Walking in the Hard Rain








Walking in the Hard Rain



“Welcome,” said Nature with a grin
The second day of Autumn
Was wet with a cold westerly wind
And the hard pouring rain
Felt like icy needles and pins

However, without commands or demands
Here I live, in this far away land
Where a coward’s hammer and nails can not pierce my hand
Or deter my protests from a flooded grandstand

I hear only helter skelter from the expellers
As I think about the children
Sheltering in their damp cellars
Hiding from Putinโ€™s hard rain
A deluge of bombs and bullets
Callously sent to kill and maim









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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven (c) March 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.

33 thoughts on “Walking in the Hard Rain”

  2. great choices for this week and I will never stand down against what’s wrong. glen hansard is one of my very fave musicians and I’ll be going to see him again this summer

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      1. once I ล›aw the trailer for once, years ago, I had to see it and loved every song and have seen him and margeta alone and together over the years

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  6. We all feel, anger, toward the situations in other parts of the world, but, that’s about it, because, until we are, in the midst of the wars themselves, we still won’t be, personally, affected by them.

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  12. Such a profound, heart-touching, powerful posting, Ivor. And so timely and important.
    You’ve captured the heart and feelings of the victims. It’s so deeply sad and tragic that they are rarely if ever considered by the “people in charge”. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ
    (((HUGS))) ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ’›

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    1. Thank you very much for understanding the contrasting aspects of my poem, Carolyn โ€ฆ those that live under the shelter of a White House umbrella should not be so self-righteous and bombastic toward those who are from the war torn battlefield โ€ฆ ๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐ŸŒป

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    1. Thank you very much for your lovely words, Claudia โ€ฆ my poem was a progressive one, from a gentle beginning to a rough finale โ€ฆ needles and pinsโ€ฆ hammers and nails โ€ฆ bombs and bullets โ€ฆ and I think the highlighting accentuated my message ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒโ˜ฎ๏ธ

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