That’s What Friends Are For, my second poem in the Anthology, “Cadence”

Today I am presenting the 2nd poem to be selected in “Prolific Pulse’s” fantastic Anthology, “Cadence”, That’s What Friends Are For
Thank you to the editors, Lisa and Zanate for their kind consideration.
>> https://www.prolificpulse.com/

Cadence Anthology, Amazon Link >>  Cadence: Life’s Poetic Rhythms – Anthology of Poetry: Tomey-Zonneveld, Lisa, Johns, Zaneta Varnado, Johns, Zaneta Varnado: 9781962374903: Amazon.com: Books






That’s What Friends Are For (Cadence Anthology, by Ivor Steven)




“Help!” yelled Billy the Bee
Who was stuck, knee-deep
In the storm’s fallen debris
“I’ll be there as quickly as
my body can shuffle along”
Said Charlie, the concerned caterpillar

“My tiny toes are trapped
and I cannot fly free” Burbled Billy
Charlie sways and cleverly uses his snout
To nudge the broken branches aside
And in a jiffy
Billy was able to wriggle free

A relieved Billy
Blessedly buzzed over Charlie
“Thank you kindly
for your gracious help
my dear friend”
“That’s what friends are for”
Cheered Charlie the caterpillar







Ivor Steven (c) June 2024

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

23 thoughts on “That’s What Friends Are For, my second poem in the Anthology, “Cadence””

    1. Thank you Sue … I’ve written a few ‘little critters conversational pieces, but not many, and do like this one, because I wrote it specifically for the Anthology, and I the editor enjoyed my poem very much … 😊📖🌏🐝🐛

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  9. Dear Ivor. I should have responded before this; please forgive the delay. I read your delightful poem to my 4 year old granddaughter Colette and she was in love with it immediately. One time is never enough and I must have read the adventures of Billy and Charlie at least six times. You definitely have a fan in Colette …. and in me! 💚🐛💛🐝📖🩶🌎💙

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    1. Thank you for your wonderful reaction to my poem and I am thrilled that Colette (and you) enjoyed my metaphorical poem about “that’s what friends are for” … 😀😎😍📘💛

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