Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Merry Christmas To All

Wishing you all, a lovely Christmas and a grand New Year

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

My Tanka, “1” of Five
FROM: Into The Light, Sunflower Tanka, Anthology
The “Sunflower Tanka,” is an Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, and Experimental Tanka, superbly compiled by Robbie Cheadle and Colleen M. Chesebro, Contributing Editors.
>> https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
>> https://colleenchesebro.org/

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Amazon.Australia. Amazon.com.au : Sunflower Tanka: An Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, & Experimental Tanka

Under a White Light (a Tanka)

Within the forest
There’s a glen where children play
Under a white light
Where mystical faeries
Flit around, happy and free

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

A Sunflower Reminder (aTanka)

Hello, dear readers and followers. I’m going away for a 10-day holiday and a break tomorrow, but I’ve ‘Scheduled’ several poems on my WP site while Frankie and I are up at Ballarat. (so my WP blogging will be very minimal)

A Sunflower Reminder (a Tanka)

My sunflower blooms
Three short days before Christmas
But three long winters
Have passed over the meadows
Without peace in the Ukraine

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

Christmas Cake and Champagne

Christmas Cake and Champagne

Last night, I stumbled through the front door
With chocolates and shortbreads in my hand
Somehow, during our morning walkies,
A friendly Christmas Cake followed us home
Then I went to the Saturday Christmas Market
Where I sold three of my poetry books
Also, I purchased a bar of handmade soap
and a lovely painting of an old upright piano
For my sister’s Birthday on Boxing Day

When the Market Day wound down
Our Creative Geelong Makers group
Enjoyed a Christmas break-up party
With cheese platters and champagne
Then with my book trolley in hand
I managed to catch the last bus home
And again, I stumbled through the front door

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

The Moon Avoids the Summer Sun (a Tanka)

The Moon Avoids the Summer Sun (a Tanka)

The morning moon sets
And slowly slides into bed
Unobtrusively
Resting beneath shady trees
Away from the summer sun

Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >> Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)

Perceptions:

Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)

Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books

OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

Throwback Friday, Tomorrow’s Sky

I originally wrote today’s ‘Throwback Friday’ poem in June 2021 as a protest against the proposed drilling for oil in the “Great Australian Bight,” a protected ocean area known as the Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve.
And as is my way, I have revised and rewritten my poem “Tomorrow’s Sky”

Tomorrow’s Sky (Revised)

Floating upon my bed of rhyme
I continued to drift into Dreamtime
Reaching out through the window
I imagined what I could borrow
From the world’s future of sorrow

And beyond the blue horizon
On the edge of the Indian Ocean
I grabbed a piece of tomorrow’s sky
Strange, the feeling bamboozled my eye

Then magically I saw an azure hue of daylight
Within the shimmering mirage of nature’s plight
An unpolluted view of the “Great Australian Bight”

Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >> Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)

Perceptions:

Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)

Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books

OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

Sunflower Tanka, Into The Light – 1st Edition 2024

Today, I received an early Christmas present: my copy of the amazing “Sunflower Tanka,” an Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, and Experimental Tanka, superbly compiled by Robbie Cheadle and Colleen M. Chesebro, Contributing Editors.
>> https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
>> https://colleenchesebro.org/

The attached scans below are my “5” Tanka, which incorporate the theme “Into The Light” and were selected by the editors.

Amazon.com LINK

Amazon.UK.com LINK

Amazon.Australia. Amazon.com.au : Sunflower Tanka: An Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, & Experimental Tanka

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

Carefree (a Haiku)

Carefree (a Haiku)

Twilight butterflies
Floating on the summer breeze
Peaceful and carefree

Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >> Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)

Perceptions:

Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)

Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books

OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

Midnight Rainbows (a Haiku)

My Poem/Haiku is a ‘poetic’ comment that I posted to Carol (of Therapy Bits) in response to her beautiful poem >> https://therapybits.com/2024/12/16/in-midnights-quiet-seek-the-minds-release/

Midnight Rainbows (a Haiku)

The yellow full moon
Illuminates the night sky
With dreamy rainbows

Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >> Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)

Perceptions:

Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >> Perceptions (lulu.com)

Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books

OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven (c) December 2024

My First “Red” Cherry Tomatoe

Nine days before Christmas my Cherry Tomatoe plant gifted me a little ripe tomatoe. Early summer has been quite warm, today it’ll be 41’C. With plenty of watering my courtyard garden is flourishing.