Throwback Friday, Down to the Valley

Today’s Throwback Friday poem (originally written in June 2023) is drawn from my upcoming book, Time Hears No Sound. It appears as the second poem in Chapter 11, Poetry in Slow Motion: Who’s Keeping Time.


“Down to the Valley” was written on a day when I strayed from the usual path, letting the landscape guide the poem. It’s a small journey into the unexpected, where nature and recollection meet.



Down To the Valley 

 
 
Roaming. 
Off the beaten track 
Over sagged wire fences 
Through plowed fields 
Down to the valley below 
Where sunflowers grow 

Detouring. 
Across the babbling brook 
Toward the castle of broken glass 
Cocooned together in woven grass 
Until time awakens the past
 






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven ©  March 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.

22 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Down to the Valley”

  9. So wonderful, Ivor! Often we find the bestest things on a detour. 🙂
    Sunflowers always bring such joy and hope…they lift their faces to the sun and smile. 🙂 We are wise when we follow their example. 🙂 (((HUGS))) 💛🌻💛

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