No More Sugar and Spice





No More Sugar and Spice

Under the dry sky’s grey umbrella
I saw a small flock of noisy Corellas
Forlornly fossick for leftover shoots
In between the naked tree roots
And the paddock’s desiccated ground
Sadly, there was no dried-up spice to be found

The drought’s hungry field mice
Had devoured everything nice








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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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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
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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.

24 thoughts on “No More Sugar and Spice”

    1. Thank you very much, Nancy … The birds will be ok, they’ll migrate to anywhere to get a feed … I was lucky with the photos, but due to tiredness the poem took me all day to do! 📖🤗😍🐶🌏

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    1. Thank you, Carolyn … the Corellas will be ok, they’re a hardy mob … lucky enough the were there during our morning walkie yesterday … “The Old Sea Brigade” is a new band for me and this seemed appropriate … 😊🌏🎶😍🐶💕😀

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