How Many?
How many desert wars will we have to foresee?
Before all the armies are drowned by the sea
How many bridges are we to burn?
Before we reach the point of no return
How many children must suffer again and again?
Before humanity learns how to steer the peace train
Ivor Steven (c) February 2024
Today I received a lovely message from Lisa, Editor/Publisher at ‘Prolific Pulse Press’ >> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Dear Ivor, I love the poem you just sent for Cadence and would love to publish it with the anthology. It truly put a smile on my face.
Of course, I cannot post the poem until after the Anthology has been published in March, but I can tell you that my delightful poem is about “Charlie the Caterpillar shuffling over the track to help his little friend, Billy the Bee
Ivor Steven (c) March 2024
Cloud Nine! (a Haiku)
Chasing clouds is fun
Catching clouds is ecstasy
Living on cloud nine
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
In my soon-to-be-published new book “Unti Eyes Hear Sound”, the Senryu below, is my dedication piece to my late wife Carole.
Triggers ( A Senryu)
“Oh, that knowing smile
The wink of acknowledgment
A wave, a warm hand”
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
This afternoon, while lazing around at the Cafe
I could feel the world spinning around me
Oh, what a world I did foresee
My photos were taken last night, of Venus and then the Full Moon.
A Mapie begins his flight, a leaf is swinging in the breeze, and Frankie is the centre of my spinning world.
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Chance Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … and yes, we are taking a “Chance” by holding on, every time the world spins and swings around.
A Spinning and Swinging World
the cycle of nature
whirls around
like a spinning top
then slows down
at the equator’s plateau
pausing there
to swing on the world’s axis
either, swaying to the right
or leaning to the left
but always within reach
of life’s balancing point
Please Note: The 3 cover designs are by, Kerri Costello
Until Eyes Hear Sound, will be available in March
Tullawalla is Available From
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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com
Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’
AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:
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OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
I find the Musette’s restrictive poetry format, to be very challenging
A Musette is,
three verses
first line – 2 syllables
second line – 4 syllables
third line – 2 syllables
rhyme scheme – a/b/a c/d/c e/f/e
The title reflects the poem’s content
The Mystique (a Musette)
Friday
I said to you
“Please stay”
You said
“Only one night
Twin beds”
Next week
We savoured the
Mystique
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
I recently wrote a poem titled “Ivor’s Utopia” and I thought today’s Throwback Friday poem “Imperfectness” would be a perfect accompaniment. “Imperfectness” is from December 2022.
Imperfectness (a Tanka)
My imperfectness
Is perfectly camouflaged
Underneath the trees
Where moon shadows protect me
From the world’s imperfections
Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Destiny and Shame Await”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/destiny-and-shame-await/
Daniel Norgren’s video/song below inspired me to write these reflective words …
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore … Ivor
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else” … Emily Dickinson
Rising moonlight hears the sound of the setting sunlight
The Sound of Time (a Tanka)
I am thinking why
“Is time, such a patient guy?”
I’m always writing
Anything that comes to mind
“Does time hear the sound of light?”
The Last Encore
I am standing on the diminishing foreshore
Staring at that missing ground floor
“Like there was a door”
Between here and the last encore
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
A Haiku that was inspired by Cassa’s (Flicker of Thoughts) fascinating article “Graffiti Rocks” >> https://flickerofthoughts.com/2024/01/12/griffiti-rocks/
Please Note: all photos in today’s post were taken by Cassa and she kindly gave me permission to reproduce them here on my poetry site
A Bluestone Breakwater (a Haiku)
Tablets of bluestone
Enshrouded by chalk and bone
No iPhones in sight
Ivor Steven (c) January 2024
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