Ding Dong

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A bell without a gong. A dove without a sky. A poem for uneasy times, paired with Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem.”



Ding Dong


Wondering –
Who’s right and what’s wrong?
Pondering –
Who’s weak and what’s strong?
Unearthing
Another Viet Cong,
Hearing the same old song.

Listening –
The peace bell has no gong.
Foreboding –
Where has the holy dove gone?

Wishing,
Hoping –
Forever too long.








Ivor Steven  ©  January 2026

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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.

21 thoughts on “Ding Dong”

  9. Because madmen like Trump, Putin and Xi wants to run the world, there will be no peace whatsoever, because all it takes to destroy this world is these three tyrants with the goals of global domination in mind…

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