Thank you to Carla for her fabulous Promotional Post about “our” Anthology, Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures
Please click on the link below to read her entire article …
Ivor Steven (c) April 2025
Tag: Life & Nature
A Lonely Crescent Moon
A Lonely Crescent Moon
Today is one of those days
Sitting here, at the city by the bay**
Watching daylight’s grand display
The salt water is pearly and lyrical
The sea air is clean and soothing
The whispering breeze is gentle and cool
The sky is a velvety blue
The hovering clouds are fluffy and white
The sunshine is pure and warm
And my lonely crescent moon
Is expecting me home soon
** City by the Bay, Geelong, Australia, sits on the shores of beautiful Corio Bay, just 73 kilometres southwest of Melbourne.
Ivor Steven © April 2025
No More Sugar and Spice
No More Sugar and Spice
Under the dry sky’s grey umbrella
I saw a small flock of noisy Corellas
Forlornly fossick for leftover shoots
In between the naked tree roots
And the paddock’s desiccated ground
Sadly, there was no dried-up spice to be found
The drought’s hungry field mice
Had devoured everything nice
.
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Tullawalla:
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Ivor Steven © April 2025
Hope (a Haiku)
Hope (a Haiku)
I see peace and love
Here, on the wings of the dove
Where hope never dies
.
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Tullawalla:
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Ivor Steven © April 2025
Sunday Shroud
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word Obsession. To visit their fabulous site, please click on >> Here.
Some people say that I am obsessed with taking photos of the daytime moon … which is probably true, but in my poem today, I am using the ‘moon’ as a metaphor for ‘Easter Sunday’ …
Sunday Shroud
now you see me
now you don’t
I’m as pure as the driven snow
and I covertly nudge my way
through the cumulus clouds
looking for that opening in the sky
where I can display my Sunday Shroud
and dispel that dreaded prophecy
“He does not return”
.
Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Perceptions:
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Tullawalla:
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Ivor Steven © April 2025
Joyful Obsessions (a Rhyming Haiku)
Joyful Obsessions (a Rhyming Haiku)
Birds, clouds, and the moon
Fill my Easter Sunday spoon
More than that, tycoon
Ivor Steven (c) Easter Sunday 2025
Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku
Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku, Releasing After Easter
I’m delighted to be part of the ensemble of poets featured in Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku, published by Literary Revelations Publishing House. This beautifully curated collection brings together the voices of over 240 haiku poets from around the world.
The anthology features stunning cover art by renowned Japanese painter Hikari and fine-art photography by acclaimed artist Naoki Kimura. Tranquility will be released soon after Easter—stay tuned!
Blurb:
Following the overwhelming success of «Petals of Haiku,» which captured hearts and souls and became an Amazon bestseller, Literary Revelations Publishing House brings you “Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku.” This new anthology will enchant the readers with its delicate imagery and transitory moments, which inscribe themselves in eternity. Featuring nearly 240 talented authors, each bringing their talent and unique perspectives, Tranquility invites you to immerse yourself in a world where night flowers bloom and whispers linger in the spring air.
Poets are prophets linked to nature. In Tranquility, Haiku is their language. – Gabriela Marie Milton, author, editor, publisher
Here is one of my Haiku from the Tranquility Anthology:
Angel
My tranquillity
Has wings and glides in heaven
Free like an angel
Ivor Steven © April 2025
The Journey Home (a Haiku)
Today, the 17th of April, is Carole’s birthday (deceased May 3rd, 2012)
The Journey Home (a Haiku)
Sometimes our journey
Crumbles like dry honeycomb
Without a queen bee
Ivor Steven (c) April 17th, 2025
Rivers (an Etheree), A Poem of Mine From the Anthology, Poetry Treasures #5
Today, I am presenting one of my poems from the Anthology, Poetry Treasures 5, Small Pleasures
Available on Amazon Australia.
https://read.amazon.com.au/kp/card?preview=inline&linkCode=kpd&ref_=k4w_oembed_FQVBLMYIzEkmgj&asin=B0F414XWQY&tag=kpembed-20
Also available on Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Treasures-5…/dp/B0F3VJC23W.
Rivers (an Etheree)
how
do the
rivers know
they ebb and flow
over old sandbars
where footprints come and go
fresh today, gone tomorrow
lost under the currents of time
dreams grow below clouds of hazy rain
leaving new watermarks in their shadows
Ivor Steven © April 2025
The Sound of the Full Moon’s Aura
The Sound of the Full Moon’s Aura
Did you hear, during the night
The sound of the full moon’s ambiance
Oh, what a fantastic sight
Embracing the world’s circumference
With an aureola of light
I was tired and overwhelmed
But now I’m positively feeling alright
Knowing, I have my guiding light at the helm
.
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 © April 2025
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