Tag: The Moon

Our Blossoming Twilight Moon

Please Note, that the Featured Illustration above (Moon and Tree) is by Kerri Costello and is the Introduction Drawing for Chapter 8 (Poetry In Slow Motion) of my new book, “Until Eyes Hear Sound”





Our Blossoming Twilight Moon


Day after day glides by

And I watch you gradually grow


In the blossoming blue sky

While my grasping little toe


Clings on to the last endearing bonsai

A remnant from the new world’s crumbling chateau








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Ivor Steven (c) February 2024

Do You See the Sound? 





Do You See the Sound? 

 
 
 
Oh, great spirit of the sky 

My eyes hear the sound  

Of your moonbeam’s cry  

A message so profound 

Sadly, echoing the unearthly tremors  

Of whales and pelicans distressed murmurs  


This world has an abundance  

Of digital receiving towers  

And trillions of mobile phones  

To interpret your ethereal moon-rays


 

Cannot they see the sound?  

From under the oceans  

Cannot they feel the ground?  

Beyond today’s horizon  

Cannot they hear the drowned? 








Ivor Steven (c) November 2023

I’m Almost Home (a Haiku)



I’m Almost Home (a Haiku)




Could the stars be right

That life is almost perfect

Tonight’s moon agrees






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Ivor Steven (c) November 2022

Fiery Pearls and an Ambient Eye

This weekend, at Weekly Prompts the challenge word is: Focus. Please go and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here … and below is my response to their prompt; Focus …



Fiery Pearls and an Ambient Eye



“Since I don’t believe in anything 

I can pretend about everything” … (anonymous)


The stars are the universe’s fiery pearls

And when smoke falls into my eyes 

Her fading ashes singe my heart




The silver moon is my world’s ambient eye

And when my mind falls out of focus

His silvery beams enlighten my soul






Ivor Steven (c) July 2022

Silent Moon

The Wednesday Challenge from “Weekly Prompts is: QUIET . Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here. .. and the poem “Silent Moon” is my response their prompt



Silent Moon


Hello!

Is anybody out there?

Watching our universe

Spinning in reverse

Am I the only one in town?

Whirling around upside down


Hello!

Is anybody listening?

To our guiding star

Playing accoustic guitar

Or am I just a lonely old moon?

Waiting to be serenaded by a lunar tune

Resonating through the universe

Singing a hallelujah verse





Ivor Steven (c) November 2021

Pink Moon


My “Moon” poems have been shining for 10 days now, and today “Pink Moon” is the final poem in my series of “Moon Poems”, which coincides with Holloween tonight …And this piece I wrote in April this year..

Pink Moon




Beyond the shimmering sand

And a comforting hand

A gracious spirit is in command

Wandering along life’s deviations

Are not treasonous reactions

A change of mindset to the left of centre

May create a mystical adventure

Tonight there shines a super-moon

Bring a bowl, cream, and spoon

And share in the sweetness of pink moonbeams

That revive lost souls and sanction forgotten dreams





Ivor Steven (c) October 2021

A Slithery Moon

Well readers, here I go again, another “Moon” poem …I hope you are still enjoying my moon theme week ….

A Slithery Moon


Sunday softy sings

Undone on the wind

For a drowning underling


Tiredness creeps in

Church bells ring

For more silent writings


Numbness drops a teaspoon

Eyes close for the afternoon

Awaiting a slithery moon





Ivor Steven (c) March 2021.