Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Creation??’ in February 2021, and the poem will be the opening piece in Chapter 9. Humour, Fantasy, Faeries, and Weird.
Creation??
Eve’s enticing apple
Fell from God’s tree
And hit young Newton
On his hairy head
Then the apple rolled away
Into Bell’s telephone booth
And here begun “All Creation”
The first born “Apple iPhone Box”
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
A Lanterne is a cinquain form of poetry, in which the first line has one syllable and each subsequent line increases in length by one syllable, except for the final line that concludes the poem with one syllable. Its name derives from the lantern shape that appears when the poem is aligned to the center of the page.
Not, Just Another Day
(a Lanterne)
Clang
Hells bells
Time to wake
I can’t be late
Jump
Bang
I fall
Out of bed
I can’t get up
Stuck
Yuk
Dog licks
No, no more
I’m awake now
Bolt
Out
The door
Cold and wet
Funeral gray
Jolt
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
The bucolic outlook from our verandah table
A chirpy Magpie, and a Blue Fairy Wren heads for Frankies water bowl
Peace and Quiet (a Tanka)
Bucolically
Tranquility surrounds us
The cool air is calm
Peaceful enough for the birds
To fly in and visit us
Ivor Steven © July 2023
“When you’re sad and when you’re lonely and you haven’t got a friend
Just remember that death is not the end” … Bob Dylan
In The End
Destiny has his say
In the oddest of ways
Destiny has his way
Even on the finest of days
In the end
We do not have a say
At the end
Finality overtakes our stay
Ivor Steven © July 2023
Below the grayness
Naked emotions stumble
Between the shadows
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This is my 2nd Epigram poem and ‘I think” my piece qualifies as an Epigram format … If there is a literary reader/poet out there reading my poem, I would be glad to receive some advice.
Our Blushing Star (an Epigram)
When I see an evening sky alight
I wish upon our blushing Star
With all my imaginable might
For peace to be our only Avatar
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
“Good news today, the lost teddy has been found” …
Sunrise (a Senryu)
Little teddy lost
Compassionate dog enquires
Are you ok mate
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Taking Shape’ in December 2020, and the poem will be the opening piece in Chapter 8. Poetry in Slow Motion. And ironically the day after my 72nd birthday, the poem is quite appropriate …
Taking Shape
Today I forgot the date
I’ve yet to set foot on the landscape
And I cannot recall last night’s videotape
Maybe I went to bed too late
Or did I drink too many of those red grapes
I’m fighting with my breakfast crepe
And losing the battle to look shipshape
It’s time to put on my battered Superman cape
And unlock last year’s rusty gate
Ready for next year’s great escape
Ivor Steven © July 2023
“Do not try to live forever, you will not succeed.” George Bernard Shaw
About Today
They say ‘seventy-two’
Is the optimum room temperature
Today, I reached that ideal peak
I am not feeling older or any bolder
But my bones are weaker and colder
And heavy headstones have scored my shoulders
One day, time will have the final say
And while my eyes hear sound
I shall continue to write about today
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
Behind the Blinds, We Hear the Music
We are relaxing at the Box Office Cafe
The rustic venue is nearly full
Despite the day’s wintry wind
Everyone is warm and comfortable
Behind the verandah’s new protective blinds
We are listening to a glorious song by Sigur Ros
Playing to a happy community gathering
At a bucolic open-air stage in Iceland
And the stirring concert auspiciously reflects
The collective ambience of our surroundings
Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
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