Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Walking On Water”, 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/walking-on-water/
Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Pointless. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Sometimes life at home seems “Pointless” without your Queen Bee.
The Journey Home (a Haiku)
Sometimes our journey
Crumbles like dry honeycomb
Without a queen bee
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I am ecstatic that my poem “My Darkest Ocean”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor, Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords, and if you wish, leave a “💗” for my article, by clicking on this link >> https://spillwords.com/my-darkest-ocean/
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Golden Sky (a Haiku)
Gold adorns my sky
A brilliant yellow sunset
And a gilded moon
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Woof, Woof, Are You Listening (Written by Frankie)
Ah, there he is
On that silly old computer again!
“Woof, woof, stop!”
As I stomp my paw
On the keyboard
“Woof, woof
It’s time for our walkies”
Then he pretends not to hear me
“WOOF, WOOF”, I bark louder!
“Yes! Ok, as soon as I finish the next verse
I’ll get your lead and off we’ll go”
“Yeah
woof, woof
he heard me that time”
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I wrote this six-line poem back in July 2022, and as is my way, today, I have slightly altered the wording.
“Since I don’t believe in anything
I can pretend about everything” … (anonymous)
Fiery Pearls and an Ambient Eye (Revised)
The stars are the universe’s fiery pearls
And when smoke falls into my eyes
Her leftover embers rekindle my heart
The silver moon is my world’s ambient eye
And when my mind falls out of focus
Her warrior radiance enlightens my soul
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know, I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have “1686” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here. for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 7. Grey Clouds Have Rainbows“
Grey Clouds Have Rainbows
The night is not always dark
You know
The moon has a bright side
The other side hides
in the Sun’s shadow
An icy pond’s reflection
Has the wrong image
Of whom was right
And grey clouds have rainbows
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Leaning Against the Wind (a Musette)
Threadbare
Leaning against
Despair
Kneeling
Unsupported
Reeling
Flatlined
Renders tough times
Maligned
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Knots, Twists, and Autumn Leaves
Knots
Hold
My water-logged boots together
While plodding
Along
My soggy pathway
Twists
Bulge
From my leafless branches
While slowly falling
Away
From my family tree
Autumn leaves
Cushion
My fractured soul
While hibernating
Within
My guardian’s cocoon
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
Earth’s Silent Sky (a Tanka)
Adrift in the sky
Grey clouds silently roll by
Inadvertently
Pushing the blue day away
Making Earth’s time turn darker
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024
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