Autumn Leaves and Bees Knees





Autumn Leaves and Bees Knees

Deep among the forest’s magical trees
Where the rowdy snails do as they please
There is a secret garden for frolicking fairies
Their cabbage patch is made from layers
Of interwoven autumn leaves and bee’s knees
Spread upon leftover leprechaun sleeves

Here, the sprites flit in on the breeze
With an occasional wheeze and sneeze
Sometimes the bold winter freeze
Gives them an overfriendly squeeze
And you’ll hear the fairies squeal in Sinhalese





Ivor Steven (c) 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.

18 thoughts on “Autumn Leaves and Bees Knees”

    1. Thank you very much, Violet … all inspired by the fairy garden at the nearby kindergarten, and Milky Chance (French) Is well worth listening to 🎶😊😍🌏🧚🏻‍♀️

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    1. Yeah … nothing like a frollick with the fairies to cheer the poet up , Nancy … Microsoft shut me down 5 times yesterday!!! … I’m surprised you haven’t heard of Milky Chance (French), his music is outstanding and very popular 🎶😍🤗🌏🧚‍♀️

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      1. Computer woes are terribly frustrating; it’s totally out of our hands and no one I know likes that helpless feeling. Good luck!

        Somehow Milky Chance slipped by me! Great music and a very interesting name. Thanks for the intro. 🥰🌎🎶🌍👨🏼‍💻🌏💛

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  7. Yippees! Your post makes me feel so at ease! 🙂
    Love your photos, poem, and song/vid choice! 🙂
    Your poem is so enjoyable, love it’s rhymes and images! 🙂
    Such a lovely magical whimsical Fairy Garden!
    I always think mushrooms make marvelous tables and umbrellas for fairies and for wee-little insects. 🙂
    Just the thought of bee’s knees make me giggle! 😀 Insect idioms are such fun! 😛
    (((HUGS))) ❤️🧚🐝🍄🍂☘️❤️

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    1. Thank you for wonderfully happy words, Carolyn … the cute fairy garden pic’s are from the nearby kindergarten and I think I’ve used that fascinating music/video of Milky Chance’s before 🎶😍
      My poem was fun to write, playing with rhyming words in a fanciful fairy frollick … 😊😍🌏🧚🏻‍♀️🐶🌞💕

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