Throwback Friday, Better Late Than Never

Today’s Throwback Friday poem is from October 2019, a time when I was anxious about trying to finish my “Tullawalla” Manuscript before my publisher’s Christmas deadline. Tullawalla was my first serious attempt at compiling a poetry collection, and I was panicking that I would not complete the project in time … I calmly sat myself down and wrote this poem to myself … “What’s all the fuss about, stop worrying, and just do the best you can” …



Better Late, Than Never (Revised)


Dawn’s morning blues

Drowns me in droplets of dew

I slip into yesterday’s shabby shoes

Rundown, from worrying about you


I’m late, and just waking up

Drinking cold tea, from my enamel cup

Quickly I must rush

Only time enough to catch the bus

But I stopped! What’s all the fuss


Soon they’ll be another one

And today, don’t forget to put a cap on

I’ll get there, only thirty minutes later

Relaxed, not hustled and feeling betterer







Tullawalla is Available From

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Ivor Steven: email, ivorrs20@gmail.com

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Ivor Steven (c) June 2023

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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.

16 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Better Late Than Never”

  4. GREAT advice to yourself! And GREAT advice to all of us as we face the daily life challenges and the HUGE life challenges! Thank you, Ivor! 🙂 ❤️
    (((HUGS))) and hope you have a happy happy HAPPY day today!!! 🙂
    PS…You remind me of one of my fave quotes…
    “Always remember you are BRAVER than you believe, STRONGER than you feel, SMARTER than you think, and LOVED more than you know!” – A. A. Milne 🙂

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