Ivor.Plumber/Poet

The Moon and a Cocoon

 
 
 
I see you staring down 

under your blue sky frown 

as I slowly arise  

from the mossy ground 

and shed my sleepy disguise 

Do not worry, Mr. Moon 

I have found your silver spoon 

and before the next monsoon 

I will eat my way out 

of this shady cocoon, 

cast aside any self-doubts 

and ignore all the high-noon lampoons

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Today’s Throwback Friday poem is from May 2021 and appears in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”, Chapter 2, page 20.

A Living Legend

Mother Nature is my gardener
My living dance of life
I follow her guiding waltz
And let her conduct the lead

Where everything in her wonderland is real
Everything I touch, I can feel
And inside every blade of grass
Everything I see is a fairyland field

Every aroma from the magical forest
Gently breezes across my forehead
Every midnight moonbeam
Covers me in a silver dream
Every golden ray of sunshine
Lights up my dreams like a neon sign

I cannot control the sun
I cannot control the waves
But I can control the energy I receive

From every moment there is a second
Every second is a piece of time’s errand
Every errand is a part of life’s legend

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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

It’s our Market Day this Saturday! We have a great selection of stalls from our creative members with a broad range of goods for sale… so please drop by – our May’d Shop will also be open!

Market Day, Saturday 18 May
11:00am-3:00pm

Here are some of the stallholders:

*Emily Wilson & Willow Ecosoaps Instagram: @willowecosoaps
*Quinn EarthChild Instagram @quinnearthchild
*Ivor Steven author & poet Instagram @ivors20
*Jennifer Cromarty Art Instagram @jencromartyart
*Print on Demand by Aaron Instagram @pod_by_aaron
*Jazzyskye Designs Instagram @jazzyskyedesigns
*Margaret Primmer artist
*Darihan Mullenger Instagram @dari.han_
*Scott Villarosa instagram.com/villama.de/
*Coastal Air Creations Art
*Faith O’Malley Instagram @art_byfaith_
*Blind Sider Arts Instagram @blindsiderarts
*Effie Hand Painted Fabrics Instagram @effie_handpaintedfabrics
*Art by Faith Instagram @art_byfaith_
*Deb Gartland Gellibrand River Gallery Instagram @gellibrand_river_gallery
*Choc Chip Please Instagram @chocchipplease
ToastArtWrkz – Timethe Alves

We’d love to see you on Saturday at the
Creative Geelong Hub, Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St Geelong

Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: Humility. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. Today my poem is about how our humble birds handle the difficulties of flying into the wind.

Watching Birds Fly Into the Wind (a Double Tanka)

The birds hover high
And struggle against strong winds
With wings at full span
They gracefully glide and dive
Tacking into the airwaves


Irrepressible
They’re powerful for their size
Like turbocharged darts
Aerodynamically
Conceived to sail through all winds

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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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Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

This has been a nostalgic week for me. Thursday was my mother’s birthday, and also Carole’s “funeral day” and now it is “Mothers Day”… Here is my tribute to those 2 magnificent women in my life…

My Women

After I had left the hem

Without women

I could not have survived my time

I would not have braved the climb

Ladies, you are my rhyme

My mothers of thyme

Helping me roll away the stone

Maintaining these old bones

Repairing the bridges, I have burnt

Reciting the messages, I have learnt

Cheering from the sidelines

Supporting my broken designs

Women of My Rhymes

Mothers for a lifetime

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Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/product-page/until-eyes-hear-sound

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/

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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

Ivor Steven (c) May 2024