An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Nature’s Way (a Rhyming Haiku)
Many of you know of my friendship with Derrick Knight … last night his property was lashed by gale force winds and in response to his article about the damage to his wonderful garden, I wrote this Haiku. >> https://derrickjknight.com/2023/12/21/fearing-for-the-weeping-birch/Please Note; All photos reproduced on this post, were taken by Derrick
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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31 thoughts on “Nature’s Way (a Rhyming Haiku)”
We can only do things to lessen the impact of nature by being more environmentally conscious.
And, despite how nature had proven, time and time again, that, she is, in CONTROL of, everything that’s, happening in the world right now,we humans, still, think we can, defy her, and that is why, Mother Nature is, currently unleashing her WRATH, on us all…
and, until we LEARN how to, RESPECT her, she will, NEVER stop, her WRATH, but unfortunately, we are, too slow to learn, until we see the consequences of our own bad behaviors, coming AT us, in front of our eyes, we simply, don’t, change one bit…
Sorry that Derick’s garden suffered so much damage from Pia! Hope his weeping birch survives. I appreciate your poem and vividly remember Hurricane Ian. We still have some damage and missing street signs over a year later. Mother nature is in charge for sure! ❤
Ah, yes! Mother Nature will always have her way.
Just lately, the UK has suffered never ending floods and gales. Laying in bed at night listening to 70 mph winds whip the house and rain hitting the windows has been scary. This morning they’re down to 45 mph. We are told to expect a very wet and windy Christmas too.
Your haiku is filled with such truth. The photos sad. The song powerful.
Yes, it’s always sad when nature destroys and causes the environment (plants, animals, people, etc.) to suffer. But nature IS in charge. And most people don’t treat nature with any respect, love, responsibility, care, etc. 😦
(((HUGS))) 💙💚🌏🌎🌍💚💙
PS…“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert Swan
“Look after the land and the land will look after you, destroy the land and it will destroy you.” – Aboriginal Proverb
Mother Nature, we can’t control and we should show her some respect.
Back in the ’70s, there was a series of commercials for Chiffon margarine that featured “Mother Nature” and how she could be fooled by the margarine being butter. Her tagline was, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.”
The tagline should be heeded by those who think they can control Mother Nature.
“Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?” ― Nicholas Sparks
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
We can only do things to lessen the impact of nature by being more environmentally conscious.
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Yes indeed Sadje
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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So true, most things we have no control over
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But the powers to be, think they can control nature
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wow! How awful! Great haiku though Ivor!
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Thank you Carol
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And, despite how nature had proven, time and time again, that, she is, in CONTROL of, everything that’s, happening in the world right now,we humans, still, think we can, defy her, and that is why, Mother Nature is, currently unleashing her WRATH, on us all…
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Yes , She is indeed very angry with how she is being treated 🌏
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and, until we LEARN how to, RESPECT her, she will, NEVER stop, her WRATH, but unfortunately, we are, too slow to learn, until we see the consequences of our own bad behaviors, coming AT us, in front of our eyes, we simply, don’t, change one bit…
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Sorry that Derick’s garden suffered so much damage from Pia! Hope his weeping birch survives. I appreciate your poem and vividly remember Hurricane Ian. We still have some damage and missing street signs over a year later. Mother nature is in charge for sure! ❤
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Thank you Cheryl for appreciating my Haiku and I sure Derrick’s garden will recover 😊🌏😍🌻
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It always seems to me that gardens should be exempt from these things. Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn’t play favorites. So sorry about the damage.
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Thank you, and I’ll ask Mother Nature about about an exemption for Gardens 😊🌏
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Let me know what She has to say. I can understand her being upset with us, but her flowers and beauty shouldn’t be bothered.
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I’ll give her the “sad dark eye” look, it used to wonders on my mother!
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Hahahahahahahaha Give it a shot. If it worked before, don’t see why it won’t work again.
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I’m so sorry they suffered that damage.
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It’s been a nasty stormy over England Barbara …
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Yes, I believe you are right. And the joke is on us… we think we can control everything!
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Yes Dwight, and we lost sight of the real world we live
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Ah, yes! Mother Nature will always have her way.
Just lately, the UK has suffered never ending floods and gales. Laying in bed at night listening to 70 mph winds whip the house and rain hitting the windows has been scary. This morning they’re down to 45 mph. We are told to expect a very wet and windy Christmas too.
Happy Christmas, Ivor 🙂
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We’ll be having a mild Christmas Day … about 23’C with a shower or two … merry Christmas Sue … I think I’ll be back for the New Year 😊🌏😍🎅🎄
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Your haiku is filled with such truth. The photos sad. The song powerful.
Yes, it’s always sad when nature destroys and causes the environment (plants, animals, people, etc.) to suffer. But nature IS in charge. And most people don’t treat nature with any respect, love, responsibility, care, etc. 😦
(((HUGS))) 💙💚🌏🌎🌍💚💙
PS…“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert Swan
“Look after the land and the land will look after you, destroy the land and it will destroy you.” – Aboriginal Proverb
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Wonderful quotes Carolyn … I shall place them in my ‘quotes file’ 😊🌏😍🎶💙🌧️
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Oh, good! 🙂
I, too, do such…I’ve always called mine My Quote Collection. 🙂 I like to go and reread them often. 🙂
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Yes, they are so handy to fall back on 📕🌏😊
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Mother Nature, we can’t control and we should show her some respect.
Back in the ’70s, there was a series of commercials for Chiffon margarine that featured “Mother Nature” and how she could be fooled by the margarine being butter. Her tagline was, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.”
The tagline should be heeded by those who think they can control Mother Nature.
“Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?” ― Nicholas Sparks
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Thank you very much for your wonderful response and yes should treat our “Mother” with respect and kindness 😊🌏💙
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Oh ugh. So sorry to hear. 🙏
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They have been having a rough time in England 😊🌏
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