Throwback Friday, I Did Not Hear The Midday Chime

Today’s Throwback Friday poem was written in October 2022.
Featured Image Above: Photo by Derick Knight, and I have used the photo once before in another poem (>> https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/time-watches-over-us/) . Again, thank you to Derrick for allowing me to use his photos on my site.>> https://derrickjknight.com/






I Did Not Hear The Midday Chime


I slyly lookup
In silent amusement
At the old chiseled face
Of my Grandfather clock
And I see his shaky hands of time
Are too bleak and meek
To strike the midday chime

I slowly close my eyes
Overused muscles are cramping
Weakened bones feel brittle
This complicated mind is tired
And my dream needs to sleep
Before I can write another rhyme







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Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)




Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
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Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com


Ivor Steven © 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.

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      4. Thank you for thoughts, Nancy … my manuscript is slowly coming together … giving it a title might give me some renewed impetus to my project 😊📘📖

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  6. Another wonderful Derrick photo and Ivor poem duet! They are always some of my faves of your posts, Ivor! 🙂
    You have many more fabulous rhymes in you, Ivor! When you feel one “coming on” write it down! In between proper rest and sleeps, of course! We all need those resting times! 🙂
    From a little girl up until today (I’m an older-more-well-seasoned gal these days! 😉 :-D), I have always been fascinated by clocks…their looks, their sounds, their movements, their faces, the way they keep us company. 🙂
    Oh, and those cuckoo clocks make me giggle! 😀
    (((HUGS))) ❤️⏰🕰️🕓❤️

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    1. My sister has a wonderful cuckoo clock that purchased from a clock shop that specializes in “Cuckoo Clocks” … and thank you for your kind words, Carolyn … yes, we are still very tired after our big weekend away … haha, in July, Frankie will be 9, and I’ll be 74 … 🌏😍🐶😎🕰⏲⏱

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