Featured Image Above: The 63 Degrees Cafe, which is across the road from the Box Office Cafe
A happy Frankie, and the little Finch … The Book Bird message.
The New Year is Near (a Tanka)
I’m across the road
At a different cafe
It is New Year’s Eve
Today the Box Office closed
Early for the holiday
Ivor Steven (c) December/January 2023/2024
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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Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Birds Know the Way (a Tanka)
Hold on and look up
Birds dodge the tangled skyline
They know where to fly
Birds will show us the way home
Above the blue horizon
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Moon Shadows (a Tanka)
Both the evening moon
And the bright afternoon moon
Decorate my room
With gray slithery shadows
That dance across my pillows
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
A Lightning bolt struck
My branches were almost dead
Steadfast, here I stood
Allowing roots to regroup
And rebuild my forest roof
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Winter Slaps Autumn In the Eye (a Tanka)
Time shortens in stride
Autumn leaves pepper the ground
Winter slaps the sky
Midday sun closes her eyes
Naked trees wisely survive
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Mothers (a Tanka)
Happy Mothers Day
The queens of my universe
Your stars light my sky
Every day and every night
On my bended knees, I stay
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Please Note: All photos in my article today were taken by my cousin Maureen, and she kindly allowed me to reproduce them here on my poetry website.
Today at Sunrise (a Tanka)
Dawn on Anzac Day
My cousins are in Torquay
United they stand
Remembering their fathers
Peace they cry, “Lest We Forget”
Ivor Steven (c) 25th April 2023
The Crescent Moon and Venus 6.10pm, April 23rd
The Universe of Love and Light (a Tanka)
The Moon and Venus
Crystalize the twilight sky
Together they dance
She, in the crescent moon’s arms
Love unites the universe
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2023
A Butterfly Sits on the Mushroom (a Tanka)
Imagine the scene
A butterfly fluttering
Atop the mushroom
A subconscious fantasy
My Autumn afternoon dream
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2023
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