Again, Another Year Out Of Tune
Two thousand and twenty-four
Dramatic drones pierced closed doors
As wars were recoated and reloaded
Inflated and dangerously bloated
Earth’s clouded atmosphere is corroded
Our lives are shrouded and overcrowded
Politics and countries are not immune
And the World continues to spin out of tune
Here in Aussie land, normality twirls in dizziness
As we wait for next year’s unfinished business
Ivor Steven (c) December 31st 2024
Hello, dear readers and followers. I write for Coffee House Writers magazine (USA) fortnightly, and my poem “Wandering In My Universe” is in this week’s edition. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/wandering-in-my-universe/
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
Today’s philosophical Throwback Friday poem was written in April 2022 and is published in my book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”
Day One
Before Day One
I wished upon a star
That the milk-bar
Was not too far away
My life’s bread was crumbling
My weathered hands were fumbling
Witnessing the Last Supper was humbling
Day One
There, beyond the darkness
Out in the universe
From a million light-years away
Under an alien’s microscopic frame
We would all look the same
After Day One
I wished for the dust to settle
Then waited for rusted gunmetal
To mature into household kettles
Whistling hallelujah to new sunflower petals
Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
I originally wrote today’s ‘Throwback Friday’ poem in June 2021 as a protest against the proposed drilling for oil in the “Great Australian Bight,” a protected ocean area known as the Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve.
And as is my way, I have revised and rewritten my poem “Tomorrow’s Sky”
Tomorrow’s Sky (Revised)
Floating upon my bed of rhyme
I continued to drift into Dreamtime
Reaching out through the window
I imagined what I could borrow
From the world’s future of sorrow
And beyond the blue horizon
On the edge of the Indian Ocean
I grabbed a piece of tomorrow’s sky
Strange, the feeling bamboozled my eye
Then magically I saw an azure hue of daylight
Within the shimmering mirage of nature’s plight
An unpolluted view of the “Great Australian Bight”
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
Today I am presenting my poem from the “Fae Dreams” Anthology, October 2020. I wrote the original piece in 2018.
Tower to Heaven (Revised)
I remember the day
Like it was yesterday
A cold morning in the paddock
I, a static shadow in the flock
Standing beside a giant pylon
I looked up to heaven
Straight up the tower
The tower of power
Crosses of galvanized iron
Straining under the winter sun
Wind howling through its huge steel web
And demons screaming in my head
My spirit began climbing the spire
Clambering higher and higher
Up the pyramid of life’s wires
Desperate, I grasp at my ultimate desire
A visionary mission before I die
To embrace a piece of my angels’ sky
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
My “Cool” Christmas Haircut, (written by Frankie)
Summer has arrived
My winter coat is too warm
And I’m looking quite shabby
So, I walked my Hooman pal
To the local groomer’s
For my “Cool” Christmas haircut
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
Hi, dear readers and followers. As you know, it’s summertime down under in Australia, however this morning I read a lovely poem “Snowpeople”, written by Gigi >> https://gigisrantsandraves.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/snowpeople-2/
Her thoughtful and enchanting poem prompted me to write this poetic response as my comment to her wonderful post.
** Sorry, but it doesn’t snow in Geelong, so I have no suitable snow photos to accompany today’s article. My “moonman’ photos from this evening will have to suffice.
Snowflakes and the Snowman
Snowflakes float down
And gather on the ground
Without making a sound
The gathering becomes a white field
The field’s enchanting appeal
Cannot be concealed
As crafty snowballs gather and expand
Merrily creating a mystical snowman
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
In December, my poem, “Invincible Pieces” will be published in a strikingly noteworthy way at the Creative Geelong Makers Hub. An exquisite sign was expertly painted on the front glass door of The Third Space Gallery, 132 Little Malop St, Centrepoint Arcade, Geelong.
… My poem is part of the “Damaged” Display, which includes “15″ artists’ interpretations of a broken ginger jar, over various disciplines. “bringing new life and finding beauty in the damaged and discarded”…
My Poem, “Invincible Pieces”
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
Decaffeinated
Created and propagated
Emancipated and amalgamated
Defoliated and pollinated
Deflated and sedated
Medicated and rehabilitated
Antiquated and outdated
Re-educated and re-activated
Graduated and animated
Now I drink decaffeinated
Featured Image Above: A painting by, Carole Steven.
Earlier in the week I attended the hospital for a ‘one-day’ procedure, and my recovery from the effects of the anesthetic has lingered on for a few days, so my poem from January 2022 is quite an appropriate “Throwback Friday” article for today.
Is There More?
Beyond my front door
Will there be more?
When the lights a dim
I quietly sit and stare
To see what is out there
Is there more?
Than starlit stairs
And when will I?
Begin the climb
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Ivor Steven (c) December 2024
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