Tag: Life & Nature

A Torn Tune





A Torn Tune


I’ve been resting
and recovering
now it is time
to resume the climb
and escape this cocoon
with its torn tune

this afternoon
there is a half-moon
I’ll refill my writing sword
cut the tethering cord
and fly upward
toward the unexplored
to meet my ultimate reward








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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

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Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books



OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com


Ivor Steven © May 2025

Yellow Into Crimson, Over and Over


Over at Weekly Prompts, the Monthly Colour Challenge for May is the colour Pink!
To visit their fabulous site, please click on >> Here
My poem is about ‘Crimson’, but I think it’s a darker shade of “Pink”






Yellow Into Crimson, Over and Over

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Minutes before
. . . . . The drapes are drawn
And moments after
. . . . . The final curtain

The sunset’s
. . . . . Harlequin horizon
Mystically mutates
. . . . . From yellow to crimson






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)



Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Ivor Steven © May 2025

I’m Leaving, is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine edition.

Hello, dear readers and followers. I write for Coffee House Writers magazine (USA) fortnightly, and my poem “I’m Leaving” is in this week’s edition. …
To read the poem, please click the link below to visit my Coffee House Writers Magazine article.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/im-leaving/






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)




Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)




Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books



OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com


Ivor Steven © April 2025

Wrapping up the “Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures” Book Blog Tour

This is the Final Day of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures Book Blog Tour:
Kaye Booth, our editor, is wrapping up the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures Book Blog Tour. We’ve all had a great tour this past week 

Please click on the link below to read Kaye’s informative article.

Wrapping up the “Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures” Book Blog Tour

Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/PT5-SmallPleasures






Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Sailing Back in Time



Over at Weekly Prompts, it’s the last weekend of the month, and it’s time for the One Day Prompt. To visit their fabulous site, please click on >> Here …




Sailing Back in Time



One day, my mind was sailing
down the river, and daydreaming
about being in a kindergarten.
Back to where time began,
in a colourful garden of fun.
Where nursery rhymes were real,
and friendly fairies lived
in the neighbouring field

Back then, love was homespun
And given freely to everyone







Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Day 6 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures Book Blog Tour

This is Day 6 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures Book Blog Tour:
Kay Castaneda is giving today’s presentation. It features DL Mullan reading her poem “Daybreak.”

Please click on the link below to read Kay’s informative article.

Welcome to the “Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures” Book Blog Tour

Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/PT5-SmallPleasures




Daybreak, by DL Mullun


Daybreak
The heavy sky lightens.
Night retreats.
Illustrious topaz hues sharpen until the grand arc
is a cascade of brilliant blue tones.
Cloudless, the sea’s reflection smooths away
any hint of the cosmic shroud.
Behind the rays, stars slumber and planets wait.
Yet, the moon hangs there: tranquil and sheer
an unfinished watercolor, framed.
Never ceases to reveal itself, the satellite balances
the Earth and shifts the tides.
Now, the once opaque sphere fades away; time reaffirms
that this guardian too must conceal her mysteries.
Although the waning gibbous departs, she remains our
silent company throughout the constellations.
Daylight irradiates.
The waking world glows




Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

A Grey Disguise (a Tu-aiku)






A Grey Disguise (a Tu-aiku)

Grey clouds fill the sky
Humidity’s on the rise
Birds are in disguise

Rain begins to fall
My grey tracksuit is wet through
Frankie’s a white sponge







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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)




Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com


Ivor Steven © April 2025