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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25 thoughts on “Winter Slaps Autumn in the Eye (a Tanka)”
Your poem is a vivid reminder of the change of seasons. ❤ Get out the long johns. Stock up on the cocoa and marshmallows, Ivor. It sounds like winter is just around the corner. Heat and humidity are returning here.
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 🤗🌏💨❄️💦☔️
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))) ❤️❤️❤️
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 🤗🌏🎶😍💦☔️☔️
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!
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
Your poem is a vivid reminder of the change of seasons. ❤ Get out the long johns. Stock up on the cocoa and marshmallows, Ivor. It sounds like winter is just around the corner. Heat and humidity are returning here.
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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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You succeeded magnificently, Ivor! ❤ Take care.
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Thank you Cheryl 🤗😍
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boom –
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Winter hits me 💦
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Lovely seasonal poem ~ winter ahead for you ~ summer soon arrives for me in states.
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As I get older the season’s seem to come and go so quickly 🤗💦🌏
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Yes, and sadly it now seems we have two rather than four.
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And sadly I agree with your thoughts too
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Winter slapping Autumn in the eye is a great image.
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Thank you for your encouraging words Derrick … I think my snappy poem captured winter’s aggressive and harsh change to our system accurately
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I feel like I have missed autumn and winter came unnoticed.
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Yep … 😉
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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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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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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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It was a cold one today … with a chilly breeze that really slapped us …
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Yes, “that lonesome old wind” keeps blowing on the wintery days.
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Nice poem, Ivor.
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Thank you Andrew
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You’re welcome.
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Your poem captures winter’s aggressiveness perfectly, Ivor. 💖
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Thank you Eugenia… I was cross with winter for being a ghastly bully
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Most welcome, Ivor.
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