All My Leaves Are Brown





All My Leaves Are Brown



Here I sway on barren ground
my leaves have turned brown
and are sullenly looking down,
my branches are going brittle
withering away little by little

I have heard passersby say
“That tree is dying and
should be taken away”

Then I think to myself
“Maybe they’ll make me into a bookshelf
for the Library at the Tree Hospital”






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

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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
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Ivor Steven © April 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.

35 thoughts on “All My Leaves Are Brown”

  10. Aw. 😦 ‘Tis so sad, to me, when any tree dies…but becoming a bookshelf would be such a wonderful tree-after-life. 🙂
    There are days I feel like a tree in autumn.
    (((HUGS))) ❤️🍂❤️🍂❤️
    PS… “Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.” – Tasneem Hameed 🙂

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    1. Yes, Eugi, all the other walkers were saddened too … we weren’t sure why or how it happened, the tree was relatively young, and all the other trees in the area were quite healthy … 🌳🌏🌝😍

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  12. I used to work in horticulture, and I came to the view that trees knew when it was time to go, I have a small tree that is dying, sad and disappointing (as we age how long will a replacement take to form and fill the space?). I feel for the tree, I love the resolve in your lines.

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