Poetry/Australia – Page 56 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Sharing My Coffee and Cake

Max the magpie joins us and then starts nibbling on my cheesecake.

Max slurps up the cream, as Frankie nonchalantly looks on

Sharing My Coffee and Cake

We were at the Moorabool Valley Cafe

For an afternoon coffee and cake

Unexpectedly, a feathery friend joined us

Max, the Cafe’s resident magpie

While introducing ourselves

In the blink of an eye

He leaned over and began nibbling

At my chocolate cheesecake and cream

Peck, peck, his beak dipped in

And soon his nose was covered in cream

Meanwhile, Frankie nonchalantly looked on

As Max mischievously gave me a wink and a nod

Before jumping across to the next table

Until Eyes Hear Sound
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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Snippets of Rhyme

Snippets of Rhyme

Glowing from behind the trees

I saw the sunset, so bright

Or did I see the trees

Reaching up, in front of the light

Dusk is like a Venetian blind

Narrow ingots of time

Casting snippets of rhyme

Upon my black and white lines

Until Eyes Hear Sound
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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) March 2024

Grey Clouds Have Rainbows

Grey Clouds Have Rainbows

The night is not always dark

You know

The moon has a bright side

The other side hides

in the Sun’s shadow

An icy pond’s reflection

Has the wrong image

Of whom was right

And grey clouds have rainbows

Until Eyes Hear Sound
Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com

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:

Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT

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

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Colour Challenge for March is; White … you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. There is no mention of ‘White’ in my poem, but there is certainly plenty of ‘White’ in my bird photos …

Side By Side

Side by side

We shall soar

Beyond these shores

Side by side

We shall soar

Toward our final encore

We will explore

The unknown

Then, we will look for

The way home

Until Eyes Hear Sound
Not available on Lulu or Amazon yet … but you may purchase it from me, via this web page or my email >> ivorrs20@gmail.com

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:

Amazon: https://amzn.asia/d/4yFHWrT

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

Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ivor-steven-and-derrick-knight/perceptions/hardcover/product-2pwqe4.html?q=Perceptions+by+Ivor+Steven&page=1&pageSize=4

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Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Throwback Friday, Moon Blossom

A “Moon” poem that I originally wrote in June 2019.

Moon Blossom

The old moon knows

After a bitterly cold winter

There’s never a false spring

And Eve’s apple tree always blossoms

Then the full moon shyly shines

Casting moon-shadows upon sacred ground

And asks about the planet’s fading designs

“Where have all the ancient spirits gone”

However, the new moon remains alluring

And his moonbeams spoon our imagination

Yellow ripples shimmering across blue lagoons

Casting moon-shadows over lovers’ bedrooms

And love eventually conquers us all

When moon blossom ringlets gently fall

Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

My Mirrored Moon

My Mirrored Moon

Last evening, the midnight moon

Infiltrated my room

Like a mischievous raccoon

This morning, the sky’s silver moon

Enshrined our blue lagoon

With her debutant’s festoon

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Flying High in the Full Moon Sky

Matilda shows me how to push start the flight …

Matilda takes me through the process of gliding into the sky … he made it look easy!!

“Our” full moon photos from tonight, 8.30 pm (just after sunset), 9.30 pm, 10.30 pm, and midnight.

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is: Expect … you may visit their wonderful site by clicking on >> Here. …
In my poem below, Matilda and I are “expecting” to see the full moon tonight.

Flying High in the Full Moon Sky

During our walkies, this morning
I enjoyed a friendly chat
With Matilda the Magpie

“Good morning, Matilda
as you know, later today
the full moon is going to be on show
and I was wondering
could I come and fly with you?
for a clear aerial view”

“You are more than welcome Ivor
however, when was the last time you went flying?”

“Five years ago, my friend
when I flew to Philadelphia”

“Oh, you will be a bit rusty
and now you are a 72-year-old
so best we have a practice run”

“Good idea, Matilda
I suppose it is like riding a bike
my wings will automatically remember
how to give me a push start
and then my gliding skills will return”

I am pleased to say
The training session went well
Matilda and I
Will be flying high
Side by side
In tonight’s full moon sky

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Beyond a World of Wires

Beyond a World of Wires

I am a bird

Perched atop a post

I am a bird on a wire

I am about to jump

A leap of faith

Toward the light

Through the wires

Across the oceans

Over the horizon

Into the universe

Beyond eternity

I am a bird

A bird on a wire

Perched on her bier

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

“Darkness”, is in this Week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Darkness”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. …
To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine.
>> https://coffeehousewriters.com/darkness-2/

“For a friend who decided to leave us without saying goodbye”

Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Throwback Friday, Did You Hear the Moon Call?

I have written and posted a number of “moon” poems lately, and there will be a full moon tomorrow night. So, my Throwback Friday Poem is another Moon Poem, “Did You Hear the Moon Call?, from September 2021