Throwback Friday, Purple Tomatoe Ferns

I found a poem in my old files yesterday, from September 2018. Here I have revised the wording slightly, but without losing any of the original’s impressive imagery.

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Purple Tomatoe Ferns (Revised)


I have hallucinations of Vikings sailing in the cold

Plundering forgotten hearts and pilfering gold


I am dreaming of the old farmer’s wife

Milking cows, cleaning, and baking for life


I have feelings for the king, in his isolated castle

Looking forlornly upon his drawbridge, a foodless trestle


I am wandering through an empty paddock

Kicking dew off the grass, searching for a lover’s locket


I have plans for the planet’s desolate future

Growing purple tomatoe ferns until they are mature


I remember her bravery, her ever-lasting smile

Crawling over jagged garden beds, every painful mile


I have finished falling under her broken sky

Claiming peace among tomorrow’s butterflies














Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

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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.

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