Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Misplaced in Space”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and visit my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/misplaced-in-space/
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
At Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Fresh. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … Below is my response to their prompt Fresh.
Animal Clouds
Today, the shapely edges of my sky
Formed a gigantic picture frame
Around nature’s enigmatic blue canvas
A magical background for the awaiting clouds
To project their showy animal images on
Then the cinematic masterpiece rolled in
There above I saw a white Whale float by
And across in the corner of the screen
A Cheetah crept in, ready to pounce
Upon the sleepy afternoon moon
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023
Today’s poem is one that I wrote while attending a “Writing Circle” meeting, hosted by the talented and gracious, Ali Grimshaw … If you are interested in attending one of her fabulous on-line “Zoom Sessions”, you can visit her site by clicking on this link
>> https://flashlightbatteries.blog/
Featured Image Above; my photo of my computer’s start-up screen this morning, from Windows Microsoft
Arousing “Itmims”
I hear a thunderous storm
Rumbling above
I see a chromatic sky
Illuminating my yard
I feel my romantic dreams
Arousing my Itmims* spacecraft
There ready and waiting
For time to chime in
My next mysterious rhyme
However
Time hears no commands
And silently resets her sundial’s hands
To reignite dawn’s golden strands
*Itmims: “Ivors Time Machine In Micro Space“
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Ivor Steven (c) November 2022
The article I posted on “Go Dog Go Cafe” today >> https://godoggocafe.com/2022/11/18/throwback-friday-itmims-ivors-time-machine-in-micro-space-by-ivor-steven/
“Itmims” is a poem I wrote in December 2018, when I was hospital, in an ‘Isolation Room’, and Itmims space craft was my imaginative means of escaping confinement.
Itmims (Tullawalla, page 60)
Welcome aboard my bubble ship, Itmims
Come fly with me into the unknown
We shall traverse time and space
Across the borders of level seven
Beyond the boundaries of intelligence
We’ll discover the story of Tullawalla
Capture the heart of a beautiful red-head
Learn about her journey of grace and bravery
Understand the depth of your soul
Show others what happens to the heart
Find your star, your colour, your lost art
Walk deserts in space, swim the Milky-way
Breathe the air I breathe, see what I see
Feel her soft red hair, on your cheek
Step inside my Itmims, sharing love on the high seas
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All Images: were from my visit to the ‘Writers Retreat Workshop’, held at Drydale’s Old Courthouse & Museum on Friday
The Weekend Challenge from Weekly Prompts is the word; RANDOM. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> HERE . The poem ‘Drumsticks’ is my response to the prompt Random
Drumsticks
Thump, thump, thump
The muffled beat of drums
Hollow depressing throbs
Hauntingly echo
From behind the heavy door
Of the jurors’ chambers
What will their verdict be?
The courthouse gallery is full
Humming in anticipation
Has the Drummer Boy’s case
Been handled fairly?
The alleged fatal weapons
The Boy’s drumsticks
Are yet to be found!
Ivor Steven (c) October 2022
We walked pass the ‘Imagination Garden Kindergarten & Childcare’ centre this morning, and I was reminded of this poem I wrote in August 2020, when the building was being constructed. All the photos in my post here today were taken this morning at the “Imagination” centre ..
Imagination (revised)
Boldly, the sign “Imagination” is written on the wall
The silent gift of creativety that is given to us all
Imagination looks beyond the distant horizon
To where a blue sky unites the oceans
Imagination looks above the gathering dark clouds
To where a golden sun dispels all doubts
Imagination looks inside the essence of nature
To where a nurtured animal instinct matures
Imagination looks outside the boundaries of mankind
To where a human mind can roam unconfined
And peacefully co-exist nonaligned
Ivor Steven (c) June 2022
