Tag: Life & Nature

“Spirit Bird”

There are moments when a song gathers everyone in the room into one breath. Watching “Spirit Bird” live in Brussels, I felt that pull — a reminder that we’ve walked this path before, laughed and cried before, stood on this same wounded ground before. And still, the spirit rises.


Morning’s silent wings keep tracing the same old stories.




“Spirit Bird”


Yes, we’ve seen it all before
“Give it time, and we wonder why,
do what we can, laugh, and we cry
And we sleep in your dust
because we’ve seen this all before.”
… The finale lyrics from Xavier Rudd’s emotional song “Spirit Bird.”






Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Staring Back At Me (a Tanka)

Feature Image Above: was created by Copilot and me.

Stepping outside, I find the night moon is still following me.





Staring Back At Me (a Tanka)


It’s after midnight
I’m out, beyond the front door
The night is cloudy
But I can still see the moon
There, watching my every move





And the moon kept following me as if the night wasn’t done with me yet




Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Our Shy Half-moon

A warm autumn sky, a bright afternoon, and a half‑moon trying not to be noticed.





Our Shy Half-moon


In our sunny Autumn sky,
the afternoon’s silvery half-moon
is naturally simple to pinpoint.

Especically
if you study your moon-chart app’
before you dip your eyes
into the dazzling blue yonder.

But beware — do not stare.
Our daytime moon is rather shy
about being exposed
by the sun’s intrusive glare.



A bright little moon‑tune to echo beneath the daylight sky.




Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Lest We Forget (a Haiku)

As the sky deepened to red, the day’s meaning settled softly around us.


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Lest We Forget (a Haiku)

Twilight’s blood red sky
Quietly reminded us
About ANZAC Day








Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Lucky Man: an Evening Surprise (a Tanka)

A quiet moment at dusk, evening settling softly around me, unaware the sky hosted its own surprise to share.





Lucky Man: an Evening Surprise (a Tanka)


There I stood waiting
for the wattlebird to fly
out of his gum tree.
Quickly, I snapped a photo —
surprise … do you see it too?”





Sometimes you’re just lucky enough to be standing in the right place at the right time.




Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Through the Widening Crack

“There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” … Leonard Cohen


“The sky cracked open for a heartbeat, and the light played its own soft melody.”



Through the Widening Crack



Twilight’s canopy of clouds
eclipses the evening sky
with an embracing violet shroud.

However, the squinting sunlight
was silently trying to wave goodbye
through the widening crack
above the sun’s transient eye.

And there on nature’s colourful curtain,
I saw columns of light
ascend the nebulous mountain;
then I wondered
whether I was witnessing the world’s
grand celestial pipe organ
playing a lullaby to the purple night









Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

One of the Crowd

After a stretch of nostalgic posts and tender reflections, I found myself drawn back to the calm of the outdoors today. There’s something reassuring about standing under a wide sky, watching a flock move as one — a reminder that even a quiet gatecrasher can find a place to belong.





One of the Crowd



Beneath the drifting clouds,
within the circling flock
who ritually gather
from all around the block,
I enjoy being one of the crowd —
and I’m socially allowed
to be a peaceful gatecrasher.




In the easy company of wings and drifting light, I found my way back to calm.




Ivor Steven ©  April 2026


Along This Road

As the evening sky burned low, it carried me back to a younger road — one lit with promise, before time dimmed the colours I thought would last.

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Along This Road


Once upon a time —
when I was young, and life glowed,
I came along this road
where twilight’s crimson light
meets the edge of night.

Beyond once upon a time,
I saw her candle of joy turn white,
and her happy fire fell out of sight.
Thereafter, her merciless plight
became an ongoing, cruel fight.







Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

Nine Crows and the Moon

Nine crows rise beneath a watching moon, each carrying a whisper of the hour.





Nine Crows and the Moon


I suppose it’s in my DNA,
as is my way,
like every other day.

I look up from under
my old tattered beret,
then begin to wonder
who’s at play today?

At nine minutes to noon,
ten is the number —
nine crows plus the moon.

Soon it’ll be afternoon,
and the midday crescent moon,
will be retiring to his bedroom.




A tune to keep the moon company as the morning clears away.





Ivor Steven ©  April 2026