Music – Page 127 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

An Unseeded Renewal (a Tanka)

An Unseeded Renewal (a Tanka)

Sunflowers of peace

We have not forgotten you

The war has not stopped

Killing fields are still on fire

Young stems need help to survive

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

Cool Change

There is a shady gray sky

Sailing above the Cafe

And a sympathetic breeze

Dances across the tabletops

As the liberating cool change diffuses

The morning’s explosive heatwave

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

To Blush Alone (a Haiku)

Embarrassingly

Crimson roses stand alone

Under the hot sun

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

A Cup of Coffee on The House

A Cup of Coffee on The House

Fantasy.

A powerful Pacific Albatross

Gracefully landed on fairy-moss

That covered my welcoming pathway

And graciously handed me a sacred Mandala

Reality.

The postman delivered a special parcel today

A belated Christmas gift from America

A wonderful hand-painted coffee mug

And this afternoon I enjoyed

“A Cup of Coffee on The House”

Thanks to my friends at Coffee House Writers

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

Today I wrote a Senryu and a Haiku, and they were both about the ‘nature’ of existence, so I thought I could present them here as the one poem … I think my idea worked ok.
Please Note, All Photos: were taken by Derrick Knight and are copied from his site and reproduced here on my post with his permission. >> https://derrickjknight.com

The Core (a Poem)

The Core (a Senryu)

Existence crawls down

Through my neck into the heart

Of where my soul lies

The Core (a Haiku)

Through the winds of time

Existence descends from trees

Perpetually

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

Trees Without Shadows

Over on Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Warning. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
My poem below “Trees Without Shadows” is a subtle WARNING from Mother Nature.

Trees Without Shadows

A dry foggy dawn

Eerily gloomy for summer

Gray blurry clouds

Brazenly obscure the sun

And thirsty barren trees

Stand starkly without shadows

The becalmed and breathless world

Waits for the anchored sky

To hear the beckoning breeze

Be aroused by the atmosphere’s

Guardian spirit bird

Who ceremoniously flaps his wings

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

Holes In Doors

Holes In Doors

My owner left me
Locked up in the courtyard
Nothing unusual about that
He left me some biscuit treats
And a full bowl of water

However, he forgot
To close the wire security screen
Well, best I break in
And protect our kennel
“What would you have done?”

I started clawing and chewing
At the exposed wood door
Firstly, I dug a small hole
An opening I could bite
My industrious teeth into
Whoops and drats!
There was another layer
On the inside too!

I wasn’t sure why
My boss told me off
When he arrived home
I thought I was only trying to help
He didn’t appreciate my creativity

Time passed and Christmas arrived
My extended family
Were joking and laughing
At my aunt’s gift for Dad
Woof, woof. “A Doggie Door for me!”

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

A Sweaty Hat Day (a Haiku)

A Sweaty Hat Day (a Haiku)

A hot summer sky

Above brown thirsty paddocks

Sweat drips off my hat

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Ivor Steven (c) January 2023

On Days Like These, is up at Coffee House Writers Magerzine

Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “On Days Like These”, whch is an Assonance style of poetry, 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.
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