Tag: Life & Nature

The Wise Old Lizard (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word Judge. You can visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
Lizzy the wise old lizard, enjoys his peaceful world and Judges no one






The Wise Old Lizard (a Tanka)

Lizzy the lizard
Swaggled and dazzled across
The garden pathway
Enjoying the springtime sun
Peacefully harming no one












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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

The Moon Says, Hello, Goodbye (a Cinquain)


A Cinquain is 5 lines:
Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables






The Moon Says, Hello, Goodbye (a Cinquain)

The Moon
Calmly wanders
Through the afternoon sky
Sharing a glowing hello, then
Goodbye












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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

Throwback Friday, We Are Sour, But We Have the Power


Today’s Throwback Friday poem, “We Are Sour, But We Have the Power”, was written in June 2020 … It was a beautiful spring day today. Appropriately the attached Dragonfly images were taken during my nature walk this morning.



We Are Sour, But We Have the Power (Revised)

Out of the blue ocean, into the black sea
We continue to be wet behind our ears
And we are still burning bridges made out of coloured trees
Repeating the same old stories, from behind our shields and spears

What about looking at nature’s dragonflies and bees?
How do they live in harmony without fear and tears?
We are the carriers of humanity’s corrupt disease
Ignoring the world’s racist problems for too many years










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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

I Do Not Have a Dress?

This week, Weekly Prompts’ Wednesday challenge is Leaves, a word that offers a cornucopia of interpretations. To visit their fabulous site please click on >> Here. — These days my forgetfulness is scattered around like autumn Leaves


And, Welcome To Moonwashed Musings
*The Weekly Prompt – Any word or line in the below poem can be used for the prompt

uncertainty
troublesome
much-needed light

Please visit Eugi’s, Moonwashed Musings site by clicking on >> HERE:





I Do Not Have a Dress?



I must confess
Forgetfulness
Is sleeping in my nest

Thoughts are in a mess
Running at two abreast
Without knowing my quest

I am looking for my address
In the pocket of my vest
Did I leave it in my dress?











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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

A Swift Little Wattlebird, is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine edition.


Hello dear readers and followers, I am a writer for “Coffee House Writers magazine” (USA), on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “A Swift Little Wattlebird”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/a-swift-little-wattlebird/












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The Grey Sky Embellished My Snap Shots





The Grey Sky Embellished My Snap Shots


Today’s sky was a vast picture frame
Like a historic painting of the clouds by Monet
Or an abstract slate cube by Picasso

The atmosphere’s filtered light
Was a perfect mono-tonal background
That silhouetted the flying fauna
And helped embellish my snap shots
Of the birds and dragonflies












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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

The Bunny With Orange Ears

Over at Weekly Prompts, the monthly Colour Challenge is, Mainly Orange
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The Bunny With Orange Ears



The young bunny
Sat there quietly
Nibbling on the grass
Looking through my
rose coloured glasses
His big orange ears
Showed no fear
Until I was very near
Then he high-tailed
For the bushes and rails












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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

Pearls in the Oyster






Pearls in the Oyster

Oh, what a wonderful day
Bees and birds
Butterflies and dragonflies
Bunnies and doggies

Sunny springtime
And a splendid sunset
Oh, what a wonderful world











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Ivor Steven (c) October 2024

Living On Solid Ground

Please Note: The photos were taken by Derrick Knight, and he kindly allows me to reproduce them here on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2024/09/11/landscape-and-woodland/






Living On Solid Ground

Under a shady tree, I grow
I wriggle my toes
Into the moist mossy mound
Where the sun never touches the ground


I push upward without a sound
Wearing a small golden crown
That covers my short nightgown
Then I open and shakedown
Over the undergrowth’s brown eiderdown














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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024

Who’s the Dummy?






Who’s the Dummy

Flighty birds
Sprightly dragonflies


Frightened rabbits
Friendly dogs

Filtered sunlight
Springtime mushrooms

Nature’s meadows
Do not grow dummies












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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024