One of the Crowd

After a stretch of nostalgic posts and tender reflections, I found myself drawn back to the calm of the outdoors today. There’s something reassuring about standing under a wide sky, watching a flock move as one — a reminder that even a quiet gatecrasher can find a place to belong.





One of the Crowd



Beneath the drifting clouds,
within the circling flock
who ritually gather
from all around the block,
I enjoy being one of the crowd —
and I’m socially allowed
to be a peaceful gatecrasher.




In the easy company of wings and drifting light, I found my way back to calm.




Ivor Steven ©  April 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.

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  3. Beautiful, Ivor! The calm is a wonderful place to be…nature, bird watching, joy, and gratitude bring the peace. 🙂
    Fabulous photos…wow! 🙂 Smile-bringing poem…brilliant! 🙂 Lovely song/vid…such a joy to hear Augie sing! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you very much for your lovely wishes and words, Carolyn … no better way to relax and wind down , than take a walk with Frankie along our favourite track, and nature put on a special show for us, with the biggest flock birds in the sky, to greet us 🥰🤗🌏💛🎶💕

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  9. Our outdoors has betrayed us- we were in the40’s F last week and everything was beginning to melt- and now? 20’s and snowing- approx 4 inches so far with more expected today and tomorrow! oh well….. It can’t last forever…

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