Originally posted on Ivor.Plumber/Poet:
Hello dear readers, as some of you might know, one of my writers groups here in Geelong, is ‘Belmont Page’, and in partnership with the writing group, ‘Writeabout’, from the town of Drysdale, we have self-published a book called “Writeabout – Two”. The book is a collection of short stories, poetry, and free verse, and I’m proud to say,… Continue reading Writeabout – Two
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 19, 2019
Tortuous, these cravings that burn Tantalizing beats keeping time Trembling voices softly beckon Catch your breath, pause, pause and reckon Embrace and release every rhyme Let each minute toss and turn Will you ever learn, will you learn Crystal balls and these magic chimes won’t stop this moment, this second Trembling voices, how they beckon Tantalizing as they keep time Tortuous cravings crash and burn … Continue reading Disarray
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
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. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing… Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday, September 16, 2019
If we were having coffee today, September 15th, I’d invite you to sit with me in the backyard. It’s a stunningly beautiful day — one that’s like a last stand against the chilly weather that is sure to follow. Have an espresso and a cookie while I tell you about an event that my husband and I participated in yesterday. It was the 2019 Walk … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, September 15, 2019
On this spectacular day so stunning in its beauty it takes your breath away I heard the news Such announcements should arrive on the edge of storm clouds Dark and angry Throwing daggers of electricity at a dark night With howling winds cursing the skies And crashing rolls of thunder calling his name The air should be heavy with sorrow Concealing the sun that should … Continue reading Ray
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Hello dear readers and fellow Barista’s. Here I’m posting my first ever published poem, that appeared in a book edited by Gwendolyn Taunton, called Melpomene(2012), click this link here for further details >>https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17130920-melpomene I wrote the poem in 2010, and it’s a poem that I had luckily saved, because back in the early days of my… Continue reading THROWBACK FRIDAY, This Lost Shadow, by Ivor Steven
Just for today your eyes are focused Do you see me? All those days spent trapped in your world Do you recognize me? Haunted by memories of yesterdays frustrated by forgotten todays Do you remember how I held your hand? Hold on to this moment We’ll savor it together Until the clouds roll back in tomorrow http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/literate-today/ Alzheimer’s Association *I’m reposting this today because I’m … Continue reading Forget-Me-Nots
And ashes to ashes as we go burning it to the ground in this, a parallel world where our wishes drape the sky, twinkling for but a moment before they fall crashing to the earth below Is it madness to believe? We laughed as we climbed the clouds, hanging intentions with care and believing each would light the way in every moment of darkness Sustenance … Continue reading Belief and Madness
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 12, 2019
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 5, 2019
Truth always speaks to choices made Whispers of that inner voice weighed Ghosts play in the morning light collecting years just out of sight Oh, the price we paid, price we paid Now an afterthought, a masquerade Somehow I’ll carry on your crusade You’ll be the damsel and I’ll be the knight speaking to choices made Risking it all, I serenade while you lob each … Continue reading Speaking of Truth
I liked the rush, I liked the crunch Never did I look back at the fallout All the unravelings and beginnings and whispered stories were fodder for adventure there in dark rooms where strangers were lost and found and lost again Somewhere where forces waited to devour innocence and screams went unheard behind curtains of steam and flashes of light Where once sensual, exotic women … Continue reading Fallout
She endures She defines Defines the beginning and the end Defines life after life Life captured between the glory of fire and water Life gifted with infinite wishes Wishes meant to be serene Wishes to serve as reminders Reminders to pardon ignorance Reminders to pardon greed Greed borne of ignorance Greed growing with escalating impact Impact running the rails Impact becoming crisis Crisis has no … Continue reading Definitions of Hope
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? For Justine All I want Is to be alone –No one talking, No one asking— Alone in the quiet Of nature’s cradle, The music of a Quiet creek’s cascade, A consoling crow’s caw, And a croaking tree frog chorus. I want to hear My hand-tied fly Kiss the water, Teasing unsuspecting trout. I want to sip Campfire… Continue reading I Just Want… – John W. Leys Guest Barista
