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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15 thoughts on “Awkwardness”
Understood and your words are needed and in demand! Hope you had a great time! 💓
So right! A powerful relatable poem, Ivor. Life is challenging. I think life can be a series of stages that are all a bit of awkward phases. 😉 🙂
As we become more well-seasoned (older 🙂 ), we must adjust, adapt, be kind to ourselves, and keep finding the joy! 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
PS… “Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it’s after the age of 70 you realize – you begin to actually be convinced – you’re growing older.” – Leonard Cohen 🙂
Haha, of course I agree with Leonard Cohen … and thank for your wonderful comments, Carolyn … it’s 8.30 Saturday night here in Ballarat and me and Frankie are heading to bed after long and tiring at the Clunes Booktown Festival … another big day tomorrow and we have to in Clunes by 8.15 am 😊📘🌏📖😍😴
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Understood and your words are needed and in demand! Hope you had a great time! 💓
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Thank you very much for your kind words, Cindy 😍📘🌏
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I feel that the best thing about growing older is that whatever we do, people understand.
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Yes, Sadje … people understand the process
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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People are understanding and we are often hardest on ourselves
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Yes, there are lots of us in the same boat 🛶 and the ocean is a friendly one 😊🌏
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The aging process isn’t easy, dear Ivor. We need to cut ourselves some slack and ask for help whenever we need it. You are not alone, dear friend. 🥰
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Yes, we are not alone
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So right! A powerful relatable poem, Ivor. Life is challenging. I think life can be a series of stages that are all a bit of awkward phases. 😉 🙂
As we become more well-seasoned (older 🙂 ), we must adjust, adapt, be kind to ourselves, and keep finding the joy! 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
PS… “Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it’s after the age of 70 you realize – you begin to actually be convinced – you’re growing older.” – Leonard Cohen 🙂
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Haha, of course I agree with Leonard Cohen … and thank for your wonderful comments, Carolyn … it’s 8.30 Saturday night here in Ballarat and me and Frankie are heading to bed after long and tiring at the Clunes Booktown Festival … another big day tomorrow and we have to in Clunes by 8.15 am 😊📘🌏📖😍😴
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That is a really good photograph of you, Ivor
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Thank you for that, Derrick … it was taken at the lowercase open mic night last week 😊📖
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Well said
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