Unstable Weather


“Arrival of the Birds” by The Cinematic Orchestra felt like the natural companion — a quiet swell of hope beneath the magpies’ wings.


Unstable Weather

Behind closed doors,
Below the first floor,
Far beyond braided Russia leather,
They shelter from the unstable weather.

Nature’s hierarchy walks together –
Black and white birds of a feather –
And untethered, they will fly forever,
Above the world’s war-weary heather.








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.

18 thoughts on “Unstable Weather”

  8. As I often do, I find more than one meaning/message in your poems, Ivor. (Which I think is a good thing! 🙂 )

    This powerful poem reminds me…I so frequently think about/wonder about what nature thinks about human-beans being so reckless, ungrateful, selfish, apathetic, unsympathetic, destructive, etc. 😦

    The music/video brought me such joy! Thank you for sharing it! 🙂
    (((HUGS)))

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