Who Is in Command?


“Time Is On My Side”





Who Is in Command? 


Spring sunshine 

Dominates the sky 

Nature’s warmth 

Becalms my unsettled mind 

Yesterday’s problems 

Have blown over 

And diffused toward 

Today’s blue horizon 


Time! is on my side, 

hears no commands, 

and takes no passengers. 




Time Takes No Passengers




Ivor Steven (c) Sept 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.

27 thoughts on “Who Is in Command?”

  1. Despite, how we humans would like to believe, that, we are, the, most intelligent, being that’s ever, walked this earth, nature always, dominates, and, as we humans, try to, defy nature, that’s why, we all, end up, getting, our, asses, kicked…

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