A big thank you to VJ Knutson’s poem >> https://vjknutson.org/2023/12/09/varnish/ , for being the inspiration behind my abstract piece today …
Inner Space
my faulty mind cannot find first base
and has slowed down to a snail’s pace
but no matter, in my space
I slide and slither with grace
while everyone’s imitation briefcases
are full of knotted bootlaces
and rushing into cyberspace
searching for “what’s” on third base
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the Word, Contemplate. You may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. … this afternoon, me and Frankie were “contemplating” when we should go back out in the rain …
Every Day is Perfect
Perfect one day
Rainy the next
Clouds are crying
Birds are hiding
Puddles are unifying
Saturday afternoon
The cafe is almost empty
Frankie’s a shaggy, doggie
Soaked and soggy
Oh, it’s raining again
Heavy fat drops
No sign of abating
Puddles are migrating
And we are waiting
For nature’s sundrops
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Last evening I attended the Geelong Writers book launch of their annual anthology “Eclectic Words 2023”, and I am thrilled to announce that my piece “A Frollick of Forest Faeries” appears in the poetry section this prestigious Anthology.
The lyrics to “A Faerie Song (We Who Are Old)” by The Waterboys & William B Yeats
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Wet Ground (a Haiku)
Sam the snail slithers
And slides over the wet ground
Clouds sound loud and grey
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Dragonflies and Butterflies (a Tanka)
In my garden chair
Royalty floats beside me
Regal dragonflies
And majestic butterflies
Hover in front of my eyes
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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Nightfall (a Musette)”, 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.
>> Nightfall – Coffee House Writers
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
An enjoyable evening was had by all …
And over at Weekly Prompts, the Colour Challenge for December is: Red. To visit their fabulous site please click on >> Here
My Book stall was at the “Geelong Laneways Christmas Twilight Market”
Ivor’s Books Stall
I caught a bus into the city
My books, props, and meal
Fitted neat and tidy
Into my case on wheels
The weather was fine and mild
The anticipated crowd did arrive
All smiling like Destiny’s Child
And buzzed from stall to stall
Like busy bees in a hive
I had loads of interested views
And I sold several books
There were over fifty creative displays
Up and down the Avenue
And the festival entertainers
Attracted oodles of bemused looks
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Thank you to the editor, Jo, and her team, for selecting my piece in the Geelong Writers Inc. “AnoMaly Street”, Chapbook, Poetry With A Difference, Volume 2, No. 2
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.
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Hello dear readers, I’ve just arrived back home after my evening out at the “Twilight Market” event … For me, the night was a balancing act between my general tiredness and my willingness to participate in the event. Good news, I managed to run my stall ok, but now this little old hero is on the tired end of the “seesaw” … 😴
The poem “Balance” is in “Our” book Perceptions (page 5), and the Featured Image Above, was taken by Derrick Knight >> https://derrickjknight.com/2020/07/14/keeping-its-balance/
Balance
There is a distant shore
Between why and when
Life is a seesaw
Between hero’s and heroine’s
There is a balance
Between ups and downs
Life is a challenge
Between smiles and frowns
There is a common ground
Between storms and calmness
Life is a humming sound
Between love and blindness
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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Jaymah Press: https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/
OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com
Ivor Steven (c) December 2023
Todays Throwback Friday poem is from Dec 1st 2021, and appears in “Our” colourful Book “Perceptions” (page 25)
Featured Image Above, is one of Derrick Knight’s fabulous photos [ https://derrickjknight.com/ ]
Time Watches Over Us
ours is not to reason why
for we are merely a fly
in the bigger sky
just passing by
however!
we do not stop learning
because every day
teaches us something new
and!
we cannot cease loving
because every day
our universe
creates something new
for us to love
yes!
the wheels of time
do not stop turning
and grandfather clocks
do not stop chiming
Ivor Steven (c) December 1st 2023
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