Tag: Philosophical

Invincible Pieces

In December, my poem/verse, ‘Invincible Pieces’, will appear at the “Creative Geelong Makers Hub” in the front window gallery (Third Space) on Little Malop St. 132 Centrepoint Arcade. Geelong
The display will include “15″ artists’ interpretations of the broken jar, over various disciplines, “bringing new life and finding beauty in the damaged and discarded”…






Invincible Pieces

I, a broken ginger jar
I, have been damaged and mismanaged
I, am repairable and valuable













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Tullawalla:

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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024

Throwback Friday, Phantom-grams

Today’s Throwback Friday poem was written in May 2021, and appears in my 3rd book, ‘Until Eyes Hear Sound’, on page 50.






Phantom-grams




Holograms and Instagrams
How heavy are these grams?
LinkedIn and Facebook
How thin are their books?

Tumblr and Twitter
How can you weigh their feathers?
Priests and Politicians
How can you believe their repetitions?

Protest Songs and Subway Signs
Have you forgotten the messages of yesterday’s lines?












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Tullawalla:

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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) September 2024

The Universe Waits (a Tanka)






The Universe Waits (a Tanka)

Into the mystic
Above the trees and beyond
The universe waits
Until blind eyes hear the sound
Of The reawakening










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Tullawalla:

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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Pockets Full of Stone





Pockets Full of Stones



I would like to fly away
On this cold wintry day
But my pockets are full of stones
And my old wings are fragile bones


My benevolent friend, the moon
Is hibernating in his orbital cocoon
So, I’m grounded with muddy toes
Stuck here on this frosty meadow












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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

Enjoy the Carnival



Today’s poem was inspired by Eugi’s philosophical poem, ‘Profound Transformation’
>> https://amanpan.com/2024/08/01/profound-transformation/








Enjoy the Carnival


Arise, forget about the chaos
Surround yourselves with nature’s gloss
And enjoy the carnival’s fairy floss

Arise, be your own boss
Escape the world’s mossy dross
And enjoy the carnival’s fairy floss












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Ivor Steven (c) August 2024

What would you change about modern society? – My Answer

The Daily WordPress prompt from three days ago was
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What would you change about modern society?

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What would you change about modern society? – My Answer


Get rid of the modern

Go back to being a society

Without materialism













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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Throwback Friday, Knots On Blue Paper Lines

This week’s Throwback Friday poem has been hidden away for five years and is not in any of my published books. I originally wrote the piece in August 2019 and “as is my way” I have revised the poem for today’s article.



Knots On Blue Paper Lines

Eyelids are heavy and tired
Overcome by the dazzle of razzle
My palms are open but empty
Anxiously yearning to turn another page

This mind of mine feels worn and torn
Time is constantly tick-tocking away
Chiming between today and tomorrow
While the poet’s pen is scrawling
Knots on blue paper lines
Hanging them out, to dry and die

My arms are quietly fluttering
Searching for yesterday’s wings
As I meander through my journey
Pondering how much reality stings


“I think the lyrics of the ‘Airbourne Toxic Event’s’, song below, are profoundly outstanding and well worth reading as you listen to the tune.”




https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cvtd7kG_B8U%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26fs%3D1%26hl%3Den%26autohide%3D2%26wmode%3Dtransparent









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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

One Day Older, Another Page Wiser


Today’s poem is one of those pieces made up of comments that I posted on some of my fellow WordPress writers’ articles during the week. In stanza order, they are
Eugi >> https://amanpan.com/2024/07/18/forecast-restless/

Willow >> https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/ovi-poetry-challenge-57-wisdom-is-your-inspiration/

Gigi >> https://gigisrantsandraves.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/a-short-story-12/





One Day Older, Another Page Wiser

Dark clouds go to and froe
Casting shadowy undertows
Our flamboyant Sun knows
How to manage her daily cargo

Wisdom doesn’t grow on trees
Wisdom is like a coral sea
An incrementally maturing apogee

Life is just a dream
That we don’t understand
The meaning of
Until we ‘go to sleep’













Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Resting?






Resting?



Why rest?
Dawn is here again
Another new day
For my persistent pen

Why Rest?
From every moment
A second emerges**
Time has no opponent

Why rest?
The Age of Aquarius
Has been and gone
And the edge of beyond
Is no longer precarious



** From every moment
a second emerges** … Borrowed from Robert Okaji’s poem, “Flame” out of his Chapbook, “From Every Moment A Second”
>> https://robertokaji.com/2017/11/21/flame/










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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2024

Throwback Friday, Bohemian Lyrics

Today’s Throwback Friday poem is not on my Website but appears in my book “Tullawalla”, Chapter 6, page 101, and I wrote the original version in October 2019.



Bohemian Lyrics

What we imagine
And what is real
Are not the same deal
Dust, life’s spicks and specks
Are blended inside the earth’s vortex
We are only our solar system’s subjects
And beyond gathering grey clouds
There is, the stars sheltering shroud

Whatever the words, let them roll
Whatever the feelings, let them be our soul
Old lines drawn in the sand
May be erased by forgiving hands
Gaea’s liquid words caress the air we breathe
Capturing chords within the whispering trees

Time deflects in the end
Time rewinds and amends
Love is the world’s unwound relic
Love is an empty hearts’ bohemian lyric










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Tullawalla:

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OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2024