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Throwback Friday, An Emerald Tapestry, by Ivor Steven

My article from “Go Dog Go Cafe” that I posted this morning >> godoggocafe.com/2022/12/22/throwback-friday-an-emerald-tapestry-by-ivor-steven/

  “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ― Leonard Cohen
Featured Image Above: taken near Lal Lal, not far from Ballarat.

An Emerald Tapestry

I resumed living last decade

Narrowly surviving gravities finality

Now, I lean against my tower’s balustrade

That overlooks an emerald valley

Echoing from my castle’s balcony

I hear Leonard Cohen’s words about life’s pagentry

Outlining the spiritual tapestry

Of commonality, morality, and vitality






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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Today, Time Does Not Matter (a Haiku)

All featured Images: were taken on my Sanyo iPhone today …




Today, Time Does Not Matter (a Haiku) 

 
 
A walk back in time 

Along cobblestone pathways 

And rustic cafes 









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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Out Of Breath (a Tanka)

All Featured Images: Were taken today at the magnificent “Ballarat Botanical Gardens”



Out Of Breath (a Tanka)


Giant redwood tree

Bears air for the atmosphere

Is life out of breath?

Nature continues to fight

Despite the disdainful crowd







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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Resting At My Brother’s House (An Acrostic Poem)

 



Resting At My Brother’s House (an Acrostic Poem)



Relaxing on this comfy new bed 

Electronically adjustable 

Special settings for reading and writing 

Time is neither coming nor going 

Internally, I feel at home 

Nourished and thoroughly spoiled 

Gratefully, living in the lap of luxury   








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Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

On The Seventh Day Before Christmas

Me and my sister, Miffy … …. … Brother Danny and birthday cake

Hello dear readers and followers, I am on Holidays, resting at my siblings places in Ballarat and will not blogging very much for the next 2 weeks.



On The Seventh Day Before Christmas

Today a family tradition was broken

Our Christmas day luncheon

Was held a week early

As was brother Danny’s

Seventy-fourth birthday

And we did not gather

For the usual home cooked feast



Instead, we entertained ourselves

At a local riverside restaurant

Where we still raised our glasses

And enjoyed the luxury of being waited on

“Knowing, Mum and Dad would be smiling down on us”








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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Lost Horizon (a Tanka)



Running out of time

Inside today’s twilight zone

Drifting and alone

Searching for the pathway home

Beneath a lost horizon






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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Dear Danny, An Epistolary Poem. is up at Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Dear Danny, An Epistolary Poem”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/dear-danny-an-epistolary-poem/







Tullawalla is Available From;

Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Writing About – Three – Anthology, 2022

Yes it’s that time of the year … Here is another annual Anthology that my poems have been published in. This is one has been produced and published by the Belmont Page Writers group and superbly edited by our convener Claudia Collins.
Three of my poems were published in this fabulously presented Anthology. They were, “Have We The Backbone?”, “Out There, Right Now”, and “Afloat”





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Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/

Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’


AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Eclectic Words, Geelong Writers Inc. Annual Anthology 2022

I am thrilled to announce that three of my poems were selected for publication in the prestigious Geelong Writers Inc. Annual Anthology, 2022, and I am honoured to have my words published in a journal along side a group of talented writers that I admire and who have mentored me for many years.

I have two poems, “Fragments Float, Tears Splash” and “The Disappearance Of Decency”, in the Poetry Chapter, and the other poem, “Love Is Not Declined”, is in the Romance Chapter




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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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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022

Herculean Moon

The Wednesday challenge on Weekly Prompts is; HERCULEAN. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here , and below is my response to the prompt.

Herculean Moon




On a motionless silent night

There.

From beyond the dark evening clouds

The Herculean moon stoically glowed

Upon the forest’s swaying silhouettes

Stealthily shedding enough silvery light

To illuminate the ancient gatehouse

There.

From below the mystical pathway home







Tullawalla is Available From;

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2022