Grandma, and her 3 daughters. … My mum (left) and her lady relatives

G’day readers, It’s Friday morning here in Australia, the day after my mother’s birthday and Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Today’s Throwback Friday poem is, from September 2019.

The Woman In Me

Inside every man

There is a woman

The mother of his soul

The lady of his heart

The kindness in his touch

The passion in his blood

The woman who fostered

The way he shows love

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Do Shadows Fly? (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is the word: Intuition. You can visit the fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
In my abstract Tanka today, I used the word ‘Intuitively’

Do Shadows Fly? (a Tanka)

In the clouds, they fly

And their shadows ink the ground

Then, intuitively

I ask, “Why do my writings

fail to go beyond the sky”

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

I Need You

Please Note: All images were taken by Derrick Knight, and I am incredibly grateful that he kindly allows me to reproduce his photos on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2024/05/04/first-foals-of-2024/

I Need You

I am proudly striding

Beside my mother

Below her handsome shoulder

And close to her cuddly hip

I rub against her warmth

So, I can hear her loving heartbeat

And feel her rhythmical breath

Calmly caress my soft ears

Here, I have no fear while she is near

“Who Knows?” Said the Sun

“Who Knows?” Said the Sun

the clouds appear to be
ascending up
or are they
descending down
“who knows?”
said the smiling Sun
or was that his frown

what is right?
what is wrong?
going up
or falling down
growing up
or losing your crown
slowing up
or dying on the ground

“who knows what’s next?”
said the setting Sun
“in your shady annex
full of loaded guns,
existing
remains complex”

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Centenarians

At ‘The Dunes’ cafe/restaurant, Ocean Grove, near Mum and Dad’s old family home, “Tullawalla”.

Centenarians

Today

We had a family remembrance party

For our dear departed parents

They were both born in 1924

One hundred years ago!

Today

We gathered to celebrate

Their love and loyalty for each other

And to proudly honour

The love and incredible support

We all unconditionally received

Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Colour Challenge is: Orange – you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Orange is the colour of energy and happiness, and I dream of solving the world’s problems by wrapping the “Earth In Rainbows”

Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)

Below the rainbow’s

Protective arch, nature’s birds

Know their nests are safe

Away from humanity’s

Hard rains and murderous wars

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Time, No Rhyme or Reason

Time, No Rhyme or Reason

Time is in your hands
Time hears no commands
Time is not sentimental
And does not need a schedule

Time dies under your feet
Time has no heartbeat
Time is infinite and blind
And revolves inside your mind

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Throwback Friday, Where’s That Dream

Today’s Throwback poem was written before I started my website, and is from June 2012, not long after Carole had passed (12 years ago today). For unexplainable reasons, the nostalgic piece has not found its way into any of my “3 books”. Maybe this unheralded poem will catalyze me to begin a 4th book!

Where’s That Dream

I have seen the universe through to the stars beyond
There is a deep darkness, she is gone, she is gone
I saw her smile crack from the pain
There was a sorrow, she caught it tomorrow

I have seen the moon through the burning sun
Where is that planet she is walking on?
I saw her eyes crying tears of sand
Where is that beach she is lying on?

I have seen the ocean through the broken coral
Where is that ship, she is sailing on?
I saw her body serene and frail
Where are the ashes she is covered in?

I have seen the earth open, swallowing the multitude whole
Where is that chasm she is falling through?
I saw her gentle soul disappear out of sight
Where is that secret haven she is flying to?

I have seen the land go through violent storms
Where are the winds of time she is spread upon?
I saw her heart, her love, for all of you and me
Where is that dream, she has left us to find?