Two Thousand and Twenty: A Dual Haiku
Last year’s sins are gone
New year eerily hovers
Could be right or wrong
The bells toll louder
Perennially we jeer
Is there an answer
Featured Image: From, City Of Greater Geelong 2020 Calendar, photo by Edward, of Eastern Beach.
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 31st 2019
A Poet’s Postcard
Dragonfly wings are open wide
Guarding greenery under her sky
Shading this wilderness courtyard
The old poet’s postcard
Full of eternal daydreams
Nurtured upon a flowerbed’s requiem
Now an empty ballroom’s finale dance
Melpomene’s* everlasting romance
*Melpomene, is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now.
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
Here I am back again for Go Dog Go Cafe’s, ” Promote Yourself Monday”, on this last Monday of 2019….It’s nice to be blogging again, and be reasonably healthy…. Happy New Year to all of our readers….
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
Featured Image: by John Walters, Geelong, Tawny Frogmouth Owls
Nobility: A Dual Haiku.
Be fair, truthfully
Humans are not endangered
Show integrity
Animals need us
Ethically let’s unite
Honour our assets
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
Purple and Mauve
As my evening courtyard garden glows
Old flowers cast purple and mauve shadows
Upon the muse of my dreams
Against a background, once leafy green
Hanging there, a mauve fairy lavender
Above an ageing purple avatar
Looking like that flowering woody sage tree
Petals of purple and mauve, waiting to be free
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
A glorious collection of quotes Niki, and i particularly like this one..
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” -Stephen Hawking
I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend. ♡
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After a day of giving thanks
The night sky’s moon did glow
Before the next day begun
In this commonwealth of man
We celebrate Boxing Day
By continuing an old tradition
Of giving gifts to the poor people
With the annual charity gatherings
Of feasts and presents for the needy
And here today, my sister’s birthday
A family party with more festivities
Again a day of sharing love and happiness
Giving thanks for our togetherness
Ivor Steven [c] 2019
Almost There
So I Say Hello to you
I turned away from you
After almost six weeks
Of this harrowing streak
It’s been no stroll in the park
Resting here in the semi dark
The painful knives have been withdrawn
The headaches have almost retired
I’m almost well enough
To enjoy Christmas with family
And by the start of two thousand and twenty
I’ll be almost here, I’ll be almost me again
So I say hello to you
And wish you a happy and healthy festive season
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
A Cheery Santa
The season of merry cheer is here
There’s always many Christmas parties
They seem to begin weeks before
Yesterday Santa was at the Valhalla Bar
Ho ho, he was big happy Santa
With a sackful of gifts for everyone
I’m one of the oldest children there
I know he’s not really real
As I had a beer with him 10 minutes before
Yes, big friendly Reg, became Santa
For me, a stubbie holder and a T-shirt
Even a can of Valhalla beer
And Santa Reg joined me for more frothy cheer
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
The final photo challenge of the year “Weekly Prompts is: The Tree! Please go and visit their fabulous by clicking >> Here
Love Surrounds Every Tree.
In Geelong we’ve a fancy Christmas tree
Floating on Corio Bay, for everyone to see
The Tree’s alight every night
Full of electric candles, shining bright
Also there’s a Tree at our council park
However he’s looking slightly stark
And here, under my verandah, I’ve a little Tree
Standing below our Tullawalla sign, for all the family to see
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
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