Shangri La, Volume 18, Between Here and the Edge

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Hello, dear readers and followers. As you may know, I stopped producing my “Tullawalla Booklets” at #31 because that was the house number of our family’s Tullawalla Homestead.
However, the booklet format is a superb way for me to catalogue the vast number of poems I produce, and as the saying goes, “I Am Turning Another Page”. Here I have begun a new series of poem booklets, called “Shangri La”, the name of my little Villa, and it is my piece of “earthly paradise, a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization”.
I now have “2245” Poems filed in these booklet formats!!
(On my bookshelf, I have “The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, which contains 1775 poems … when I first started writing poems, I never envisaged that I would produce so many poems)

“Like all my booklets, this one is here to be read at your leisure — no rush, no expectation, just an open page waiting when you are.”

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Between Here and the Edge


I’m no ancient mariner
with a sextant to chart the sky
The moon was falling into bed,
the sun rising ahead,
both at the same height,
as if I were the hinge between them.

Here I stand on their earthbound bridge
at the centre of my own universe,
unsure of my footing near the edge –
am I fading into the advancing ground,
or drifting back toward an old wedding pledge.








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 “Shangri La, Volume 18, Between Here and the Edge”

    1. After spending so much time putting this one together I think my typing abilities are becoming slower and harder for my whither system to handle … oh well … just call me “The Fallen Plodder of Poets” … 😊📖🥰

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      1. Do you have a dictation app built into your device? I started using dictation after my wrist surgery; it’s not perfect and their are some things it can’t do but it’s a big help. You might want to try it out, my friend. Time for you to catch some well-deserved zzzs! 🥰😴⌨️🌏🐶💛

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      2. Yes I’ve tried the one ’Microsoft Word’ but my diction seems too impaired … the life of this 3 time stroke sufferer is becoming more of a struggle these days … readers and followers will have to put up with my shortcomings 🥰📖

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  6. Volume #18! YAY! Congrats, Ivor! Thank you for the dedication, time, and hard work I know it takes to do such a project! And Thank you so much for sharing it with all of your readers! We do so appreciate your kindness, generosity, and large-heartedness! 🙂
    I hope you know that your poems, your photos, and the music you share helps so many of us…teaches us, encourages us, challenges us, reminds us of important things or special memories, makes us feel understood and less alone, brings us smiles, brings tears, keeps us company, and so much more! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) for you and Frankie!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Oh, thank you for all of your wonderful accolades, Carolyn … yes, these bimonthly booklets are lots of and very time consuming, especially as I seem to be slowing down with my typing abilities these days … but personally, my heart knows that my Carole is approvingly smiling with every single word that I create and send around the world … you might say that my poems are “Heaven Sent” 💙💕🌏😍📘🐶

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