Rustic Smythesdale

Some places invite you to step sideways into another world. Smythesdale is one of them. This poem wanders from the paddocks into a quiet, cosmic holiday — best read with M83’s Un Nouveau Soleil rising gently underneath.

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Rustic Smythesdale

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Here, where the country paddocks
beam at you through the bedroom window,
grazing kangaroos curiously look your way
and front-yard elephants laze in the shade
of the friendly eucalyptus tree.

I’m untethering my Itmims space craft,
and there’s an aurora lighthouse
to guide the ship around the Cape Of Good Hope
on toward the great passage in the sky.
I’m not saying goodbye, but having a holiday
in the western zone of my rural universe.

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Ivor Steven (c) December 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.

19 thoughts on “Rustic Smythesdale”

    1. Thank you for your lovely words, Linda … I suppose we need to have a way of escaping the pressures of life, and “Itmims” is mine … where my imagination is free as a breeze 😍🌏🛸😎😀

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    1. Thank you very much for your lovely words, Nancy … 4.00 am and I’ve already had 6 hours sleep, here at my sister’s rural house, I’m having a much needed relaxing break, Nancy 💚🛸🌞😊

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  7. It’s so wonderful when you wonder while you wander and then write poems about it all! 🙂
    Keep enjoying your holiday! 🙂
    Keep enjoying your Itmims travels! 🙂
    Lovely trio of photos, poem, and music! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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