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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Thank you Carolyn… hopefully the human-beans will change their ways… I’ve planted a number of sunflowers in my courtyard… and I’ll be able sit there and escape from everything and enjoy the beautiful flowers swaying in the sunlit breeze 😊🌏😍🌻🌞
Thanks Sue… another ponderous poem… Frankie is wonderful … I’ve been extra tired and he’s got up and moving and we’re about to go for walkie before dinner … I wrote a poem a the cafe this afternoon and I’m really getting the hang of this dictation app … 🎤🌏😊✍️
I am so pleased to hear you’re gettting on well with the dictation App, I’m glad I mentioned it.
I can’t get it to work on my old laptop it still types gibberish, but it works fine on my Windows 10 computer and the newer Windows 11 laptop.
I agree, animals get us up and about and it’s needed too. 🙂
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So sad
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Bad humans
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Sad!
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Humans are still behaving badly
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Don’t they always do that when they have something to gain?
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yes … greed humans
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😢
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A powerful posting, Ivor…photos, poem and song.
‘Tis so very sad. Yes, human-beans don’t seem to care. 😦
(((HUGS))) ❤️🙏❤️🙏
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Thank you Carolyn… hopefully the human-beans will change their ways… I’ve planted a number of sunflowers in my courtyard… and I’ll be able sit there and escape from everything and enjoy the beautiful flowers swaying in the sunlit breeze 😊🌏😍🌻🌞
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We had sunflowers growing this past summer. They add so much beauty to life. 🙂
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I so looking forward to my sunflowers being in full bloom … 🌻🌻
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Food for thought here, Ivor.
And I wonder what Frankie chose from the menu. 🙂
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Thanks Sue… another ponderous poem… Frankie is wonderful … I’ve been extra tired and he’s got up and moving and we’re about to go for walkie before dinner … I wrote a poem a the cafe this afternoon and I’m really getting the hang of this dictation app … 🎤🌏😊✍️
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I am so pleased to hear you’re gettting on well with the dictation App, I’m glad I mentioned it.
I can’t get it to work on my old laptop it still types gibberish, but it works fine on my Windows 10 computer and the newer Windows 11 laptop.
I agree, animals get us up and about and it’s needed too. 🙂
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I’m very grateful Sue .. and we need a nudge from our furry friends to get us going 🐶😊
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We sure do! 🙂
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So pertinent. Gone are my childish playgrounds
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Yes …a lot of our world has swallowed up under the name of progress
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Progress comes at a high price much of the time. The video and the song complement your lovely poem, Ivor! ❤
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Thank you Cheryl … Progress is part of life, but progress must be achieved with more compassion and compatibility toward the future of life!
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Certainly agree, Ivor! ❤
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Hopefully they will unite and change the world. we can hope and pray. Very touching poem.
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Thank you for your gracious words … I keep writing… I keep hoping 😊✍️
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So do we all peace loving humans.
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