I Am A Humble Host

I Am a Humble Host


I am a dead stump 

a sawn-off lump 


these days I am hosting 

a flourishing fungus 

nature’s most diverse organism 

that is currently surviving 

on my aged bark’s 

ecological metabolism 


here, in my ethereal afterlife  

I am a humble host 

who is metaphysically appreciating 

being the fungi’s homely bedpost 







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Ivor Steven (c) April 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.

24 thoughts on “I Am A Humble Host”

    1. Thank you very much Sue… the sawn off stump is in my front yard and the fungus has grown this… and I was wondering how to write a poem about fungus … I am so pleased you appreciate the way I worded this piece 📖✍️😍

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