Shangri La, Volume 5, Either Way

FREE PDF COPY >>> Links Below

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 that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are 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 a total of “1594” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 5. Either Way“



Either Way

According to the book of Why 
The sun will never die 
And the moon is often seen  
wearing a black tie

Either way 
After the matinee 
Where do the children play?  
On our filthy ashtray 






Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Inner Space

A big thank you to VJ Knutson’s poem >> https://vjknutson.org/2023/12/09/varnish/ , for being the inspiration behind my abstract piece today …






Inner Space





my faulty mind cannot find first base

and has slowed down to a snail’s pace

but no matter, in my space

I slide and slither with grace



while everyone’s imitation briefcases

are full of knotted bootlaces

and rushing into cyberspace

searching for “what’s” on third base








Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Every Day is Perfect  

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the Word, Contemplate. You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. … this afternoon, me and Frankie were “contemplating” when we should go back out in the rain …





Every Day is Perfect  


Perfect one day  

Rainy the next 

Clouds are crying 

Birds are hiding 

Puddles are unifying


 

Saturday afternoon 

The cafe is almost empty  

Frankie’s a shaggy, doggie  

Soaked and soggy 

Oh, it’s raining again 


Heavy fat drops  

No sign of abating

Puddles are migrating 

And we are waiting 

For nature’s sundrops 






Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

A Frollick of Forest Faeries, is in the Geelong Writers Annual Anthology, Eclectic Words 2023

Last evening I attended the Geelong Writers book launch of their annual anthology “Eclectic Words 2023”, and I am thrilled to announce that my piece “A Frollick of Forest Faeries” appears in the poetry section this prestigious Anthology.









The lyrics to “A Faerie Song (We Who Are Old)” by The Waterboys & William B Yeats




Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Throwback Friday, Time and the Sea

A piece I wrote on February 7th 2019. I was in Hospital recovering from my 3rd stroke (a minor one), but it was only 2 months since my previous stroke, and I was wandering around the place like a becalmed sailing ship waiting for the winds of change to send me home … The music I listened to during my stay, were mainly two Icelandic Bands, Sigur Ros, & Solstafir … I didn’t understand the lyrics, but the music seemed to be grand for my anxiety level …





Time and the Sea



There’s wasted time, hours and days gone

My time, between one procedure and the next

Time to explore this healing castle

Time to chat, to eager listener’s

Time to write, about realities and dreams

Time to observe the people’s living within

Time to think about the world’s problems

Time to visualise pictures of tomorrow

I’m not a patient in his bed

I’m free standing and waiting instead

I’m a walking and talking local poet

I’m not allowed to vacate the site

They want me near, to study my plight

They want me here, to secure my bed

They need me near, to look into my mind

They need me here, so I’m easy to find





Solstafir “Midaftann”

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mi%C3%B0aftann-mid-evening.html

Mid-Evening

Now I have come home
After a journey on the deep seas.
The wave was so high,
The saltiness ate everything up.
I drowned in a black hole,
I pulled at the hand of death.
So high, it was so high,
And the moon lighted a path, yes the moon high in the sky,
And the moon lighted a path, yes the moon lighted a path.
So high, so high, wave of the sins, wave of the sins.




Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Dragonflies and Butterflies (a Tanka)





Dragonflies and Butterflies (a Tanka)




In my garden chair

Royalty floats beside me

Regal dragonflies

And majestic butterflies

Hover in front of my eyes










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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com  


Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Nightfall (a Musette), is this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Nightfall (a Musette)”, 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.
>> Nightfall – Coffee House Writers








Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Ivor’s Books Stall

An enjoyable evening was had by all …
And over at Weekly Prompts, the Colour Challenge for December is: Red. To visit their fabulous site please click on >> Here
My Book stall was at the “Geelong Laneways Christmas Twilight Market”





Ivor’s Books Stall




I caught a bus into the city

My books, props, and meal  

Fitted neat and tidy  

Into my case on wheels 


The weather was fine and mild  

The anticipated crowd did arrive 

All smiling like Destiny’s Child 

And buzzed from stall to stall  

Like busy bees in a hive 


I had loads of interested views 

And I sold several books 

There were over fifty creative displays  

Up and down the Avenue 

And the festival entertainers 

Attracted oodles of bemused looks 








Ivor Steven (c) December 2023