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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41 thoughts on “The Climb”
we each go as high as we can, and we never know how far that will be
I hope so, too! And so we keep climbing. 🙂 We can do at our own pace…just keep moving forward. As in the children’s game “Mother, May I?” we can take baby steps if we need to. 😉
Beautiful photo! Where is that?!
Wonderful poem! It flows right into our minds and hearts.
Great song choice!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
The photo is from the observation deck at Rockefeller Centre over looking Central Park , and my little hotel was on left side of the Park down near the far end 🌏😊😃🐶
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
we each go as high as we can, and we never know how far that will be
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Yep .. the are getting harder .. but I’m still going up
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Interesting thoughts Ivor.
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Yes indeed Sadje .. I suppose I’m at that age on the stepladder of life 😊🌏
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I too am at that stage.
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Then best we watch our step 😃🌏
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Indeed.
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It’s a pertinent question Ivor! To which my answer is ‘I hope so’ 🙏
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Thank you Ingrid .. these days my steps seem to be shorter and narrower 😊🌏🚶🏼♂️
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As long as the trail lies ahead of us, we will continue on, even if at a slower pace. Life is beautiful and every day is precious! ❤
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Yes indeed .. haha and I am definitely slower and my steps are shorter .. but the stairway is smoother 😊🌏
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It’s all about staying physically fit. You don’t want to attempt a climb without a good pair of cardiovascularly tight lungs.
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I think lungs are Ok , I’ve just had my heart check-up … I’m a shade on the crazy side . but overall .. not too bad for a seventy year old ..
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Short and sweet! Spicy with a little dose of humor. 🙂
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Yep .. I’m taking little steps these days … the over 70’s stairway seems to be steeper 😏
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I hope so, too! And so we keep climbing. 🙂 We can do at our own pace…just keep moving forward. As in the children’s game “Mother, May I?” we can take baby steps if we need to. 😉
Beautiful photo! Where is that?!
Wonderful poem! It flows right into our minds and hearts.
Great song choice!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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The photo is from the observation deck at Rockefeller Centre over looking Central Park , and my little hotel was on left side of the Park down near the far end 🌏😊😃🐶
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OOH! I thought so!!! 🙂
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PS…Is that Central Park?!
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Yep 🌏😊💕
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What a super image. I love your poem too. 🙂
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Thank you Sue .. yes Central Park looks awesome from the top of the Rockefeller Centre
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Interesting thoughts to ponder upon Ivor..
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Thank you Mich .. and eventually we all have our stairway to climb 😊🌏💕
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As long as I can climb, I am going to keep moving up! ❤️
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Yep.. that’s the way to go Eugenia 😊🌏💕
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😊
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I love the idea of unfinished words beginning to rhyme.
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Thank you Colleen .. ✍️😊🌏💕📖
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You’re welcome Ivor 🙂
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Lovely, Ivor. I hope our “climbs” are many years off!
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Yes … me too Mary …🤗💚🌏
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Up you go, my friend
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The steps are smaller but I’m still going up 🌏
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Courage !
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Thank you for reading …
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Thank you for reblogging my poem on your fabulous site ..😊🌏
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❤❤❤
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