Tag: Shangri La Booklets

Shangri La, Volume 8. Beyond Flawed Paws

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know, I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have “1711” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
(on my bookshelf I have “The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, which contains 1775 poems … when I first started writing poems, I never envisaged that I would produce so many poems … )

Click on >> Here.  for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 8, Beyond Flawed Paws



Beyond Flawed Paws
 
 
We are flying north before winter 
I am on the edge of the flock 
The outside feather of the throng  
Away from the main group.  
But close enough 
To sense that I belong

Even with my tired and aging wings 
The congregation allows me to tag along 
And they caringly bunch together 
Sheltering me when the wind is strong

We are a humble and united colony  
Paternally migrating in perfect harmony 
As part of nature’s cycle of eternity 

We soar above the flawed paws
Of the world’s sparring humanity 
And beyond those sharp claws
Of their tragic and panicky community










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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
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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 direct for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com





Ivor Steven (c) June 2024

Shangri La, Volume 7. Grey Clouds Have Rainbows

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know, I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have “1686” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here.  for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 7. 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







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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

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com



Ivor Steven (c) April 2024

Shangri La, Volume 6, Shadowed Ground

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have a total of “1638” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here.  for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 6. Shadowed Ground“


Shadowed Ground


I look up and wonder why
The moon is fearfully hiding
In the fading twilight sky

As he forlornly looks down
Upon our shadowed ground
Knowing our King of Peace
Wears a shrouded crown






Dauðalogn Translation: “Calm of death”

Shangri La, Volume 5, Either Way

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have a total of “1594” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 5. Either Way“



Either Way

According to the book of Why 
The sun will never die 
And the moon is often seen  
wearing a black tie

Either way 
After the matinee 
Where do the children play?  
On our filthy ashtray 






Ivor Steven (c) December 2023

Shangri La, Volume 4, A Timeless Zone

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibly, I now have a total of “1547” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> HERE  for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 4. A Timeless Zone“




A Timeless Zone


I stood alone in my second-hand clothes

holding her worn out soul

gently, I slid her urn

into that hollow

inside the brick wall


a moment of heartache

hidden in a chasm of pain

stone-faced again

I stood alone in my timeless zone

not wanting to go home






Ivor Steven (c) October 2023

Shangri La, Volume 3. Below the Trees and Bushes

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Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibily, I now have a total of “1502” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click on >> Here for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 3. Below the Trees and Bushes“.


Below the Trees and Bushes




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

Love flows down

Down inside the tree roots


The tree roots of our homes

The tree roots that wrap around our hearts

The tree roots that capture our souls










Ivor Steven (c) August 2023

Words Are Free


 “Dear Reader, beware. You think you’re reading my poems, but in truth, they are reading you. My words are mirrors and windows. Your reaction is merely a reflection of your own nature and experiences.” — John Mark Green



A Ten-Word Poem (Words Are Free)

A bewitched heart 

Savagely eaten by vultures 

Cannot be restitched  




FREE, a PDF Copy of my poetry booklet; Shangri La, Volume 2. The Other Side of Yesterday
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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

Shangri La, Volume 2. The Other Side of Yesterday

FREE PDF COPY >>> Links Below

Hello, dear readers and followers, as you might know I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at # 31, because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
But the booklet formats are a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems that I produce and as the saying goes “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, and they are called “Shangri La” which is the name of my little Villa, and is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
Incredibily, I now have a total of “1452” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
Click >> Here. for the link to your FREE: PDF Copy of “Shangri La, Volume 2. The Other Side of Yesterday“.


The Other Side of Yesterday


 

“Have I come to the end of the road”

I asked the forest’s guardian toad

He quietly replied

“There is always another way

like there is always another day”


Here, is not where I need to stay

I would like to cross the river today

To redefine the other side of yesterday

When life’s narrow causeway

Led me to her underground doorway








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

OR: email me directly for a signed copy – ivorrs20@gmail.com  




Ivor Steven (c) May 2023