Winter Slaps Autumn in the Eye (a Tanka)




Winter Slaps Autumn In the Eye (a Tanka)




Time shortens in stride

Autumn leaves pepper the ground

Winter slaps the sky

Midday sun closes her eyes

Naked trees wisely survive








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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.

25 thoughts on “Winter Slaps Autumn in the Eye (a Tanka)”

    1. Thank you Cheryl … I trying to capture the terrible realisation of how suddenly winter seems to coldly slap us in the face within the the space of one ghastly day 🤗🌏💨❄️💦☔️

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  6. Oh! What a powerful and vivid-word-image poem! You’ve expressed this so well, Ivor!
    Lovely photos and song/vid, too!
    I’ve often stared at the trees as they change from their autumn garb into their winter garb and I am reminded that we, too, can survive even the harshest times to bloom again in spring. And I love how the sun brings warmth, thriving, and healing to each nature-season (not just summer), and to each of our life-seasons. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you Carolyn for your generous compliments … it’s still late Autumn down here but winter seems to have snapped us early … or maybe I’m just feeling the cold as get older .. the Mamas and Papa’s song 🎶 is fabulous classic 🤗🌏🎶😍💦☔️☔️

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      1. Sometimes Autumn and Winter vie for attention.
        Sometimes Winter and Spring fight it out. (HA!)
        Temps up and down and back again! 😉 😀
        I know I’m feeling the cold and the heat more with each year.
        Yes, such a fab classic song!

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