Throwback Friday, Polar Bears and Cold Sheep

In keeping with this week’s ‘Environment’ theme, today’s Throwback Friday poem (originally written in July 2020) is drawn from my upcoming book, Time Hears No Sound. It appears as a poem in Chapter 2, Nature: An Unbiased Timekeeper





Polar Bears and Cold Sheep



hello world, do you see my frown?
will the blizzards ever calm down?
will the rains forever fall on broken ground?
will our tears of silence be the only sound?

the frozen wounds are deep
the mountains of snow are steep
humans need to stop being cold sheep
and begin taking their own individual leaps

the rewards of being caring and kind
far outweigh the coldness of being left behind





For the wounds we’ve carved into the earth, may this music echo the quiet truth our planet keeps trying to tell us.





Ivor Steven  ©  May 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.

28 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Polar Bears and Cold Sheep”

  5. Brilliant poem with an important message, Ivor. Such important needed truth. ❤️ You have so many poems that I wish each person in the world could read. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
    PS…seeing sweet Frankie makes my day sweeter! 🙂

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    1. Sweet Frankie is due for his end of Autmn groom, hopefully the groomer can fit Frankie in during the week … 🐶… (((HUGS))) and thank you for all of your wonderful words, Carolyn 🌏💙🎵💕🥰

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      1. Hope Frankie has a good groom! 🙂
        Cooper called them “Spa Days” and seemed to enjoy them. All of the ladies at the grooming shop loved him and treated him royally (multiple times a year for 16 years 🙂 )!

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      3. Oh, Ivor, I haven’t said this to anyone, but I’ve really been missing Coops this past week. I have had several dreams about him, too.
        You saying that you and Frankie miss Coops means the world to me! Thank you!!❤️❤️

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