No More Tears

On Monday morning (Sunday afternoon PDT), I attended a Writing Circle Poetry Group via Zoom with our host/convener, the gracious Ali Grimshaw >> https://flashlightbatteries.blog/online-writing-circles/ and after listening to her recite a selected piece of poetry we are then encouraged to write our own poetic response in “5 mins” … mine was a rough draft and I actually recite my poem the opposite way round to my finished one below …


No More Tears

 

Old Tears 

How many rivers of tears must we cry 

Before all the deepest wells run dry 



More Tears 

Nostalgic tears never stop 

They just have longer dry spells 

Between the heavy showers 


New Tears 
 
Uncoiled 

Barbwire hooks open old wounds 

Unveiled 

Remembrance tears gush to the surface 








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Ivor Steven (c) November 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.

41 thoughts on “No More Tears”

    1. Thank you kindly Cindy … Carole broke my tear ducts many years ago and the levee banks have remained unrepaired … her memories shall forever flood the rivers of my soul … 😊🤗😍

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  6. a man in touch with his emotions is to be applauded … eskimos have more than a hundred types of ‘snow’ … I’m suspecting you might have many more ‘types’ of tears!
    You keep the tissue people in business 🙂

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  9. Your poem touched my heart, Ivor. You’ve expressed this so well.
    That sweet photo of handsome Sir Frankie AND that song/vid touched my heart, too. 🙂
    In my lifetime, I’ve learned that tears are sacred, come from the heart, are a sign of strength, and are healing. So when they want to come, I let them flow. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
    PS…”Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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