Gatherers

On my morning walk I took these interesting photos




Gatherers 

 
 
There! 

In the forest fringe  

Gathering among the leaves and bark 

Stood wooden knives and forks 

The forks way outnumbered the knives 


Why? 

Were the splintered knives 

On the cutting edge of extinction 


Have the forks? 

Wisely discovered the point? 

That being one of nature’s gatherers 

Is the only way to survive humanities 

Wasteful and wanton waves of settlers 






Ivor Steven (c) October 2022

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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.

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  6. What a fun find! What a wonderful poem, Ivor! ❤️ A powerful message/meaning!
    I love how so many imaginations “collided” to create this beautiful WP post! 🙂 I love how you find inspiration in the most interesting places! 🙂
    I so enjoy Mr. Gaiman! I’ve been reading him for decades! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️ 🌏🍄🍴❤️

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    1. The “faeries” have been active in my neck of the woods … the interesting display popped up overnight .. I took the photos of the lovely little creation and was inspired to write the poem … yes 👏 exactly the sort of thing that stirs my imagination … oh .. Amanda and Neil are wonderfully creative couple and I it when they work together

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