Throwback Friday, Odds and Sods, Spots and Blots

Today’s Throwback Friday poem is an odd collection of anecdotes from my hospital bed, written in December 2018. After I had just suffered a ‘minor’ stroke, and these were the jumbled thoughts that were tumbling out of my tired and confused mind …



Odds and Sods, Spots and Blots

Lazy Bones

Cordless phones
Garden gnomes
Overhead drones
Windowless homes
Creaks and moans
Lazy bones

Pain

Pain is like the rain
It comes and goes
Heavy and light

A Lie

It’s a lie that I don’t cry
It’s a lie that I passed you by
It’s a lie that I never tried
It’s a lie that I’ll never die

Mirror

Mirror, mirror, on the wall
You showed me how to stand tall
Again, it’s time for your call

Judge 

I’m neither a judge
Nor a dealer in sludge
I’d rather eat some fudge
And give my side of life a nudge

Even Though

Love is all above thee
Love is a blanket of autumn leaves
Love showers us with glee
Love is everywhere, to feel and see







Ivor Stven May 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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      5. Absolutely! There’s so much going on, so many patients to care for, and only a certain number of nurses there to handle it all. We have one daughter-in-law who’s a nurse and another who’s a doctor; I know how incredibly busy they are. 🥰👩🏼‍⚕️🏥

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  5. OH! All of these are so lovely and emotion-filled! Especially “Pain” and “Even Though”! Love these poems! 🙂 You created beauty and wisdom from your hospital bed…and so many of us can understand the place you found yourself in…we can relate/understand. 🙂
    Creative title! 🙂
    Music/vid…One of my faves! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
    PS…Now let’s get to eatin’ some fudge! Ha! 😋🙃 😀

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    1. Thank you kindly, Carolyn … I’m at MAY’D Market tonight and tomorrow, what a great atmosphere, live music, and a coffee shop right next to me 😍🌏📘☕️🎶

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      2. The weather cool but kind and we had a good attendance. Today will biggerer and betterer … My lucky dip poems were a huge success and I sold several books last evening… Despite feeling a bit tired, it’s 7.00 am, and I’m looking forward to another exciting day … but first I have to take Frankie for a walkie before I go 🤗🐶🌏😍💕🎶📖📘

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