The weekend challenge on Weekly Prompts is : Close-up ; please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here . Today I am presenting a ‘Photo Article’, for their prompt.
Close-up, Frankie Kisses You
Frankie greets a horse with a kiss
Frankie meets Harry with a kiss
Frankie greets Monty with a kiss
Frankie tries to kiss a Magpie
Frankie ignores his girlfriend Lily
Ivor Steven (c) February 2022
Image credit: Vrolans @ Pixabay
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #111 photo prompt
Stone Arches, High In The Sky
Sitting on this old cemetery bench
Judiciously carved from marble
I’m pondering like Rodin’s ‘Thinker’
Observing God’s arches high in the sky
Supported by tall Gothic columns
Laboriously sculptured stone
Dull shades of gray
Etched by heavy rain
Burnt under the drying sun
Shaped by the winds of time
Millennia cast in granite
History encrusted surfaces
Pillars of society, silently solidified
Witnesses of forgotten decades
Ancient pyramids overseeing cold graveyards
Decayed monuments to our lost souls
Immortality and finality achieved
Beyond the shadows of doubt
Their stoic presence
An eternal epitaph
Ivor Steven (c) December 2021
Over on Weekly Prompts, this weekend’s challenge is: Leap. Please go and visit their fabulous site by clicking >>HERE
Yesterday (Saturday), I went to Geelong’s annual Pako Festa event, a gathering, celebrating the colourful multicultural societies that live in harmony within Geelong’s community. These people who have come from all around the world, have taken a giant leap of faith to resettle their lives here in Geelong. There were over 25 different nationalities represent in the glorious parade, and I’ll let my photos below do all the talking today….. I hope there’s not too many photos, but as you can imagine the parade took well over an hour to go pass me !!
Ivor Steven (c) March 2020
The midweek challenge on Weekly Prompts is T-Shirt Wisdom. An interesting subject/prompt for me, as I am a bit of a T-shirt buyer when I’m on my trips away, and the below photos are from my collection of T-shirts……. And please go and visit the fabulous “Weekly Prompts” site by clicking >>HERE
Below: My China trip T-Shirts…
Below: My cruise to the New Caledonia Islands
Below: My cruise to New Zealand
Below: The trip to New York and Philadelphia, “Dreams of the Heart”
Below: Gifts from my sister-in-law when visiting Thailand
Below: My ‘Doctor Who’ T-Shirt…. & a gift from my Canadian uncle
Below: Leonard Cohen T-Shirts (Of course)
Below: “Hanne Kah”, from Germany, who I meet at a music venue in Geelong…. A Geelong Music Festival T-Shirt, from 5 years ago, and the T-Shirt my sister bought for me, when I got home hospital, in time for Christmas 2018….
Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2020
The First Challenge of 2020 is Something New
From today the Word Prompts and Photo Challenges will cease to be separate. They have merged the twice-weekly challenges and given each of them the new combined title of Word/Photo Challenge. Please go visit their exciting new Format, by clicking on .>>HERE
Something New
I’m at that age, I don’t need material things
Too old for men’s fashion earrings
No more swanky clothes or fancy shoes
And I don’t like trendy blue and red tattoos
I’m now alone, and live a simple life
You could balance my belongs on a kitchen knife
These days I store myself in a computer cloud
Photos, music and my poems, of which I’m proud
Today’s six days after Christmas
But I’m still expecting undelivered business
An annual package from Philadelphia
That’s probably been misplaced by festive hysteria
Then I spot a parcel in the letterbox
Which I excitedly unwrap,, a glorious card and socks
Not just plain socks, but a sporty printed pair
Teary, I read the card, and my heart yearns to be there
Ivor Steven (c) Jan 2020
The final photo challenge of the year “Weekly Prompts is: The Tree! Please go and visit their fabulous by clicking >> Here
Love Surrounds Every Tree.
In Geelong we’ve a fancy Christmas tree
Floating on Corio Bay, for everyone to see
The Tree’s alight every night
Full of electric candles, shining bright
Also there’s a Tree at our council park
However he’s looking slightly stark
And here, under my verandah, I’ve a little Tree
Standing below our Tullawalla sign, for all the family to see
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
This weekend the photo challenge on Weekly Prompts is: Clock the Time. I’ve chosen an older poem, so I only have to copy and paste. Be sure to visit the fabulous Weekly Prompts site by clicking >>HERE
It Was Time To Leave
It’s time to tidy up my mess
Clean up the room and get dressed
It’s time to pack my suitcase
Fill the travel bag and vacate this place
It’s time to put on my famous rocker shoes
And walk away from this dream so true
It’s time to say heartfelt goodbyes
To these wonderful Philadelphia guys
It’s time for final hugs and kisses
Sad farewells and best wishes
It’s time for my usual emotional tears
Separate myself from these every day cheers
It’s time to flyaway from a land of Dragons and fairies
Leave this magical world of faraway families
It’s time to say a million thank you’s
For making my stay a Really Real great do
It’s time for me to travel back home
With glorious memories of this mystical thunder dome
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2019
In response to CalmKate’s Friday Foto Fun, prompt : “Street Art”. Here’s my collection of Street Art, photos in Geelong CBD area …..
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2019
Today’s Weekly Photo Prompt is : Crystal.. Please go and visit the fabulous Weekly Prompt site, Click >> Here.
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2019
This weekend’s Photo Challenge on Weekly Prompts is, Not The Norm! And over the last few weeks, I’ve taken some rather odd photos, that are “Not The Norm” , of every day life here in Geelong…. Click >>Here, to visit ‘The Weekly Prompts’ fabulous site
A hail-storm at the Box Office Cafe yesterday, and Chris and his dog Lily, looking worried
At the Box Office Cafe again, the two photos are of the framed pictures hanging up in the toilets. The next photo is of some wall art, in the back patio area….All unusual, to say the least
Geelong’s CBD, has numerous works of street art, down the back lane-ways
Another piece of street. And then I was visiting the Valhalla Bar (Yes the same place I go to for one my poetry recital nights) for refreshments, and I took this photo…. apparently his name is Westie, and he has a hole in the front of the bucket to have a drink… very odd….
On the way home I needed a bite to eat, and wow ! a Philadelphia Cheesesteak in the main street of Geelong…. Now I’m home, trying on my new shirt from Kuala Lumpur, a gift handed to me Thursday, by my dear pen-friend from Malaysia, a beautiful shirt, certainly “Not The Norm”, to be chatting to her, cheek to cheek, and truly a lovely day, we spent together ………..
Oddly, I’ve not yet posted this Leonard Cohen, song and video clip…. enjoy……
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2019
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