“Tonight, Hold Your Curtain Open”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.

Hello dear readers and followers, I am a writer for “Coffee House Writers magazine” (USA), on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Tonight, Hold Your Curtain Open”, 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/tonight-hold-your-curtain-open/

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Creative Geelong, the MAY’D SHOP

A new initiative of Creative Geelong, the MAY’D SHOP is a retail experience that showcases the latest works from our diverse membership. From glass sculptures to clothing, paintings, and drawings to jewellery and homewares – the MAY’D SHOP will provide the community with a unique array of special creative works.
And yes, my Poetry Books are available and on display.

Creative Geelong website >> https://www.creativegeelong.com.au/

TRADING HOURS

Thursday-Saturday

11am-3pm

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Tullawalla is Available From

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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AND
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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

My Women (Happy Mothers Day)

This has been a nostalgic week for me. Thursday was my mother’s birthday, and also Carole’s “funeral day” and now it is “Mothers Day”… Here is my tribute to those 2 magnificent women in my life…

My Women

After I had left the hem

Without women

I could not have survived my time

I would not have braved the climb

Ladies, you are my rhyme

My mothers of thyme

Helping me roll away the stone

Maintaining these old bones

Repairing the bridges, I have burnt

Reciting the messages, I have learnt

Cheering from the sidelines

Supporting my broken designs

Women of My Rhymes

Mothers for a lifetime

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Tullawalla is Available From

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

Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Nature’s Oceanic Symphony

Nature’s Oceanic Symphony 

 
 
 
Beyond the dunes 

That is where I belong 

Lying on a sandy beach

Watching the ocean’s waves  

Lyrically draw rippled contours 

Upon the welcoming shoreline 

And where I refreshingly  

Listen to the rolling sound  

Of Nature’s Oceanic Symphony  

Rhythmically thrum, over and over  

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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) May 2024

Throwback Friday, The Woman In Me

Me, sitting on Mum’s knee. … L to R, Carole, Aunties Elizabeth & Pearl, & Grandma

Grandma, and her 3 daughters. … My mum (left) and her lady relatives



G’day readers, It’s Friday morning here in Australia, the day after my mother’s birthday and Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Today’s Throwback Friday poem is, from September 2019.

The Woman In Me

Inside every man

There is a woman

The mother of his soul

The lady of his heart

The kindness in his touch

The passion in his blood

The woman who fostered

The way he shows love

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Tullawalla is Available From

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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

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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 2024

Do Shadows Fly? (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is the word: Intuition. You can visit the fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
In my abstract Tanka today, I used the word ‘Intuitively’





Do Shadows Fly? (a Tanka)

In the clouds, they fly

And their shadows ink the ground 

Then, intuitively

I ask, “Why do my writings

fail to go beyond the sky”

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Tullawalla is Available From

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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) May 2024

I Need You

Please Note: All images were taken by Derrick Knight, and I am incredibly grateful that he kindly allows me to reproduce his photos on my poetry site.
>> https://derrickjknight.com/2024/05/04/first-foals-of-2024/





I Need You




I am proudly striding

Beside my mother

Below her handsome shoulder

And close to her cuddly hip

I rub against her warmth

So, I can hear her loving heartbeat

And feel her rhythmical breath

Calmly caress my soft ears

Here, I have no fear while she is near

“Who Knows?” Said the Sun

“Who Knows?” Said the Sun

the clouds appear to be
ascending up
or are they
descending down
“who knows?”
said the smiling Sun
or was that his frown


what is right?
what is wrong?
going up
or falling down
growing up
or losing your crown
slowing up
or dying on the ground

“who knows what’s next?”
said the setting Sun
“in your shady annex
full of loaded guns,
existing
remains complex”

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Tullawalla is Available From

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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

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Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Centenarians

At ‘The Dunes’ cafe/restaurant, Ocean Grove, near Mum and Dad’s old family home, “Tullawalla”.




Centenarians

Today

We had a family remembrance party

For our dear departed parents

They were both born in 1924

One hundred years ago!

Today

We gathered to celebrate

Their love and loyalty for each other

And to proudly honour

The love and incredible support

We all unconditionally received

Ivor Steven (c) May 2024

Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Colour Challenge is: Orange – you may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.
Orange is the colour of energy and happiness, and I dream of solving the world’s problems by wrapping the “Earth In Rainbows”

Wrap the World in Rainbows (a Tanka)




Below the rainbow’s

Protective arch, nature’s birds

Know their nests are safe

Away from humanity’s

Hard rains and murderous wars

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Tullawalla is Available From

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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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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) May 2024