Darkness folds into
Eyes that do not hear the sounds
Of homeless spirits
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
Yesterday
Was one of those days
At lunchtime
I went to the Box Office Cafe
I forgot
And left without paying
For my coffee and cake
In the afternoon
I had a doctor’s appointment
I forgot
And left without paying
For the Fee at reception
After Dinner
I caught a bus into town
I forgot
That the ‘open mic’ night
Occurs on the second Thursday of each month
This morning
I watch the sunshine
Flickering on her handmade curtains
I remember
And I relight her candle again
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2023
A special poem I wrote, after I’d taken my Lady to hospital for the last time, on the day of her 65th birthday, eleven years ago. Hello Carole, and I wonder if you still wonder that I wonder, about wandering on your celestial star…….
Under The Snow.
We emanate to a birthday.
We deflate to a final day.
Birthdays, they all come, they all go.
Birthdays, in the sunshine, under the snow.
Birthdays, slow to mature, quickly an aeon.
Birthdays, before we are born, after we are gone.
Birthdays, hanging on by a breath.
Birthdays, nailed to a cross ’til death.
What’s it all mean to be alive and cry.
What’s it all mean to live and to die.
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Ivor Steven (c) May 4th 2023
Hi dear readers, despite being incredibly busy cleaning house for my Philadelphia cousins and also trying to format my agenda for my book launch on Sunday! … today’s poem was drafted at the ‘Box Office Cafe’ yesterday afternoon and I’ll be reciting it at “Lowercase Poetry’s” open Mic’ event tomorrow evening. The Theme/Prompt for the Poetry Night is “Slow Burn”
Life’s U-turns
The old body is almost awake
Sleep lingers in my eyes
My aching back needs exercise
And creaks like a rusty gate
My doggie looks at me quizzically
He is full of pizzazz and glee
“It’s breakfast time
Forget your memories and rhymes”
I cannot row the boat anymore
These chalky bones are too sore
From the crashes in life’s u-turns
Now, dry wicks for my candle’s slow burn
Don’t worry, today, is not my turn
To join her in the mantle-piece urn
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2023
” When life gives you a reason to break down and cry, show life that you have a hundred reasons to smile and laugh.”
Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk (a Haiku)
Breakfast milk is spilt
A silky pool on the floor
The bottle didn’t break
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Ivor Steven (c) April 2023
The inspiration behind my philosophical poem, came from two fellow blogger’s articles today … please visit their fabulous sites by clicking the links below >
Annette >> https://aikalandros.com/2023/04/02/seeking-2/
Frank >> https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2023/04/01/183-deep/
Deep and Deeper?
while afloat we keep seeking
and building boats that keep leaking
time sails by and we keep weeping
I often wonder how deep
humanity’s knowledge is
yet unseen …
how deep are our oceans
yet unseen …
how deep is the universe
yet unseen …
how deep is humanity’s love
for one another
yet unseen …
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2023
In the deepest time
Of our immense universe
The soulful echo
Of our loneliest heartbeat
Rediscovers the way home
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2023
Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “A Beetle Called Bertha”, 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. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/a-beetle-called-bertha/
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2023
Don’t stop
Do not look back
Leaves drop
Shadows
Do not create
Meadows
Walk tall
Don’t look beyond
Nightfall
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Ivor Steven (c) February 2023
Birds Under Trees
Below the wavering clouds
Nature’s noble trees
become the birds shrouds
and the world’s true trustees
There, under the sheltering steeples
the earth is their sacred temple
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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023
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