Our Cafe to the Rescue (a Haiku)

Featured Image Above: Recouping composure, one café moment at a time.


Frankie and I, settling into the calm, captured in little snapshots from our café breather.




Our Cafe to the Rescue (a Haiku)

It’s time to relax
And recoup our composure
A place without hooks






Ivor Steven  ©  February 2026

Kissed by Daylight (a Haiku)

Feature Image Above: created by Copilot and me.


Today’s WordPress Prompt

Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.

“The day’s first glow beckons me to pause, to notice, and to appreciate everything that unfolds.”




Kissed by Daylight (a Haiku)


Out of the darkness
The sun’s glow caresses my eyes
Daylight kisses my world






Ivor Steven ©  February 2026

Throwback Friday, Beyond Sight (a Haiku)


Today’s Throwback Friday poem (originally written in August 2025) is drawn from my upcoming book, Time Hears No Sound. It appears as the first poem in the Haiku section of Chapter 10, Time’s Short Poems: Haiku, Tanka, etc.



Beyond Sight (a Haiku)

Good morning sunrise
I soak in daylight’s caress
Until eyes hear sound





Ivor Steven ©  January 2026

The Barwon Heads Indie Author Book Fair – 2026 – & Book Mouse (a Haiku)

Time & Location (This coming Sunday)

11 Jan 2026, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Barwon Heads Community Hall, 77 Hitchcock Ave, Barwon Heads VIC 3227, Australia

Yes, I’ll be there, along with many other Geelong and Victorian Indie Authors. Over 30 local independent writers gathered under one roof- what better way to spend a Sunday morning in January than a trip out to the beautiful Barwon Heads

About the Event

The Book Reality Experience presents the 3nd Annual Indie Author Summer Book Fair, which celebrates stories from children’s books through to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and every genre in between. We can’t wait to welcome you to this one-day event filled with over 30 Author Exhibits, providing you with the opportunity to talk directly with independently published authors… some of whom will become your new favourites.
** FREE entry to all visitors. 

https://ian5169.wixsite.com/indie-author-book-fa/meet-the-authors




Book Mouse (a Haiku)


A hall full of books
Indie Authors to greet you
The book mouse’s nest








Ivor Steven  ©  January 2026