Tag: Life/lifestyle

Nature, Give, and Receive (My Christmas Message)

A poem I wrote this time last year, and my hopeful Christmas message is repeated …

Featured Images: Taken at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens



Nurture, Give, and Receive




It’s a material world 

That leaves us in a whirl

What we really need 

Is a planet without greed 

That needs our minds to proceed

By growing and nurturing her seeds

Then our journey becomes that of the giver

Rather than being nature’s grieving receiver








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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Throwback Friday, An Emerald Tapestry, by Ivor Steven

My article from “Go Dog Go Cafe” that I posted this morning >> godoggocafe.com/2022/12/22/throwback-friday-an-emerald-tapestry-by-ivor-steven/

  “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ― Leonard Cohen
Featured Image Above: taken near Lal Lal, not far from Ballarat.

An Emerald Tapestry

I resumed living last decade

Narrowly surviving gravities finality

Now, I lean against my tower’s balustrade

That overlooks an emerald valley

Echoing from my castle’s balcony

I hear Leonard Cohen’s words about life’s pagentry

Outlining the spiritual tapestry

Of commonality, morality, and vitality






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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Today, Time Does Not Matter (a Haiku)

All featured Images: were taken on my Sanyo iPhone today …




Today, Time Does Not Matter (a Haiku) 

 
 
A walk back in time 

Along cobblestone pathways 

And rustic cafes 









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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Out Of Breath (a Tanka)

All Featured Images: Were taken today at the magnificent “Ballarat Botanical Gardens”



Out Of Breath (a Tanka)


Giant redwood tree

Bears air for the atmosphere

Is life out of breath?

Nature continues to fight

Despite the disdainful crowd







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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Resting At My Brother’s House (An Acrostic Poem)

 



Resting At My Brother’s House (an Acrostic Poem)



Relaxing on this comfy new bed 

Electronically adjustable 

Special settings for reading and writing 

Time is neither coming nor going 

Internally, I feel at home 

Nourished and thoroughly spoiled 

Gratefully, living in the lap of luxury   








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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

On The Seventh Day Before Christmas

Me and my sister, Miffy … …. … Brother Danny and birthday cake

Hello dear readers and followers, I am on Holidays, resting at my siblings places in Ballarat and will not blogging very much for the next 2 weeks.



On The Seventh Day Before Christmas

Today a family tradition was broken

Our Christmas day luncheon

Was held a week early

As was brother Danny’s

Seventy-fourth birthday

And we did not gather

For the usual home cooked feast



Instead, we entertained ourselves

At a local riverside restaurant

Where we still raised our glasses

And enjoyed the luxury of being waited on

“Knowing, Mum and Dad would be smiling down on us”








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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Lost Horizon (a Tanka)



Running out of time

Inside today’s twilight zone

Drifting and alone

Searching for the pathway home

Beneath a lost horizon






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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

No One Stops the Sun From Shining

Again, thank you to Colleen for another one of her thought provoking post’s earlier today. >> https://bikecolleenbrown.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/dependent/ , and my poem here is a instant comment/reply to her wonderful article.

Featured Image Above: a poor attempt at taking a photo of the moon tonight on my iPhone.



No One Stops the Sun From Shining


I do not try to count

The universe’s brightest stars

I do not try to change

The lonely moon’s moody faces


I do not interfere or stop

The trees from growing

And I’ll never try to stop

The sun from shining


I never had cause to question her personality

We accepted our inherent differences

She was delicately soft

And lovingly compassionate

I was resiliently sturdy

And lovingly loyal

And I will not stop

The sun from shining








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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

I’m Almost Home (a Haiku)



I’m Almost Home (a Haiku)




Could the stars be right

That life is almost perfect

Tonight’s moon agrees






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Ivor Steven (c) November 2022

One Land (a Haiku)

One of best Haiku, according to some of my fellow poets here in Geelong, which I penned in June 2020
Featured Photo Above: A painting by Carole Steven



One Land (a Haiku) Tullawalla, page 119



Upon our torn earth

Let’s sit around the camp fire

One circle of sand






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Ivor Steven (c) November 2022