A big thank you to Vita Brevis Magazine for selecting and publishing my poem “Arctic Winds”. I am truly honoured to be represented in this wonderful Magazine for poets, and to all my readers/followers, I sincerely recommend that you visit/follow the Vita Brevis site,
https://vitabrevisliterature.com.
Submitted by Ivor Steven
I’m winter hibernating,
Inside an Eskimo’s hut.
Feeding only on fish oil,
And frozen blue blood.
My heart’s cold and dormant,
Cowering under a dampened vestment.
Pumping only yesteryears rust,
And icicles of my dust.
My eyes are swollen rocks,
Amidst polarized sockets.
Terrorizing all that’s passed,
Like forgotten arctic icebergs.
My veins are hollow crevasses,
Inside a glaciers ice-flow.
Sheering and groaning chasms,
Like my memories deepest fjord.
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Photo Credit: An Arctic Landscape At Dusk – Herman Herzog
What a great poem and congrats! You deserve the recognition
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Thanks Kayla, it’s only 5.30am here, but excitedly I’ve had to get up and browse the Vita Brevis Magazine…
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I am sure! It’s a good thing to take joy in your accomplishments
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Yes Kayla, It’s quite a thrill, even for an old Plumber/Poet like me….
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Enjoy the thrill Ivor!
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Woooohooo! Congrats Ivor! Great poem too! 😄💜
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Yep a real thrill for old Ivor….xx
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You’re up very early today, you’ve turned into me! Congratulations Ivor, a well earned publication 🙂
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Thanks Sue, haha, the excitements wearing off, think I’ll hop back into the cot…..
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Sweet dreams Ivor 💤
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Wonderful wintry poem 😀
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Thank you Soiba, although it’s far from winter here in Geelomg, it was a sizzling 110’F yesterday
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Oh my 😯
At least that made me feel a little less cold for a sec!
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Congratulations, Ivor. Start the year as you mean to go on!! Bravo. Stupendous. Big round of applause.
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Thanks Kelvin, it’s a stupendous thrill, for an old Plumber/Poet. 😊
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A stupendously well deserved thrill for a lovely old plumber and young at heart poet. You goona give the old pipes a clanging with your adjustable spanner tonight? 🙃
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It’s 8.45am Sunday here, haha 😂 tools down today.
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Well done Ivor.
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Big bang and whistles
Congrats
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Thanks Sheldon, not too much noise this morning, plenty of Reds last night 😎
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congratulations Ivor! what an honour and so well deserved! I am partial to dust and snow so I am writing this into my journal this morning, may i? icicles of dust just made me swoon with envy to be a little icicle on your tree of memories. Love everything about being buried in deep cold and ice when the silence allows me to hear myself.
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Oh Gina that’s special praise in deed. And of course you can use any of words, my writings are there to be shared and hopefully help others survive, and travel life’s journey.
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thank you for sharing your heart and your words, someone else just told me the same thing, when we help others live we all survive. happy Sunday to you from the equator, I am off to church then a lovely poetry club meet this afternoon. will one day seek permission to share some of your lovely poems.
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Sounds lovely, have a beautiful day.
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thank you and I did, it’s always a good meet up with some really good people.
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Good for you, my little poetry group don’t restart until, Thurs 8th Feb.
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oh lovely that you are part of one too. talking about poems with different minds and experiences is very enriching. I’d love to know how you structure your meet. if its not too much trouble
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I’ll let you know when we resume, I’ve not been for 6 months, haha, can’t quite remember, but basically a very casual group.
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thank you. we usually have a theme but no one really sticks to it and we just hop all over the moving bus. 😊
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😆sounds familiar and very similar
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Congratulations! What an honor!
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Thanks Robert 😊
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Congratulations. Great metaphor, Ivor
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Thanks Derrick.
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Brr.. lovely atmospheric poem. Congratulations, Ivor xx
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Always an honour and a great thrill to have my words published.
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Last night I selected a poem for the comp. the magazine is running, but when it came to it, I didn’t have the energy to submit it.
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Many congratulations Ivor, must away now and check out that site. Chris.
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Thanks for dropping by and reading my poems
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That’s great!!
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