Tag: Life & Nature

Throwback Friday, Lullaby (a Senryu)

Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Lullaby’ in May 2023, and the Senryu will be the opening piece in the ‘Senryu’ section of Chapter 10. Short Poems: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Others.

And coincidently, over at Weekly Prompts, the Midweek Challenge is the word Napping, please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here …

Please Note: All above images (Except the one of Frankie), were by taken by Derrick Knight, and he kindly allows me to reproduce his wonderful photos here on my poetry website. If you wish, you may visit his fabulous Site via this link > https://derrickjknight.com/2023/05/17/baby-species/




Lullaby (a Senryu)



Sleep little ones, sleep

Our Chaotic world will wait

Until eyes hear sound








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Ivor Steven (c) September 2023

The Morning After





The Morning After



Tracking south

Stepping from one quiet cloud

Onto a whispering cloud

Following powdered footprints

Without displacing a feather

Without cracking the sky’s

Hypnotic blue eggshell

And daydreaming of the south

Without you








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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Where Have The Faeries Gone

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Where Have The Faeries Gone?

ENVIRONMENT POETRY

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WHERE HAVE THE FAERIES GONE?

BY IVOR STEVEN/

AUGUST 21, 2023/

    Ivor Steven / Coffee House Writers

    Deep in the enchanted forest
    Under mossy rocks and water-reeds 
    I found an iron-bar door
    Lying over a sinkhole in the creek bed

    I wondered and yelled out
    Eerily, a gentle voice replied
    “Do not worry, we are sheltering here” 
    “Why are you hiding?” I inquired 
    “We are waiting for humanity  
    to stop the carnage on our planet”

    Then, peering up from lower in the chasm
    I witnessed that the small luminous eyes  
    Of Earth’s guardian faeries 
    Were en masse, joyless, and crying

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    Where Have the Faeries Gone? is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

    Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Where Have the Faeries Gone?”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/where-have-the-faeries-gone/


    Music/Video: by Sigur Ros, “Ylur”, translated means, Warmth




    Ivor Steven ©  August 2023

    Mirage! (a Haiku)

    Image by Joe from Pixabay

    Over at “Moonwashed Musings!” The Weekly Prompt is the above Featured Image and the words – Somehow-cozy … Please visit Eugi’s wonderful site by clicking on >> HERE …



    Mirage! (a Haiku)


    Golden tree, so bright

    Are you my savior’s light?

    Or! Today’s mirage







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    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    True

    “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein





    True




    If there is something

    I could do

    I would do anything

    To save you

    Mother Nature, you are everything

    I look up to

    My words are nothing

    Compared to you

    You are the orchestrator of things

    With a balcony view








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    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    Our Clear Blue Cookie Jar

    Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: Cookie Jars … please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … Below is my Metaphorical response to the Prompt.


    Our Clear Blue Cookie Jar


    Like a springtime butterfly

    I brightly fluttered outside

    Immediately the blue neon sky

    Illuminated my clear blue cookie jar

    Full of nature’s dazzling delights


    Looking through the crystal glass

    I saw green leafed trees

    Swinging in the breeze

    I heard their wooden heartbeats

    Singing about how the forest faeries

    Big clear blue jar of cookies

    Were to be shared by all adversaries

    Who needed their earthly remedies

    To become compassionate goodies







    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    Freedom is for the Birds

    My poem today is created from comments that I posted to other poets sites. in response to their creative poems. The fellow writers in Stanza order are …
    1. Sadje >> https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/08/04/when-eyes-confuse-the-mind-a-pantoum/
    2. Grace >> https://graceofthesun.com/unchained-2/
    3 & 4. Bart >> https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2023/08/14/dive/


    Freedom is for the Birds




    What to believe 

    What our eyes see 

    Or what our mind needs




    In freedom, our hearts glide with pride 

    In chains, our souls cower and hide



     
    Is freedom only for the Birds?

    Humans, I am lost for words 

    Their main appetite is greed 

    Without planting any seeds 



    Is Freedom still possible?

    Or a mission impossible









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    Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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    AND
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    OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com  




    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

    Above the Flames (Revised)

    A poem I originally wrote in November 2019 during the devastating bushfires that were engulfing Australia … due to recent tragic events, I am presenting a revised version today …



    Above the Flames (Revised)



    Mother nature has decided

    Humans!

    You’ve been given eons of time

    Humans!

    You’ve held the torch, but failed to see the light


    Our Mother

    Is rekindling her furnace

    She’s back-burning her own forests

    Projecting black smoke signals

    Obvious messages, to feel, hear and see


    Yes Father

    Where there is smoke, there is fire

    She’s furious, and our planet’s ablaze


    Sisters and Brothers

    Feel her scorching heat

    Blistering your swollen feet

    Hear her crackling explosions

    Piercing your deafened eardrums

    See her soaring flames

    Blinding your greedy eyes


    Humans!

    There’s no point, looking up to the sky

    Seeking your saviour in heaven

    You are not in charge

    Abandon your selfish barrage


    Our Mother

    Controls your clouds and rain

    It’s time to show her Kindness, and end your pain







    Ivor Steven (c) August 2023