Throwback Friday, Grindstone Potion, by Ivor Steven

A mystical piece of fantasy/fiction I originally wrote in July 2018, which has been revised for today's post. Featured Image:  Bing.  whyou.deviantart.com Grindstone Potion (Revised) Before I unveiled your spellbinding disguise You had gouged out my eyes And splintered my bones With your sorceress stones You did laugh and mock Turning my soul into crushed …

Throwback Friday, Baby Vegetables and Puppy Dogs, by Ivor Steven

Today’s poem I originally wrote in August 2019 Baby Vegetables and Puppy Dogs We can climb the tallest peaks Where there’s the purest thin air to breathe Yet we still dispossess children of their rightful freedom Bagging them in plastic like vegetables in a fridge We can dive into the ocean’s deepest chasms Where without …

Throwback Friday, Please! Let The World Stay Green (a Haiku), by Ivor Steven

A poem from St Patrick's Day last year (2022), and here I am again today. Maybe another poem/haiku tomorrow ... it'll be a shortish piece ... I'll be extra tired ... ☘Please, Let The World Stay Green Afternoon / eveningSt Patrick’s Day at Murphy’sIrish songs and cheers https://www.youtube.com/embed/122isznJdto?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Tullawalla is Available From Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/ Ivor …

Throwback Friday, The Time-machine’s Secret Code, by Ivor Steven

From Early March 2019: Well here l am, back in hospital again and feeling anxious about whether I am going to be fit enough to fly to NewYork and Philadelpha in just seven weeks time.The Time-Machines Secret Code (Revised) I’m no stranger to this land The warm hourglass sand Is drifting past my hand I’m …

Throwback Friday, The Oven Sky, by Ivor Steven

It's a hot 103'F here in Geelong this afternoon, so appropriately my Throwback Friday poem "The Oven Sky", from February 2019, is my repost for today. The Oven SkyThe summer flowers have faded and gone Wilting leaves, look like the devils blight My Calendar declares Autumn is almost here But it’s still summer in the …

Throwback Friday, Birds on Wires (July 2010), by Ivor Steven

Last month I posted a poem on my website which was also Titled "Birds on Wirds", however my Throwback poem from July 2010 is completely different, and in keeping with my poetic theme about birds lately I thought It would be appropriate to repost my first "Birds on Wires" poem here today ... Birds On …

Throwback Friday, I’m A Dreamer, by Ivor Steven

Lately I have been reading the poems I wrote while I was hostpital 4 years ago, recovering from 2 strokes that had occured only 7 weeks apart. Needless to say, I was down and out, and looking back through my writings during those difficut months, I am both surprised and fascinated at how I was …

Throwback Friday, There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard, by Ivor Steven

Today I was prompted to revise my poem from June 2020, because I had just received a lovely hand-designed "Penguin Christmas Card" from my Philadelphia cousin. There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard (Revised) my courtyards a frozen pond cold enough for a penguin shards of ice lay upon the ground and a crisp sharpness cuts …

Throwback Friday, Co-existing, by Ivor Steven

A poem I wrote back in April 2019, just before I wss about to fly to the other side of the world, New York and Philadelphia. Co-Existing On a starry Autumn night Lying under the cosmic sky I see a universe beyond The galaxy’s milky way With unnumbered orbiting planets Astronomer’s clearly hearing their sound …

Throwback Friday, Odds and Ends – The Ancient Tree, by Ivor Steven

There’s plenty of curiosity in these “odds and ends” pieces of poetry that I have compiled in my files, and this one I put together in January 2019. They were “verse comments” that I had made to some of my WordPress readers, about their posts at the time. I’ve not written one these for a while, and I’ve enough …