Tag: Life & Nature

Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Colour Challenge is: Orange – you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Orange is the colour of energy and happiness, and I dream of solving the world’s problems by wrapping the “Earth In Rainbows”



Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)




Below the rainbow’s

Protective arch, nature’s birds

Know their nests are safe

Away from humanity’s

Hard rains and murderous wars







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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

She’s A Rainbow





She’s A Rainbow

Today, I saw rainbows everywhere
On my poetry booklet
In my empty coffee cup
And my grey clouds
Donned rainbows too!

Thank you, my love
For thoughtfully
Brightening this day
With your ever-lasting smile







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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

“Thirsting for Freedom”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Thirsting for Freedom”, 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/thirsting-for-freedom/






Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Finding Her Universe (a Double Tanka)





Finding Her Universe
(a Double Tanka)

In the direction
Of heading home, I found North
Then veered to the East
Looking for the setting Sun
There, I told the Horizon

“I have lost my way
flying through your golden day”
“You’re not lost, my friend,
fly toward my brightest point
and her universe is yours”







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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

The Ravens Know (a Tanka)






The Ravens Know (a Tanka)


Blackbirds and grey clouds

Cast shadows on the tarmac

Cold air swirls around

Hail makes that hammering sound

Ravens elope to the trees








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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Beyond Flawed Paws





Beyond Flawed Paws


 
 
We are flying north before winter 

I am on the edge of the flock 

The outside feather of the throng  

Away from the main group.  

But close enough 

To sense that I belong


 

Even with my tired and aging wings 

The congregation allows me to tag along 

And they caringly bunch together 

Sheltering me when the wind is strong


  

We are a humble and united colony  

Paternally migrating in perfect harmony 

As part of nature’s cycle of eternity


 

We soar above the flawed paws

Of the world’s sparring community 

And beyond those sharp claws

Of their tragic and panicky community






Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

I Was Just a Stone’s Throw Away





I Was Just a Stone’s Throw Away




I am a rock

circular and flat

or round and fat

either way

pick me up and toss me into the sea

I would skip and bounce

like I was walking on water

and out there, I would be

just a stone’s throw away

from Davy Jone’s locker


however, I will not be sinking

this time!

my shiny carapace is a disguise

in reality

I am a dried-up wedge

an ancient piece of webbing

that King Neptune

once walked on











Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

No! Not the Moon Too (a Tanka)





No! Not the Moon Too (a Tanka)




I was framed! And then

Locked behind alien bars

I need to be free

Please come now and release me 

My full moon show is on soon 







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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

I Am A Humble Host

I Am a Humble Host


I am a dead stump 

a sawn-off lump 


these days I am hosting 

a flourishing fungus 

nature’s most diverse organism 

that is currently surviving 

on my aged bark’s 

ecological metabolism 


here, in my ethereal afterlife  

I am a humble host 

who is metaphysically appreciating 

being the fungi’s homely bedpost 







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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Moon Dreams (a Haiku)





Moon Dreams (a Haiku)



Answering the moon 

I’m a dreamer of the night

Dark side lullabies






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Ivor Steven (c) April 2024