Today, here again I am presenting another ‘5min’ poem that I wrote at Ali Grimsham’s ‘Writing Circle’ Zoom meeting this morning (haha, “at 6.00am”) and I would like to thank Ali for giving me an opportunity to participate in such a fantastic event … Here is the page link to get more information about the next “writing circle” event. https://flashlightbatteries.blog/online-writing-circles/ Tickets by donation. All are welcome.
The Lighthouse
I am afloat
In between
Here and there
Am I lost?
My ship clock
Is a sundial
Using the moon
To reflect on time
I hear the waves
Pounding white hooves
A heavy sound
Of many moods
Is the sea growing wider?
Is the light glowing brighter?
Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2021
Ivor,
You are a trooper joining the writing circle at such an early hour. I am so glad you did. I love your poem, especially these lines.
My ship clock
Is a sundial
Using the moon
To reflect on time
Writing together and listening to each other’s words nourished us all today. Thank you for sharing yours.
Be Well,
Ali
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Thank you Ali, and sorry I missed the start of your show… my reminder buzzer buzzed, but I didn’t buzz… I’m pleased how my poem turned out… I only changed a few words… and I liked the mystery of my 2nd stanza….
Originally I had
“Using the moon
To tell the time”
.. but when I typed the poem, I automatically changed the last line to “To reflect on time”
… and my line I was stuck with “I am lost” …. I simply changed the line into an intriguing question… “Am I lost?”….
and thanks for your patience today… Cheers..
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What a productive start to your day 🙂
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Thanks Sue , and my day was a very productive one, culminating tonight in my Geelong Writing group having our first get together for 12 months … now I’m tired and ready for bed… 😊
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sounds very cleansing … you must be so relieved your book is so beautifully published, a tribute to your talent and your true love 🙂
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Everything has gone beyond my expectations, but I have had some wonderful help… Claudia my Geelong proofreader and editor, Kerri with her incredible drawings, Ingrid for her review and she also did a final proofreading for me, and the ladies from the Indie publishing group Fae Corps were a delight to work with… and of course they will be in charge of my Book Launch in a few weeks time… xxx
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wow it’s massive, impressive and going like clockwork … surrounded by kindly Fae!
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Intriguing thoughts!
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Thank you Sadje, and I hardly produce 2 poems in the one day on WP, but I needed a new poem for PYM on Go Dog Go Cafe later on… 💙😎
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My pleasure! Great job!
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Hi Ivor, I find your poem intriguing, all the words meld together perfectly.
Oh! great music too 💜
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Thank you, and intriguing is a good word to explain what I’m trying to say… I’ll leave it at that 😎
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Hummmm! Very interesting 😊
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… The sea got wider… I was lost… then a light guided me home…
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Love it 💜
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Just a thought, it’s very intriguing how lighthouses feature in songs stories and poetry.🙂
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The photo is of famous Cape Otway Lighthouse, and I think every lighthouse has a wondrous story to tell…
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Yes indeed 💜😂
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I think this is a wonderful poem, Ivor! All of us feel lost at times…and on those dark nights (dark in colour and/or dark in emotions) our eyes scan the horizon watching for the light to make it’s way so we can find our way. 🙂
Know What?! your words, your poems, and your heart that is IN your poems is a lighthouse to so many of us who read them! You give hope, joy, warmth, inspiration, guidance, ETC, in your poems! 🙂 Thank you!
We used to visit lighthouses and I was always in awe, and appreciative, of their importance and the help they bring! I felt honored just to walk up the steps and look out at the seemingly never-ending ocean…oh, if the lighthouses could talk, the stories we would hear. 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Yes lighthouses are an icon beacon that have shown the sailors the way to safety over thousands of years… and my little poem is about how the ”light” eventually guides us home…
I don’t think I’m a Lighthouse, but for those out there who maybe lost, my light is always on… 🌟💙🌏
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your creativity is just flowing like lava
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Thank Beth… I hope the lava doesn’t burn my lighthouse down…
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I love the potential futility of trying to tell time by the moon, congrats on your book!
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Thank you 💙🌏
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A reflective poem Ivor. I hope we are all heading towards the light, one way or other!
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Yes Ingrid, that’s the gist of my poem 😊💛
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Reblogged this on The Last Chapter and commented:
Ivor, a great site to visit and often.
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I really enjoyed your post Ivor. Thank you for sharing it. It gets better again and again. I also enjoyed meeting you yesterday. You did so well at such an early hour 💛
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Thank you Val, .. haha.. I’ve slept in again… it’s 8.25am Tuesday morning here..
I’ve been to a number of Ali’s Meetings, and I really enjoy the friendly atmosphere.
I was hoping to be in Philadelphia for my Book launch on 30th March, but that couldn’t happen… Maybe in a couple of years time… Cheers 😊🌏
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Beautiful words Ivor.
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Thanks Arlene, my niece Kerri, was responsible for the wonderful colours
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🙂☺😗
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You clearly just need winding up to produce joys
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Thank you Derrick…. just a gentle winding up… don’t want to break the old spring…
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🙂
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