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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16 thoughts on “The Sound of Time (a Tanka), and The Last Encore”
time is it’s own thing, and we can only play with it – great tanka, Ivor
Oh, this is so wonderful and important, Ivor…your photos, Emily Dickinson’s quote, your poem and Harry’s song!!!! ๐
We’ve had rain the past few days/nights…so the moon and sun have been blanketed by the gray clouds…but, just knowing they are behind the clouds brings me joy. Grateful for them…and grateful for the time I am gifted with in each and every new day! ๐
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Thank you Carolyn … I was lucky enough to capture the lovely photos on our walkies at sunset and moonrise, which happened to be the the same time, and hence my reflective poem was created … “The Sound of Time” ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐
time is it’s own thing, and we can only play with it – great tanka, Ivor
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Thank you Beth ๐
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Beautiful! โค โค โค
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Thank you Carol ๐๐๐
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Loving each line of these!!!
Always felt Emily Dickinson was a kindred spirit though she lived far before my time.
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Thank you, and yes Emily Dickinsonโs work is always fascinating ๐๐๐
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Beautifully written.
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Thank you very much Sadje ๐๐๐
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Youโre most welcome ๐๐ผ
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Oh, this is so wonderful and important, Ivor…your photos, Emily Dickinson’s quote, your poem and Harry’s song!!!! ๐
We’ve had rain the past few days/nights…so the moon and sun have been blanketed by the gray clouds…but, just knowing they are behind the clouds brings me joy. Grateful for them…and grateful for the time I am gifted with in each and every new day! ๐
(((HUGS))) โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
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Thank you Carolyn … I was lucky enough to capture the lovely photos on our walkies at sunset and moonrise, which happened to be the the same time, and hence my reflective poem was created … “The Sound of Time” ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐
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You nailed it with your writing
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Thank you very much for your wonderful comment Tanvir ๐๐
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I like your moon photos. Time runs away with me and never waits around๐
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Yes, I like writing about time, but I am yet to capture his invisible image … ๐๐
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