An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
To Catch the Wind (a Tanka)
This Tanka was inspired by a moment of stillness and lift — a bird rising into the blue, catching the wind as if it knew exactly where it needed to go. It’s a small meditation on movement, uncertainty, and the quiet hope that carries us toward calmer places.
To Catch the Wind(a Tanka)
Let me catch the wind, blowing toward the unknown, where silver seeds grow beyond the world’s toxic snow, into peaceful olive trees.
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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4 thoughts on “To Catch the Wind (a Tanka)”
Oh to be left to the wind to take us where it will go!
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
Oh to be left to the wind to take us where it will go!
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To catch your dream, you might as well try and catch the wind 😊🎶
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True enough!
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I find this place every day in books. This was lovely, Ivor.
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