Today's poem was written in December 2018, I was in hospital at the time, and there seemed no end to my daily pain. Here I am presenting a revised version Beyond Pain, There is More (a Revised Poem) It’s eleven seventeen I not not nineteen Anymore Old warriors are bold I will not be told … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Beyond Pain, There is More, by Ivor Steven

I am ‘Moon-struck’ this week, and here is another “Moon” poem, which I originally wrote in May 2018, and today I am reposting the version that I revised in October 2021 .. Moon Shadows And Celestial Lights I stood alone in my second-hand clothes holding her worn out soul silently I placed her ashes in … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Moon Shadows and Celestial Lights (Revised), by Ivor Steven

I wrote this reflective poem in October 2018 A Fairy-tale Misread I’m slowly climbing out of bed Feeling like an empty wood-shed There’s a fire within, unfed Yesterday’s ashes smoulder inside my head Remembering the day we were wed The perfect couple they said A fairy-tale, crystal, silver and golden thread Our life was a … Continue reading Throwback Friday, A Fairy Tale Misread, by Ivor Steven

My files indicate that the oldest entry for this poem was in April 2018, but I have a feeling the original might have been written a few years earlier.Within Us The oceans wave us goodbye Sand and sea, one beach Like the surf’s white crest Love is within our lonely breastsThe lands push us apart … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Within Us, by Ivor Steven

This Villanelle is from July 2018, was adapted from my 2011 poem "This Lost Shadow", which I reposted on my site during the week >> https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2022/07/13/this-lost-shadow-a-10-year-celebration/ A Single Weeping Tree (A Villanelle) I’m singing this song about a single weeping tree Why am I so sleepy, am I ageing too quickly I’m writing a book for … Continue reading Throwback Friday, A Single Weeping Tree (a Villanelle), by Ivor Steven

Today's poem is one that I have not published on my web/blog site, and I am not sure when I first wrote the original words. Up until now, this a piece that has been filed away in a foolscap folder. A Voice in the Mist   The moon’s my patriarch  My dream, glowing in the dark  She’s … Continue reading Throwback Friday, A Voice in the Mist, by Ivor Steven

Today's poem is one I wrote back in November/December 2019, at a time when bushfires were raging across vast areas in every Australian State ...Astronauts to the Resue The night sky’s hazily stark Black space debris fills the dark No bright street globes are in sight What happened to the starry, starry night? No faerie … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Astronauts to the Rescue, by Ivor Steven

I wrote this interesting poem back in November 2018, and my words from four years ago seem to be still very pertinent to the war situation in the Ukraine at the moment ..."I’ve been listening to The Waterboys songs lately, their lyrics are meaningful and their music is always dramatic. In this following piece of … Continue reading Throwback Friday, The Dark Streets, by Ivor Steven

Yesterday we went to the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe, for a coffe and cake, which prompted me to remember this poem that I wrote in August 2018 ... Eating Chocolates And Watching Wars Hungrily I’m eating a liquor chocolate A selfish heavenly delight Arousing my old minds senses I wonder What she would be thinking … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Eating Chocolates and Watching Wars, by Ivor Steven

Featured Artwork Above: by my niece Kerri Costello (Philladelphia)This week I am celebrating the 5th Anniversary of my WordPress blog/website, and back in 2017, "Artic Winds" was one of earliest poems that I posted on my site, and which I later submitted to 'Vita Brevis Press' and was subsequently Published by in 2018 Arctic Winds … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Artic Winds, by Ivor Steven