Home Away From Home

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Home Away From Home

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On an island under the northern stars
Among the giant evergreen cedars
Within my personal astrodome
Feeling at ease in my home away from home

I am on top of the world
Uncurling my ancient bones, yet unfurled
Giving my weary soul another joyful whirl

In a land covered by forests and berries
Living a dream on an island with magical fairies

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Ivor Steven (c) September 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.

29 thoughts on “Home Away From Home”

  1. Home away from home …. there’s no better compliment you can give! It’s wonderful that you feel so comfortable with your cousins, dear Ivor. After what seemed like an interminable wait and an excruciatingly long flight … all punctuated with a bad cold! … it’s a true blessing to feel like you’re home. I’m very happy for you, dear friend. Thank you for sharing these gorgeous photos with us. 🥰🌏🏡🐶🌎🏠💛

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    1. Happily, my holiday hosts are more than hospitable than I could ever imagine … the weather is more perfect than predicted, and the country side is more beautiful than I envisaged … 😍😊🇨🇦🐶🌞

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  9. Beautiful, just beautiful, Ivor…your photos, the song/vid, your fabulous poem!
    And I’m so happy for you! It’s always a lovely blessing to have some homes away from home to visit, enjoy, refresh, ETC! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you very much for your fabulous words, Carolyn … in the morning we are going to the Royals Road Gardens and also meeting up with Cousin, Penny, for lunch 😊😍🇨🇦🌞🌏

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