An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Not Just Another Day (a Lanterne), Published in Geelong Writers Inc. AnoMaly Street, Chapbook
Thank you to the editor, Jo, and her team, for selecting my piece in the Geelong Writers Inc. “AnoMaly Street”, Chapbook, Poetry With A Difference, Volume 2, No. 2
A Lanterne is a cinquain form of poetry, in which the first line has one syllable and each subsequent line increases in length by one syllable, except for the final line that concludes the poem with one syllable. Its name derives from the lantern shape that appears when the poem is aligned to the center of the page.
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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19 thoughts on “Not Just Another Day (a Lanterne), Published in Geelong Writers Inc. AnoMaly Street, Chapbook”
well done on the poetry forms and this is one of my favorite songs
well done on the poetry forms and this is one of my favorite songs
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Thank you Beth πΆππ
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Love this form Ivor.
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Thank you Sadje β¦ a simple looking format, but I found the syllable count hard to do πππ
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I also find them difficult
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Excellent
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I like excellent
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Love it and especially the dog lick jolts Ivor. Nicely doneβ£οΈ
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Thank you Cindy
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Very clever!
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thank you very much Cindy ππ
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sounds like waking up must be fun with Frankie greeting you so enthusiastically π
Absolutely love this piano piece, lovely!
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Frankie is friendly morning doggie, he lets me sleep πΆπ€π
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lol so pleased to hear that!
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Woof, woof πΆ
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Wonderful little action-packed lantern shaped poems!
Coop and I like the dog-licks poem! π π
(((HUGS))) β€οΈβ€οΈ
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Love this
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Thank you kindly Lynn
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