Poetry/Australia – Page 76 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

Back On The Tools. (adapted from “An Old-time Plumber”)

Sorry to my readers and followers for my lack of blogging this week … The old plumber/poet traded his quill in for his old rusty spanner and dirty hammer …
Drawing Above: done for me in 2017 by, Rose – https://poetrummager.org/

Back On The Tools. (adapted from “An Old-time Plumber”)

Could I actually do the task?

Am I physically strong enough?

Am I mentally sharp and able enough?

To endure four to fives days of hard work?

Surprise, surprise, I have survived the first three days

Job is nearing completion and the clients are suitably pleased

And I am home beside the heater and enjoying a red wine

Although when I finished it was already dark

And my back was stiff as red-gum bark

But a job stamped by my old-time quality trademark

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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023

A Ladybug Flies in From Bensalem

I have just completed the second edit and redraft of the manuscript for my book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”, and officially the poem below, will be the Book’s opening poem in, Chapter 1, ‘Little Creatures and The Birds

A Ladybug Flies in From Bensalem

A scarlet caped ladybug

Lands on my sleeve and gently shrugs

Resting there, snug as a bug on a rug

And honouring me with love and soft hugs

Nature’s tiniest of goddesses

Who fans us with butterfly kisses

Kindly sharing good fortune and best wishes

Then quietly fluttering away to the next Hibiscus

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’

AND
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023

I Am An Emotional Guy

Sun is shining on our table … Frankie perusing my poem … Frankie gives me that look

I Am An Emotional Guy

We are at the Café

Sheltering under the verandah

The winter sky is gray

And drizzly rain gently

Dribbles across our table

Then the sun streaks through the clouds

I am listening to music by, ‘Sigur Ros’

And out of nowhere

I start sobbing rivers of tears

I am an emotional guy

Teary during the worst of times

Or even at the best of times

After you watch the Sigur Ros video below

You might appreciate why I cried so instantly!

I found the “Andra” audio/music/video to be very touching

I do not understand the lyrics

But I do comprehend the sensitive nature

Of their passionately emotive music

The table napkins were handy

For wiping my watery eyes

My Pal Frankie, knowingly smiles at me

As the dappled midday sun

Slowly dry these smeared words

That splashed across my blue lines

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

Amazon: search via, ‘Tullawalla by Ivor Steven’

AND
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Ivor Steven (c) July 2023

Throwback Friday, Who Hears Me?

Today I am presenting another poem that will be appearing in my new book “Until Eyes Hear Sound”. I wrote ‘Who Hears Me’ in February 2021, and the poem will be the opening piece in Chapter 5. Observations, “Until Eyes Hear Sound”

Who Hears Me?

My ears are funnels
But I do not want to hear
The voices

My lips do part
But I do not speak
The words

My knees do bend
But I cannot sit
While I can still stand

My eyes are open
But I do not want to see
My shadow falling

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Twilight’s Bookends, Published by Geelong Writers, in AnoMaly Street, Anthology

This evening I went to the book launch of The Geelong Writers, Anomaly Street (Poetry With A Difference), a twice-yearly collection of poetry that creates jolts for flatlined minds, and to the editor, Jo Curtain, for selecting my poem. Below is a photo of the poem’s presentation in the book … (my scanner is broken)

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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) June 2023

Only One Day of “Voting” Left … Lines To Nowhere, has been nominated for Publication of The Month of June, at “Spillwords Magazine”

If you wish to “Vote” for me, you can vote here: https://spillwords.com/vote/

I am proud to announce that my poem “Lines To Nowhere” has been nominated for Publication of The Month of June, at “Spillwords Magazine”. A big thank you to the editing team at Spillwords for the nomination, and hearty congratulations to the other Nominees.

Voting will cease on 6/29 and soon after we will reveal the winner.
Please note, you need to register and/or login to vote.

The winning publication will be featured on Spillwords.com sidebar during the entire month of July!

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES:

Mid Week by Roy Eisenstein
Lines To Nowhere by Ivor Steven
Mermaids & Miracles by Ann Parker
The Sunset, The Beach, The Stars, and The Midnight Sky by Michelle Ayon Navajas
When You Find Your Center by Kate Leo
Darker The Water, The Deeper The Deep by Gerry Stefanson
Joy by Daniel Clarke-Serret
The Centre of My Universe by Jane Bradshaw
Two Faces by Chris Corbett
Dead Man’s Hand by Kerr Pelto
At 28 Weeks: When Reality Shifts by Erin P.T. Canning
And All That Jazz by Angela Huskisson
Piggy by Zach Zajac
Dress Rehearsal by Jon A Lunsford

Good luck to all!

Lines to Nowhere

As my drapes fell apart
I saw a setting eclipse
And I decided to walk
To the south side of the moon

Carrying my plastic spoon
There, a giant vanilla cheesecake
Rolled over the crusty moonscape
On a giant crumbly base
Topped with blueberries and cream
Laying here in bed, life is but a dream

The evening skyline begins to drool
Am I, a full moon’s fool?
I will meet you at the old school
Down by the empty pool
This time we will not be ridiculed

Ivor Steven © June 2023. Spillwords Magazine, New York

Ivor Steven(c) June 2023

Yellow Boulders, is in this week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine

Hello dear readers and followers, I am writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Yellow Boulders”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/yellow-boulders/

Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Seven Shades of Gray

Seven Shades of Gray

My morning is not ruined

The sky has finished crying

And the awakening winter sun

Begins painting the clouds

In shades of coral gray

Artfully illuminating my day

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
Perceptions is Now Available via:

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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Below the Trees and Bushes, is up at Masticadores USA

A big thank you to the Editor: Barbara Leonhard, for accepting and publishing my poem “Below the Trees anbd Bushes” at MasticadoresUsa.

How far, is too far?

Too far away from home

Too far away from love

Love does not grow on trees

Love grows inside trees

……….

To view my entire poem at MasticadoresUsa, please click on this link >>
https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/below-the-trees-and-bushes-by-ivor-steven/

Featured Image: Courtesy of Pixabay

Winter Solstice

The winter sun subsides

Behind white frosty clouds

And the cold setting light

Submerges under twilight’s

Curtain of icy darkness

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) June 2023