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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Fabulous photos! What a bird! 😮 🙂 (In your first photo, that bird is like the star on the top of a Christmas tree! 😉 )
Powerful, evocative, emotion-stirring poems…Eugi’s poem and your poem, Ivor! 🙂
Hope more rain falls soon. 🙂
Ms. Joplin’s music/voice always stirs my emotions, too, and touches my heart and soul. 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for wonderful words, Carolyn … Janis was a favourite of Carole’s 🎶😍 … the birds 🦅 were putting on a show for me, and imagined their flighty tricks to be a “rain dance 🎶🤗😍🌏💕🐶
Wonderful poem. Have you gotten any signifiant rain yet? Did you ever see Janis perform live? We saw her in 1970 at the Festival for Peace. She was electric. Thank you for the fabulous pix, poem and music, dear Ivor. 🥰🌎🎶🌏💛
Oh, I’m totally jealous, Janis never toured down our way, due to her demise … my poem was totally inspired by the blackbirds (crows) putting on a flighty show me, and poetically I imagined they were doing a rain dance in the sky … there will be some rain next week 🦅📖😍🌏🎶🐶😊
A delightful poem about our fine-feathered friends, Ivor. Blackbirds are beautiful if you can see them up close. Their feathers shimmer with various colors. I loved Janis, and we lost her too soon. 💗
that is one huge bud 😉
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Thank you kindly, Art
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When I first saw the photos, I thought it was bud! What kind of a tree is that? Love Janis!
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I think it’s a Pencil Pine … yes, a great emotional performance by Janis 🎶😍🌏📖
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Lovely response, Ivor. And I so love Janis!
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Thank you kindly, Dale … Oh, the live performance by Janis was amazing 🎶😍🌏
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I can only imagine!
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Beautiful
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Thank you very much, Sadje
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You’re most welcome 🤗
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Fabulous photos! What a bird! 😮 🙂 (In your first photo, that bird is like the star on the top of a Christmas tree! 😉 )
Powerful, evocative, emotion-stirring poems…Eugi’s poem and your poem, Ivor! 🙂
Hope more rain falls soon. 🙂
Ms. Joplin’s music/voice always stirs my emotions, too, and touches my heart and soul. 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you for wonderful words, Carolyn … Janis was a favourite of Carole’s 🎶😍 … the birds 🦅 were putting on a show for me, and imagined their flighty tricks to be a “rain dance 🎶🤗😍🌏💕🐶
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Wonderful poem. Have you gotten any signifiant rain yet? Did you ever see Janis perform live? We saw her in 1970 at the Festival for Peace. She was electric. Thank you for the fabulous pix, poem and music, dear Ivor. 🥰🌎🎶🌏💛
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Oh, I’m totally jealous, Janis never toured down our way, due to her demise … my poem was totally inspired by the blackbirds (crows) putting on a flighty show me, and poetically I imagined they were doing a rain dance in the sky … there will be some rain next week 🦅📖😍🌏🎶🐶😊
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Off to bed now, dear Ivor. Happy day to you and Frankie! 🥰
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Sleep well my friend 😴😊
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Lovely, Ivor!
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Thank you kindly, Punam
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Nice
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How lovely! 🙂
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Thank you, Sue 😊🌏
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Sometimes, the heavens simply, ignore our cries, and, there’s nothing we can do about that…
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A delightful poem about our fine-feathered friends, Ivor. Blackbirds are beautiful if you can see them up close. Their feathers shimmer with various colors. I loved Janis, and we lost her too soon. 💗
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Janis was a fav’ of my dear Carole … these blackbirds were crows, and yes, their feathers do shimmer in the sun light … thank you, Eugi 🦅😊🌏😍🎶
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You’re welcome, Ivor! 💕
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Thank you kindly, Eugi
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