Beyond the Trees (a Tanka)






Beyond the Trees (a Tanka)

Low in the cold sky
The winter sun beckons me
My watery eyes
Cannot see beyond the trees
Please rescue me, set me free






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven © June 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.

14 thoughts on “Beyond the Trees (a Tanka)”

  5. High in the hot sky
    The summer sun assaults me
    My lachrymose eyes
    Cannot see beyond my hands
    Please rescue me, set me free

    You inspired me to share your words for a quick blazing New York tanka! Thank you for the wonderful pix, your heartfelt poem and some fabulous music. Good Wednesday, dear Ivor. 🥵🌎♡🎶♡🌏🥶

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  7. Powerful, emotion-filled photos, poem and song/vid! Your poem is so relatable.
    Seems the extreme hot and extreme cold temperatures affect us differently now as we are growing older. When we were kids it’s like we didn’t even really notice…we just played and played. Ha. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🥶😊🥵

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