Swallowed By the Sun (Revised, Oct 2023)

This evening, I am reciting this poem at the ‘lowercase’ open mic night, for their theme, “Ultraviolet”.
Also, over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday challenge is, Invisibility. and obliquely my poem nearly fits the prompt … Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here.





Swallowed by the Sun (Revised, Oct 2023)

On a fiery hot suburban street
Cobblestones are melting the crowdā€™s feet
Bursting blisters, of the ignorant
Burning souls, in the innocent
Ultraviolet rays are scorching everyone
Our world is being swallowed by the sun
Oh, what have we humans done


All the rivers are running dry
Fish lie on barren land, wanting to die
Polar icebergs are often seen gliding by
Penguins are moaning without their icy slides
And youā€™ll hear the baby whales cry
As the ocean, sadly waves us goodbye
Our Angelā€™s wings are singed and they cannot fly
Old Mother Earth is quickly going awry
And Father Time is forever asking why












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Ivor Steven (c) September 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.

34 thoughts on “Swallowed By the Sun (Revised, Oct 2023)”

  5. Such a powerful, heart-touching, important-message poem. It brings the tears to my eyes. I’m glad you continue to share this poem with people.
    That is a powerful song, too. And it’s message is still so relevant today in 2024.
    (((HUGS))) ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø

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