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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26 thoughts on “a worrying time”
“nature’s forests
living wonders to enjoy
not an oppressor to destroy.”
That’s a wonderful; important message you bring there.
Amazing poetry, as always. 👌
Thank you Barbara and I was chatting to my editor and loved your few review words and thought we could use them on the back cover of the book 📕 I’ll send you an email in the morning .. haha it’s 4.00am at the moment 🌏🤗😀
As you know…I LOVE trees!!!
Oh, what a powerful 💚perfect poem, Ivor, for our precious friends the trees!!!
Listening to that song/music/vid and reading your poem out loud brought some tears.
(((HUGS)))
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Enya’s song is superb 🌲 Oh my poem … I happened to drive pass “Our” old home yesterday .. the new owners had removed all the front trees 🌳.. it was a wonderful bower garden and Carole would sit in the shade of the trees for hours … feeling sad for the trees. I wrote my poem … 🌳🌲💚🤗🌏💕
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
“nature’s forests
living wonders to enjoy
not an oppressor to destroy.”
That’s a wonderful; important message you bring there.
Amazing poetry, as always. 👌
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Thank you kindly Sam 🌲🌏🤗💚
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We need to keep our precious natural treasures safe
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Yes indeed Beth 🌲💚🌏
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Love all of this, my friend.
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Thank you Claudia 🌲💚🌏
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I was lucky (and oh so happy) to see some incredible forests this past 2 weeks Ivor. WHY anyone wants to destroy them is beyond me.
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Greed is humanities worse enemy
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Your book is artfully done, Ivor! I love the poetry and photos.
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Thank you Barbara and I was chatting to my editor and loved your few review words and thought we could use them on the back cover of the book 📕 I’ll send you an email in the morning .. haha it’s 4.00am at the moment 🌏🤗😀
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Sure! Whatever you can use! I would be honored!
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Ok .. now back to sleep for me 😴
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As you know…I LOVE trees!!!
Oh, what a powerful 💚perfect poem, Ivor, for our precious friends the trees!!!
Listening to that song/music/vid and reading your poem out loud brought some tears.
(((HUGS)))
🌲💚🌳💚🌴💚🍃💚🪴
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Enya’s song is superb 🌲 Oh my poem … I happened to drive pass “Our” old home yesterday .. the new owners had removed all the front trees 🌳.. it was a wonderful bower garden and Carole would sit in the shade of the trees for hours … feeling sad for the trees. I wrote my poem … 🌳🌲💚🤗🌏💕
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That is sad. It makes me sad when healthy trees are cut down. 😦
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Yes I felt nostalgically sad 😞💕🌏
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Until we can, coexist with nature peacefully, we will, always risk, Mother Nature’s fury.
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A fine poem with a chilling video
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Thank you Derrick on both counts 🤗
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Life – all forms – flow and dip and sway and shine…
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And on and on we go …
“every second, a commitment
every breath, a moment
every moment, a feeling
every feeling has a heartbeat
and the beat goes on and on
a soft beat to every step, to and froe
and step by step the moments go
a quest for answers never stops
until our eternal sun drops”
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Wonderful!
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You’re welcome Dale 😊
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It is so important to look after them! 🌲
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Yes indeed Ingrid 🌳💚🌲
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