Brighter Than White (a Tanka)

Above the treeline, the day began with wings drifting toward the light.





Brighter Than White (a Tanka)

Quickly, follow me
Through the silhouetted clouds
I hear the wise crow
Has found a hole in the sky
Where the light’s brighter than white






The sky keeps its openings, and somewhere beyond the clouds, the light still waits, brighter than white.




Ivor Steven ©  July 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.

15 thoughts on “Brighter Than White (a Tanka)”

  5. Gorgeous photos, fabulous poem, lovely song, Ivor!
    “brighter than white”…wowza, so descriptive and so hopeful!
    Crows are definitely wise-ones that we should pay attention to! πŸ™‚
    Hope your birthday times are going GREATLY, lovely, and fun…for both you and Frankie! πŸ™‚
    (((HUGS))) πŸ€β‹†.ೃ࿔*:ο½₯πŸ¦β€β¬›β‹†.ೃ࿔*🀍

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    1. Yeah, it’s birthday day, July 20th 1951, 75 years ago … and the light is still brighter than white, Carolyn πŸ’₯πŸ₯°πŸŒžπŸ’•πŸ€—πŸŽΆπŸŽ‚πŸŒ–πŸ“–πŸ“˜πŸ’™πŸŒ

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      2. Me and Frankie are going to the Cafe, the winter sun is shining and we will a wonderfully relaxing day… πŸ₯°πŸΆπŸŒžπŸŒπŸ’™πŸ’•πŸŽ‚

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