Ivor Steven: Pumpkin Brains

My Smashed Pumpkin Brains, has just been published in the extraordinary, “Slasher Monster Magazine”, Thanks to all at SMM….

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What’s it like to be an orange Pumpkin-head

Only black sockets for eyes instead.

And a cut-out smile full of seeds.

Queer ears made of rings and beads.

Inside, your brain is scooped out for pigs feed

Leaving a dark void that doesn’t bleed.

On top you’re like a crinkled dome.

And your sore neck’s being speared home.

What’s it like to have a retina thread

As a throbbing nerve-end tread.

With your cell fibres smashed to a pulp

Knifing across your tender scalp.

Ebbing towards your aching neck

And crushing you like a busted shipwreck.

Then a wooden spike pierces your fragile brain

Where the horrid harpoon spreads your pain.

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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.

34 thoughts on “Ivor Steven: Pumpkin Brains”

    1. Thanks Claudia, just a little on-line magazine, but they’ve been wonderful supporters of mine, and have published a few of my poems. Which can be found in the Magazines Past Slashings !! Section.

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      1. Well, scratching each other’s backs is a good thing! If you ever find a typo, please don’t hesitate to let me know. It’s your work, and Fly and I try to present your gorgeous poems as flawlessly as possible.

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  8. just fantastic Ivor! Very sharp and snappy! A wonderful Helloween contribution and an honest, bitter condition description. which is hopefully not up to date!

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  9. Vuhuuuu! Congratulations! I wanted to wait until I was on my phone so I could put lots of celebratory emojis (you know I’m an emoji fiend) but couldn’t, so lots of hearts for you instead! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

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  13. Ivor it is terribly to feel like this. It is cruel and no horror of the world will approach these feelings. Thank you for writing down what so many people need to feel.
    I tried to think about it. Who triggers these feelings? People. Who feels? People. Emotions are given and received. Most people think that they only give love no hatred (at least that’s what I think). Is it true? Probably not. There are no people who only have good things inside and people who only have bad things inside. There is always both, even if we are not aware of it. We are always victims and perpetrators. Maybe it helps, if you, feeling like a pumpkin head, that you make others feel like themselves as a pumpkin head aswell? Not really, but much better the converse: I make sure that others no longer feel like a pumpkin head and I will feel so much less so myself !!!! That’s my solution, which pretty much satisfies me!

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    1. What an incredible summation of my poem you’ve written, thank you ❤️ so very much for your thoughts and words, you’ll be pleased to hear that over the last two weeks I’ve begun to feel better and hopefully I will continue to improve.

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      1. I´m very pleased Ivor! And I hope that you become more and more this joyful, funny guy that I´m always chatting with! Thank you so much for your commendation, this means a lot to me!

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