Life & Nature – Page 25 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Walking in the Hard Rain

Walking in the Hard Rain

“Welcome,” said Nature with a grin
The second day of Autumn
Was wet with a cold westerly wind
And the hard pouring rain
Felt like icy needles and pins

However, without commands or demands
Here I live, in this far away land
Where a coward’s hammer and nails can not pierce my hand
Or deter my protests from a flooded grandstand

I hear only helter skelter from the expellers
As I think about the children
Sheltering in their damp cellars
Hiding from Putin’s hard rain
A deluge of bombs and bullets
Callously sent to kill and maim

Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2025

The Grey Afterglow

The Grey Afterglow

Yesterday
My world was a tomb
Today
I fled my room
Away
From the gloom

Out there
The sky was grey

Do you know?
Not all clouds have dull shadows
Rainbows know how to play the banjo
Sunflowers can grow in the snow
And all birds enjoy putting on an airshow
In the middle of Nature’s achromatic afterglow

Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2025

Twilight’s Yellow Sunset

Featured Image Image Above, was taken at 7.54 pm

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Colour Challenge for this month is Yellowish.
To visit their fabulous site, please click on >> Here

On our walkies this evening I took these “yellow sunset” photos with my iPhone (Sunset time was officially 8.03 pm)

7.44 pm, 7.49 pm, and 7.51 pm

7.54 pm, and 7.57 pm

Ivor Steven (c) March 2025

Below My Crown

Below My Crown

Deep into the Twilight Zone
At that moment above the horizon
When the sun is sliding down
Underneath his eiderdown

Nature dons her noble crown
And declares to everyone in town
“There’s no need to be a sad clown
or wear a worried frown.
Take your time to have a look around,
the world is not falling down”

Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

Rocks

Last week, Derrick posted an interesting article about “Recycling Rocks” which prompted the pebbles in my head to tumble around.
Please Note: Derrick Knight took the photos, and he kindly allowed me to reproduce them on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2025/02/18/recycling-rocks

Rocks

Our buried rocks are not in the wrong
Isn’t that where they belong?

Some rocks like to live below the ground
Others lie exposed and love to be found

I have heard of people owning pet rocks
Do they put them to bed, in pyjamas and socks?

Some humans have never had their minds unlocked
They are an uninventive and uninteresting stock
That wear ear-muffs made from yesterday’s iceblocks

Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

Old Wings, Same Sky (a Haiku)

Old Wings, Same Sky (a Haiku)

Watch me spread my wings
Look, I’m about to take off
And soar through the sky

Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

It’s Too Hot to Trot (a Haiku by Frankie)

It’s Too Hot to Trot (a Haiku by Frankie)

“This is far enough
I’m too hot to trot further
It’s time for my groom”

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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

Yellow Meadows (a Tu-aiku)

A ‘Tu-aiku’ is my name for a Dual Haiku

Yellow Meadows (a Tu-aiku)

The summer meadows
Are a sun-bleached yellow
Under the iron sky

Twilight’s Midas touch
Lavished golden beams upon
Everything in sight

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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

Throwback Friday, Time on the Moon with Tea and Lime

Today’s Throwback Friday poem is from October 2020. As is my way, I have made some poetic edits.

Time on the Moon with Tea and Lime (Revised)

between now and then
I see the full moon again
sip on tea and lime
and dream of a bygone time

where are you, old friend
hiding your face until the end
and I hear a distant tick-tock
buried under weathered rock

when it’s all said and done
my words fall one by one
inking blues, line after line
and I do not care the time

and sand flows drop by drop
from the timeless clock
adorning her silent cocoon
on the far side of the moon

The Kinks “Full Moon”, Lyrics

Haven’t you noticed a kind of madness in my eyes?
It’s only me, dear, in my midnight disguise
Pay no attention if I crawl across the room
It’s just another full moon

Don’t be afraid of me when I’m walking in my sleep
Don’t get alarmed, dear, when I start to crawl and creep
Try not to listen when I mumble like a loon
It’s just another full moon
It’s just another full moon

You see before you a truly broken man
‘Cause when it gets to midnight, I don’t know who I am
Full moon’s a-callin’, and it’s put a curse on me
And it will never set me free

The full moon’s still up there
Like a great white balloon
The owls are a-callin’
And they’re singin’ my tune
The night keeps a-crawlin’
I wish the day would come soon
To get away from another full moon
Here comes another full moon

If your hands start shakin’
When night starts to fall
If you’re scared of the moonlight
And the shadows on the wall
If the face in the mirror
Isn’t you at all
It’s just another full moon
It’s just another full moon

Ivor Steven (c) February 2025