Night Shadows (a Haiku)
When the moon is full
I hear the world’s sins tremble
Below night shadows
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Wonderment Rings True’ in September 2020, and the poem will be the opening piece in the Fantasy Section, of Chapter 9. Humour, Fantasy, Faeries, and Weird.
Wonderment Rings True
My imagination’s beaming
Alive and dreaming
Even when I’m sleeping
Tired eyes are peeping
Searching for the milky-way
Flying there, on my open sleigh
And sailing the air-waves
High above broadway
Steering my spacecraft, Itmims**
While reading The Brothers Grimm
And playing a tune on my old violin
The theme from ‘Lord of the Rings’
I’m a visionary sky Pilot
With a handful of violets
Travelling beyond a silvery moon
To float upon our blue lagoon
**Itmims … “Ivor’s Time Machine In Micro Space”
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Featured Image Above: I received the photo from my niece, Jasmine, who lives interstate in Sydney. The photo is of an old painting of my wife’s (Carole) that I have not seen for 25 years … and a hearty thank you to dear Jazzy for locating and reframing Carole’s wonderful painting.
A Blue Wonder
“Blue hills or blue waves”
I originally asked her
“Whatever your eyes hear”
She eloquently replied
Yesterday, I received a keepsake photo
Of an old painting of Hers, called “Blue”
Today, the ocean’s deep blue
Is where my veiled emotions lie
Tomorrow, the alp’s serene blue
Will covertly visit my soul
Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “A Half-Wither Water-Reed”, 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/a-half-withered-water-reed/
Ivor Steven © August 2023
We’re at the Cafe
Frankie’s guarding our table
And his carrot cake
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2023
Views
I Started my WordPress Website in June 2017
Six weeks later, at the end of July 2017
My site had managed to receive 1,650 views
The world of blogging was new and difficult for me
And I was surprised at how many people
Were reading my humble little poems
Today, at the end of July six years later on
I am ecstatically proud to announce that my website
Has amassed a staggering “Quarter of a Million” Views
A hearty thank you to all of my friends, readers, and followers
I am not sure how to assess such an overwhelming statistic
But I suppose this means my “retirement” plans are on hold!
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023
The Weekend Challenge on Weekly Prompts is the word: Property. You can visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … My poem below, is about the elusive “Properties” of Time
The Hands of Time
Time and time again
I do not have enough time
I cannot catch time
I cannot see time
And sometimes
I have even lost time
No matter the time
I have no time
To write a rhyme
Clean sheets wait for new lines
Empty pages are in mime
I cannot remember the time
When my heart’s rhythm
Last ticked in time
With the spare time
Inside my mind
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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 ‘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
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