In my soon-to-be-published new book “Unti Eyes Hear Sound”, the Senryu below, is my dedication piece to my late wife Carole.
Triggers ( A Senryu)
“Oh, that knowing smile
The wink of acknowledgment
A wave, a warm hand”
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
This afternoon, while lazing around at the Cafe
I could feel the world spinning around me
Oh, what a world I did foresee
My photos were taken last night, of Venus and then the Full Moon.
A Mapie begins his flight, a leaf is swinging in the breeze, and Frankie is the centre of my spinning world.
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Chance Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … and yes, we are taking a “Chance” by holding on, every time the world spins and swings around.
A Spinning and Swinging World
the cycle of nature
whirls around
like a spinning top
then slows down
at the equator’s plateau
pausing there
to swing on the world’s axis
either, swaying to the right
or leaning to the left
but always within reach
of life’s balancing point
Please Note: The 3 cover designs are by, Kerri Costello
Until Eyes Hear Sound, will be available in March
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/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
I find the Musette’s restrictive poetry format, to be very challenging
A Musette is,
three verses
first line – 2 syllables
second line – 4 syllables
third line – 2 syllables
rhyme scheme – a/b/a c/d/c e/f/e
The title reflects the poem’s content
The Mystique (a Musette)
Friday
I said to you
“Please stay”
You said
“Only one night
Twin beds”
Next week
We savoured the
Mystique
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
I recently wrote a poem titled “Ivor’s Utopia” and I thought today’s Throwback Friday poem “Imperfectness” would be a perfect accompaniment. “Imperfectness” is from December 2022.
Imperfectness (a Tanka)
My imperfectness
Is perfectly camouflaged
Underneath the trees
Where moon shadows protect me
From the world’s imperfections
I will be running a book stall at the Clunes Book Town Festival in March, one of Australia’s largest all-town book festivals celebrated on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Central Victoria.
An annual celebration of every aspect of storytelling. Join us on March 23 – 24 2024. Running from dawn to dusk in the historic township of Clunes in Regional Victoria. A two-day festival full of author and artist talks, workshops, and live entertainment for the whole family. Discover the outdoor book bazaar with over a hundred stall holders and immerse yourself in Clunes from cover to cover.
And over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is the theme: Hobbies. You can visit their wonderful Site by Clicking on >> Here and of course, my “Hobby” is writing poetry
I Refilled My Cracked Inkwell
I am tacking toward the unknown
I will carry pockets full of hope
And a suitcase packed with books
I threw away the map years ago
When I refilled my cracked ink well
And rehabilitated my Tullawalla Story
I am leaving my pet rocks behind
And renovating my vintage quill
To do the anticipated book signings
For my rejuvenated “Tullawalla”
The fascinating ekphrastic collaboration “Perceptions”
And my new evocative book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Please Note: The 3 cover designs are by, Kerri Costello
Until Eyes Hear Sound, will be available in March
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/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Destiny and Shame Await”, 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/destiny-and-shame-await/
Daniel Norgren’s video/song below inspired me to write these reflective words …
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore … Ivor
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else” … Emily Dickinson
Rising moonlight hears the sound of the setting sunlight
The Sound of Time (a Tanka)
I am thinking why
“Is time, such a patient guy?”
I’m always writing
Anything that comes to mind
“Does time hear the sound of light?”
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
A Haiku that was inspired by Cassa’s (Flicker of Thoughts) fascinating article “Graffiti Rocks” >> https://flickerofthoughts.com/2024/01/12/griffiti-rocks/
Please Note: all photos in today’s post were taken by Cassa and she kindly gave me permission to reproduce them here on my poetry site
A Bluestone Breakwater (a Haiku)
Tablets of bluestone
Enshrouded by chalk and bone
No iPhones in sight
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
A Star Called Home
I am high flying
On the back of Phillip
My mystical fairy Penguin
I am the co-pilot
As we zoom over the halfway marker
That line in the sand
Now, there is no turning back
We are a dynamic duo
Wholeheartedly committed
To fulfill our dreams
Ungainly we may be
As we skim above the deepest sea
Toward the blue horizon
Chasing the cosmic sky
Looking for a star called home
“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading!” … Veronica Roth
Ivor’s Utopia
A world made of sunflower seeds
And musical water reeds
A world without greed
No wars and plenty of feed
Where people don’t have to bleed
For being judged an alienated breed
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
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