“Time Hears No Sound,” is Progressing Well

Whoops: I’ve just updated this article … The scans below clearly indicate my progress. As is my way, once I have pressed the “Start Button”, it’s all systems full steam ahead, and there is no stopping this Poet from downunder while he is on a roll.
From my selected 189 poems, I have now categorized them into ’11 Chapters’ and have already completed Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Short Introduction: Time Hears No Sound

Time doesn’t tick for the poet—it drifts, echoes, and sometimes disappears. In this fourth collection, I invite you to walk with me through landscapes where clocks are irrelevant and memory is the true measure. These eleven chapters explore time as myth, movement, silence, and resistance. From the cosmic to the coffee-stained, from war’s waste to fairy laughter, each poem listens for what time cannot say—and what we must.

Let the silence speak.

Introduction Poem


Lost and Found – or – There, Here, and Where?

There
Lying on solid ground
My shallow shadow wears no face
And utters no sound

Here
My outline bears no carapace

Where
On a graveside mound
I see my darkness
Waiting to be found


Chapters:

1. Once Upon a Time

2. Nature: An Unbiased Timekeeper

3. Time: Hears No Commands

4. The Universe: Infinity Times Infinity

5. Dreaming: A Poet’s Favourite Pastime

6. Travel and Life: Time Flies

7. Governments and Leaders: Behind the Times

8. War: A Waste of Time

9. Humour, Fantasy and Fairies: Timeless

10. Time’s Short Poems: Haiku, Tanka, etc.

11. Poetry in Slow Motion: Who’s Keeping Time?









Ivor Steven (c) October 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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    1. Thank you kindly, Nancy … I’ve really jumped straight into the deep end, now it’s either sink or swim … just as well that I’m a good swimmer … I seem to be paddling along reasonably ok, and there’s no need to call the life-guard, yet! 📖📘💙🌎

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      1. I didn’t doubt it for a second! No bailing out now, dear Ivor. You’re well on your way! Our eldest granddaughter is a champion swimmer, lifeguard and swim instructor; she would enjoy all these fun swimming references. Carry on, my friend! 🥰📝🏊🏻‍♂️🌏💛

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    1. Thank you for interpreting my “scans” as my manuscript progress and I am ecstatic with how everything is falling into place … although I have done lots preplanning and preparation which is now making my task much easier 📖📘💙🌏

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