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“Cadence”, a “Finalist” for the American Writing Awards.

 The anthology “Cadence-Life’s Poetic Rhythms” has been nominated as a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Congratulations to all who have contributed to this anthology!
The recently published collection is a truly international poetry anthology found on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Bookshop.org.

Many thanks go to our co-editors, Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld, and Zaneta Varnado Johns, of Prolic Pulse Press >>
>> https://prolificpulse.blog/2024/11/25/cadence-lifes-poetic-rhythms-has-placed-as-a-finalist-for-the-american-writing-awards-congratulations-to-all-who-have-contributed-to-this-anthology/

To All The Authors, “Congratulations”

The collection includes poems by Sarfraz Ahmed, Rita Anderson, Nanci Arvizu, Bartholomew Barker, arlene bice, A. C. Blake, Susi Bocks, Yasmin S. Brown, Lin Marshall Brummels, Stephen W. Buchanan, Anupama Sham Budhrani, Migel Bung, Joni Karen Caggiano, Theresa Carlie, Elizabeth Esquerra Castillo, Carla M. Cherry, Lauren M. Clemmons, Ambika Devi, Richard Fireman, Nolcha Fox, Carol Coven Grannick, Joel Haas, Mark Andrew Heathcote, Duane L. Hermann, Chyrel J. Jackson, Gerald Jatzek, Zaneta Varnado Johns, Cody Jones, Eftichia Kapardeli, Jill Sharon Kimmelman, Teresa H. Klepac, Barbara Harris Leonhard, Donna McKinney, Danielle Martin, Karuna Mistry, Howard Moon, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Nimitok, Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris, Thomas King Oloo (Babs), K. Ann Pennington, Dawn Pisturino, Sarah Merritt Ryan, Pratibha Savani, Shiela Denise Scott, Richa Dinesh Sharma, Nicole Smith, Ivor Steven, Gabriel S. Weah, Lynn White, Charlotte Alexandria Williams, Lindsay Soberano Wilson, Chanah Wizenberg, and Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld.

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld & Zaneta Varnado Jones (eds.): Cadence – Life’s Poetic Rhythms, Prolific Pulse Press LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA, ISBN: 978-1962374903








Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Today’s Slate-Grey Sky





Today’s Slate-Grey Sky

Dark as tomorrow’s blackboard
Dreary as a bitumen road

Dim like a bat’s cave
Dull like Santa’s razor blade

Dingy and dankly humid
Dowdy as a politician’s banal promise

Dawn to dusk
Daylight has lost its shine
Dethroned by a dusty slate-grey sky










All Books. Now Available At:

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132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Sharing





Sharing



I am a scrubby tree
Shaggy like a wild woolly bee
However, the birds always befriend me
Perching on my bent knees
And pecking at my flowers and leaves
Like a flock of grub-thieves


I am unselfish and kind
And intuitively, I do not mind
My branches are there to be shared
My sacred patch has been spared
And is politically unimpaired














All Books. Now Available At:

Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Thoughts Winnow Into Words


Thanks to Mad Missy, of MAD – Works blog site (https://mad-missy-work.blog/2024/11/23/embracing-the-struggle/).
I wrote a poetic response to her thoughtful poem, “Embracing the Struggle”, which I later edited to create my poem ‘Thoughts Winnow Into Words’





Thoughts Winnow Into Words

Words waver and wander around
In the weighty shadows of the whispering moon
And we warily wonder why
But there’s no need to worry


Thoughts winnow into words
When wistful eyes hear sound











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Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024


Damage Control

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Damaged
Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here





Damage Control

“What is the matter
What does it matter
What, is not matter” … Ivor

Do not worry about the damage
Caused by malicious matter outside
We are all mere morsels
Within Nature’s Brewing pot

Bubbling and gurgling away together
Atop of the earth’s volcanic well

“We cannot be consoled
Nor can we be controlled
By the Corporate bankroll” … Ivor











All Books. Now Available At:

Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Wily Wattlebird (a Haiku)


Above: My favorite image is the bottom right one. It’s a lovely photo of a Wattlebird flying over the setting sun.







Wily Wattlebird (a Haiku)

Witty wattlebird
The wily will-of-the-wisp
In my twilight sky












All Books. Now Available At:

Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Throwback Friday, A Line in the Sand

For today’s Throwback Friday poem, written in April 2021, I have revised the first stanza and altered the final line.  



A Line in the Sand (Revised #3)

Did you hear the latest hocus pocus?
About the world’s leaders’ lack of focus
Who resemble mythical fiery dragons
Ready to torch the refugee wagons
With their sponsored guns and cannons

In my mind, I am searching for the olive tree
Please come walk with me
We will go to the seashore
And watch the dove’s soar

Hold my other hand
As I scribe a line in the sand

A message to the sky
Love and peace I decry
Will I receive an honest reply?
Or nothing, but more blind eyes?










All Books. Now Available At:

Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm



Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)


Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)



Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books



OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Creative Geelong, Market Day, This Saturday 23rd Nov’

Artist Market & Open Studios✨️

Hosted monthly within Centrepoint Arcade the market showcases our members and makers from across the region.
Enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere, undercover and filled with light, offering a broad range of items including clothing, paintings, illustrations, photography, jewellery, vintage clothing, books and much more.
Many of our in-house studios will have their doors open PLUS our May’d Shop is brimming with Spring colour and new beauties from Geelong Potters.

Saturday, 23 November
11am-3pm
132 Little Malop Street
Centrepoint Arcade
Creative Geelong

FREE & UNDERCOVER!!







Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2024

Full Moon Rising

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday challenge is – Nurturing. To visit their fabulous site, click on >> Here
Today, my poem is about the “Nurturing”/guiding powers of the full moon.


Full Moon Rising



I am an aging seagull
And I must be out of my skull

Thinking that I’m fit enough
To fly further than the bluff

No matter, there is a full moon
To guide me across this barren dune

My journey is a lonely one
But I’m not to be outdone

I know there is another blue ocean
Beyond this World’s wavering horizon









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132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm


Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books



OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024

Live and Let Die





Live and Let Die

The misty Full Moon sighed
My garden Magpie cried
And the Twilight Bunnies
In a startled stride
Ran away to hide

The Titan Arum* flower had died
And with compassionate pride
I felt like a loveless bride
Speechless and teary-eyed



* Titan Arum, the Corpse Plant.








All Books. Now Available At:

Creative Geelong MAY’D Shop,
Shop 15/Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
TRADING HOURS
Thursday-Saturday
11am-3pm


Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)


Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
Lulu Books >>  Perceptions (lulu.com)


Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books



OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) November 2024