An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Full Moon Rising
In the hush of a calm bay, the moon lifts above the palms as if ready to whisper its small truth to the night.
Full Moon Rising
There is a hush in the air Below the full moon’s stare Silence is golden Eveningtide unfolding The bay is dead calm As the moon glares Through Rippleside’s palms
“Why look at me I’m only a tiny spirit in the universe’s eternal sea.“
“Scan beyond your sandy quay to find your celestial key.”
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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27 thoughts on “Full Moon Rising”
Beautiful, soft, pastel photos Ivor. They go so well with your lovely poem. And I had to listen to this version of my favourite Neil Young song. – so good!
Okay, sorry, but Full Moon Rising is the theme song for the werewolf film American in London (I think it twas London) and now I can’t get the song out of my head and I keep seeing the Werewolf. It’s a great poem. 🙂
I just discovered your poems from an interview I read. You have a beautiful voice, and I love your use of nature imagery – it imbues me with a sense of calm.
Thank you very much, Carole … and they are a fun writing adventure, going down to the bayside to take the photos, and then the creative writing part … 🥰📃📘🎵🌖🐶
Oh! What a lovely and heart-touching trio, Ivor…photos, poem, and music!
So happy to see Frankie! 🙂 He brings me joy! 🙂
The moon has always had my heart.
And Coop always enjoyed our night walks in the night-quiet as the moon shone down on us with peace and love. 🙂
(((HUGS))) 💛🌕💛
Yes, Frankie, loves those full moon twilight evenings too. We went down to the bayside to take the full moon photos, and got some great shots, and with Frankie’s help, the poem quickly developed from there, Carolyn 🐶🌏💙🌖📃📘🎵🥰
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Beautiful, soft, pastel photos Ivor. They go so well with your lovely poem. And I had to listen to this version of my favourite Neil Young song. – so good!
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Thank you very much, Dale, and it was a lovely laidback cover version 🎶🥰
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Indeed!
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Beautiful, dear Ivor, great to see Frankie again! Woof woof! ❤️🐶🌏
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Frankie is an official ‘Moon Dog’ 🐶🌔🥰🌏
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😁
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I love being on the beach on nights with a full moon- depending on which moon it is- it can feel like the ‘streetlights’ are on! This was beautiful.
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Thank you, Violet … and the weather was perfect, so my pic’s worked on my iPhone and they inspired my poem
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Beautiful poem and pics
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Thank you very much, Sadje
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Always my pleasure
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Lovely photos Ivor. Wonderful version of Harvest Moon, great harmonies
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Thank you for your lovely comments, and yes it was a nice laid back version, Brian
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I love the full moon!
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So does Frankie … 🐶🌖😊
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Okay, sorry, but Full Moon Rising is the theme song for the werewolf film American in London (I think it twas London) and now I can’t get the song out of my head and I keep seeing the Werewolf. It’s a great poem. 🙂
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Is American Werewolf in London
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I don’t think Frankie looks like a Werewolf … 😊🐶🌖
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He does not. But the movie is fun and you’ll hear the song. Frankie might like it.
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I’ll play the song for him .. 🐶🎵
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I just discovered your poems from an interview I read. You have a beautiful voice, and I love your use of nature imagery – it imbues me with a sense of calm.
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A beautiful poem Ivor, you write them so well my friend! X
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Thank you very much, Carole … and they are a fun writing adventure, going down to the bayside to take the photos, and then the creative writing part … 🥰📃📘🎵🌖🐶
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Oh! What a lovely and heart-touching trio, Ivor…photos, poem, and music!
So happy to see Frankie! 🙂 He brings me joy! 🙂
The moon has always had my heart.
And Coop always enjoyed our night walks in the night-quiet as the moon shone down on us with peace and love. 🙂
(((HUGS))) 💛🌕💛
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Yes, Frankie, loves those full moon twilight evenings too. We went down to the bayside to take the full moon photos, and got some great shots, and with Frankie’s help, the poem quickly developed from there, Carolyn 🐶🌏💙🌖📃📘🎵🥰
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Moon and poem in sync
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Thank you very much, Derrick
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