Day Lily and Love (Revised)

During early February, my stunning Day Lily begins to bloom, which nostalgically coincides with my father’s birthday week. A potted perennial that I rescued from my dear departed parent’s homestead. The lilies always grace my garden in February as nature’s tribute to Dad, and today’s revised poem was originally written in February 2017, when me and Dad’s day lily moved into my villa, “Shangri La” …





Day Lily and Love (Revised)



Upon my pillow, I sleep
Good morning, I do peek
From the cushion of my dreams
To my garden’s awakening beams
Blushing red hues, oh so bright
You bloom during the night

And after cuddling the dew
You open up your scenic view
Flowering, standing proud, and steep
Perfection at my feet
A glorious Lily, like the wings of a dove
And by sunlight, you air your love





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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025




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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.

25 thoughts on “Day Lily and Love (Revised)”

  9. Such a brilliantly beautiful trio, Ivor…your photos, your poem, Sia’s song!
    Your poem is so heart-touching and lovely! And that the day lily is a constant reminder of your precious dad is so wonderful! This gets me teary-eyed. Please pass the tissues. 🙂
    My dad’s fave flower to grow and share were irises…especially the purple irises. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you very much for lovely heartfelt words, Carolyn … I’m not sure what my dad’s favourite flower was, but he was very fond of his orchids … sorry I’ve run out of tissues this week 💕😍🌏🌺❤️📘🐶🎶

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