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.
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Right on, Ivor! And your world-balloon photo, great haiku, and encouraging song bring big smiles!!! 🙂
Re: the song/vid…We must always shoot for the moon, and even if we don’t make it there we will be closer than if we didn’t try! And we must always carry on! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
Yes Kate, I’m progressing well, and I’ve nearly finished my first manuscript draft… I could email you PDF copy for to read for me, I would really appreciate some feedback. 📖😊
There is no rush Kate, I’m way ahead of schedule, and the publishers are flat out ’til Christmas, and they won’t be editing my manuscript until January. I’ll send It later in the week Kate… 😀
The haiku was from a reply I wrote to a ‘Chatter Blogs’ (Colleen Brown) post
“Each day I live by chance
My every breath is a dance
Life is love at first glance”
and it didn’t take much to change the wording to a 5,7,5 format… the rhyme was there and so I left it that way…
oh, so right and hopeful
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So perfect
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Thank you Sadje.. your 2nd person to call me perfect today,… best I go celebrate with a coffee and cake.. 😀
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Go ahead! 😃
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This sounds like a winning philosophy, Ivor! ❤ Have a great weekend! Cheryl
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Thank you Cheryl, It’s nearly Saturday dinner time already, and spring was kinder today, enjoy your weekend..😀🐧🦉
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What a wonderful rhyming haiku, Ivor! I love the positivity. 💙
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Thank you Panum… yes I’m trying to stay positive… 😀😘
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You are welcome. Stay blessed, dear friend. 💙🤗
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Yes, stay positive. 🙂
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Yes .. I’m taking my chance…
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Right on, Ivor! And your world-balloon photo, great haiku, and encouraging song bring big smiles!!! 🙂
Re: the song/vid…We must always shoot for the moon, and even if we don’t make it there we will be closer than if we didn’t try! And we must always carry on! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Yeah.. I love that song by Milky Chance… !! haha what a great name…😀
((Hugs))
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Full of gratitude and optimism
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Yes indeed Derrick
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Beautiful ❤
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Thank you 🌏💙
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I should chant this each morning before starting my day!
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Yeah,… Thank you for your inspiration 💙🌏
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🙂 You’re welcome Ivor. Thank you for always sharing your creative journey.
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Woah! Perfection, Ivor! 👌💙
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Thank you Eugenia, you’re the 3rd person to say ‘perfect’..
😊🤗 Live with love is the way to go 💙💜🌏
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Yes it is and you’re welcome!
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Good words along with the world floating balloon and cute song.
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Thank you Nanette
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So much beauty packed into such few words! Thanks for sharing this uplifting haiku.
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Thank you, for reading.. 😀
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a positive uplifting haiku Ivor … and that guy can sing!
As opposed to Mick who prefers to yell …
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Thank You Kate… yep, feeling positive, and I’ve taken my chance to do a book 😀
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good for you Ivor, I’m sure you are nearly there as you have much material and will have it in order soon!
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Yes Kate, I’m progressing well, and I’ve nearly finished my first manuscript draft… I could email you PDF copy for to read for me, I would really appreciate some feedback. 📖😊
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you can but it may take me a week … super busy this week, sorry 🙂
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There is no rush Kate, I’m way ahead of schedule, and the publishers are flat out ’til Christmas, and they won’t be editing my manuscript until January. I’ll send It later in the week Kate… 😀
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thanks for understanding Ivor, I will enjoy to read it 😉
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Love this haiku and outlook! ❤ (Groovy song, too.)
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did the rhyme write the haiku Ivor? an unconventional yet endearing haiku – nice!
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The haiku was from a reply I wrote to a ‘Chatter Blogs’ (Colleen Brown) post
“Each day I live by chance
My every breath is a dance
Life is love at first glance”
and it didn’t take much to change the wording to a 5,7,5 format… the rhyme was there and so I left it that way…
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worked beautifully, gave it extra flavour
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Colleen often inspires me to write a poetic reply, and many of those anecdotes, I later use to form some of my poems… I adored her ‘Autumn’ poem from yesterday…
https://bikecolleenbrown.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/the-crackling-way/
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😍
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that’s a lovely haiku ivor! Very nice! ❤
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Thank you Carol..😀💙
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