Searching each face for signs of absolution a welcome pursuit as she chases fate The crowd gathers in silence, a ceremonial arrival as she eases into dirty water A welcome pursuit as she chases fate Anticipation seizes unholy energy, always the same ritual in this current climate That black water won’t wash away her sins Anticipation seizes unholy energy as each gathers a stone That … Continue reading Signs of Absolution
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate. The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15minutes, inspire you creatively,… Continue reading Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge August 20, 2019
Autumn whispers as I hang the moon just so to mark the edge of summer and promised dreams and waxing dreams and those promised dreams Borrowed from nothing built on everything being in the sky, somehow being of the sky intentions wait Autumn whispers, it beckons as I release old seasons and soar Image by Jonny Lindner from Pixabay prompts: Go Dog Go Tuesday Writing … Continue reading Change of Seasons
If we were having coffee today, August 18th, I’d invite you to come sit with me on the back porch. There’s a fresh breeze blowing and a plate of warm cookies next to tall glasses of iced coffee waiting on the table. I’d ask you to join me in wishing my youngest sister, Maureen, a happy birthday and tell you about the day we spent … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, August 18th
If I could see my way clear of endless shadows if I could silence these echoes of yesterday if I could embrace up and coming challenges and summon strength that is never too near if I could, I’d imagine the riches I’d find Fear, a fine emotion Fear, a friend and if I fail, Fear will remind me I’m not flawless Image by Helmut Strasil … Continue reading Sunlight Through Shadows
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | August 1, 2019
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
The Baristas have spent the month of July brainstorming how we can continue to make the Go Dog Go Café a dynamic and interactive community for writers to gather. Starting August 1st, we will be introducing new features, giving an old favorite an update, and introducing new Baristas. New Features Throwback Fridays Most of the Go Dog Go… Continue reading Exciting Things Happening at the Go Dog Go Café
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It is the mission of Go Dog Go Café to provide a warm, inviting and inspiring gathering space in order to build a healthy and supportive writing community. We are committed to providing the Go Dog Go Community with a mix of weekly and special features that explore the writing life and writing from a diverse group of… Continue reading Now Recruiting: Baristas for the Go Dog Go Cafe
If we were having coffee today, July 21st, I’d invite you to sit on the patio with me. We’ve been having a heatwave with temperatures reaching 100+ but with my huge umbrella and a fan, it’s bearable. This week promises to bring more reasonable weather. I’d rather sit in this heat than take winter’s cold anyway. Would you? If I had to summarize this summer … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, July 21st
There’s humility in the rain that visits in the whispering shallows Here where the world is quiet and still, I listen I draw comfort from the steady drone that sounds like a heartbeat, here where drops of water weigh heavy on fragile petals They glisten like diamonds, like kaleidoscopes swirling And those tender blossoms? They accept the weight without effort, knowing it helps them to … Continue reading Rainy Days
I’ve lost my place caught out here on purgatory road I’m stuck in reverse in this tunnel with no end in this tunnel with no beginning The beginning before everything was dismantled and disguised Should have known when you called me by her name Black-inked tattoo with the last of our money My heart full of hunger My soul full of need I had given … Continue reading A Place to Belong
A dragonfly soared on duality’s wings and landed on the branch of contemplation, not understanding the impossibility of flight Water shimmered as it found its course and beat the stone beneath until its scars were polished to perfection I whispered a short oath that day as I stood still in the woods, bells chiming in the distance, to appreciate the difference between intention and accomplishment … Continue reading Dragonflies and Promises
We almost discarded it, the rickety dresser that couldn’t quite find its center It was covered in a fine layer of dust, the grime a testament to years of neglect Each drawer was more stuck than the last as if it knew salvation was out of reach, as if it understood there were better offerings, shiny and new, out there in the world somewhere Still… … Continue reading Second Chances
Whimsical, these billowing winds that caress wayward skies I am refreshed and renewed Soul shimmers and shines Image by Anant Sharma from Pixabay prompts: #DimpleVerse, #JuneFalls19 Continue reading Winds of Whimsy
The broken children sought ancient wisdom on that last lonely night In the wild, fires burned and burned as smoldering sage laid claim to feral visions It was a myth, this call to salvation They poured through old text with feline eyes In darkness, they sought light In the midst of deception, they sought truth Promises of old were discarded to make way for the … Continue reading Last Lonely Night
