She’s A Rainbow





She’s A Rainbow

Today, I saw rainbows everywhere
On my poetry booklet
In my empty coffee cup
And my grey clouds
Donned rainbows too!

Thank you, my love
For thoughtfully
Brightening this day
With your ever-lasting smile







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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Who’s Chasing Who?

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: Regret … please go over and check out their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. and I never have any “Regrets” about walking in the rain when I am “Chasing Rainbows”






Who’s Chasing Who


In the cold, misty rain

I was walking quickly

Down my Cul de sac lane

Suddenly, the afternoon sun

Burst through a blue crack

In the dark grey sky


And there emanated

A far-reaching rainbow arch

Shimmering across the shady clouds

Spanning Twilight’s golden horizon

In one endless curve

Of fluorescent light


Chasing rainbows is what I do

And catching the rings of Saturn

This is what I dream of doing

Because this is where I last saw her







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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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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

“Thirsting for Freedom”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Thirsting for Freedom”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/thirsting-for-freedom/






Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Finding Her Universe (a Double Tanka)





Finding Her Universe
(a Double Tanka)

In the direction
Of heading home, I found North
Then veered to the East
Looking for the setting Sun
There, I told the Horizon

“I have lost my way
flying through your golden day”
“You’re not lost, my friend,
fly toward my brightest point
and her universe is yours”







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Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’

AND
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

One Day (Revised)

This is a poem from way before I started blogging in 2017, and I originally had it in a booklet of poems, called ‘Before, After, Now’ from 2010. So I thought I would repost the poem for the Weekly Prompts, Weekend Challenge, which is: One Day … please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here



One Day (Revised)


I am not asking you to dust my story’s book cover

Nor am I expecting you to be like our kind mother

You know in your heart there are no others

I’m alone during my nights, under cold covers

All I want from you is to look for no other

All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother


She’s fading away, not complaining, and no bother

Her dying life has given me no time to hover

One day not so far away, her eyes beneath the clover

She’ll rest peacefully, and I’ll be crying over and over

All I want from you is to hold me while I recover

All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother







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Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’

AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Nominated for Spillwords Author Of The Month April



AUTHOR OF THE MONTH


Only One Day Of Voting to Go!

Dear Readers and Followers,

I am thrilled to announce my nomination for Spillwords Author of the Month! This is an immense honour, and I am truly humbled, both by the support I have received from the Spillwords Editorial Team over the years, and of course from everyone who reads and shows appreciation for my words.

All of the writers nominated are hugely talented, and I offer my congratulations to every one of them on their nominations!

If you wish to show your support by voting, you can visit this Spillwords Link >>https://spillwords.com/vote/  

THE NOMINEES ARE:

Ash Douglas
Emma Wells
Ian Fletcher
Ivor Steven
RC Larlham
Ximena Escobar
Lindsay Soberano Wilson




Why Do We Write? (a Quote)


“The world caresses our eyes 
every day until we die. 
We write to arouse idle minds 
and soothe hearts with our soulful finds” … Ivor Steven, Oct 2023.





Ivor …
a Leonard Cohen song for the occasion






Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

The Ravens Know (a Tanka)






The Ravens Know (a Tanka)


Blackbirds and grey clouds

Cast shadows on the tarmac

Cold air swirls around

Hail makes that hammering sound

Ravens elope to the trees








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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/

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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Throwback Friday, Day One (Lest We Forget)

“Day One” a poem I wrote in April 2022 for ‘Anzac Day’ … Lest We Forget …



Day One

Before Day One

I wished upon a star
That the milk-bar
Was not too far away
My life’s bread was crumbling
My weathered hands were fumbling
Witnessing the Last Supper was humbling

Day One

There, beyond the darkness
Out in the universe
From a million light-years away
Under an alien’s microscopic frame
We would all look the same

After Day One

I wished for the dust to settle
Then waited for rusted gunmetal
To mature into household kettles
Whistling hallelujah to new sunflower petals





This graphic Music/Video by the Pogues “needs no more words”




Ivor Steven (c) April (Anzac Day) 2024

Beyond Flawed Paws





Beyond Flawed Paws


 
 
We are flying north before winter 

I am on the edge of the flock 

The outside feather of the throng  

Away from the main group.  

But close enough 

To sense that I belong


 

Even with my tired and aging wings 

The congregation allows me to tag along 

And they caringly bunch together 

Sheltering me when the wind is strong


  

We are a humble and united colony  

Paternally migrating in perfect harmony 

As part of nature’s cycle of eternity


 

We soar above the flawed paws

Of the world’s sparring community 

And beyond those sharp claws

Of their tragic and panicky community






Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Throwback Friday, Day One (Lest We Forget)

“Day One” a poem I wrote in April 2022 for ‘Anzac Day’ … Lest We Forget …



Day One

Before Day One

I wished upon a star
That the milk-bar
Was not too far away
My life’s bread was crumbling
My weathered hands were fumbling
Witnessing the Last Supper was humbling

Day One

There, beyond the darkness
Out in the universe
From a million light-years away
Under an alien’s microscopic frame
We would all look the same

After Day One

I wished for the dust to settle
Then waited for rusted gunmetal
To mature into household kettles
Whistling hallelujah to new sunflower petals





This graphic Music/Video by the Pogues “needs no more words”




Ivor Steven (c) April (Anzac Day) 2024