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 lightโ€™s brighter than white






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




Ivor Stevenย ยฉย ย 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.

19 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! ๐Ÿ™‚
    Hope your birthday times are going GREATLY, lovely, and fun…for both you and Frankie! ๐Ÿ™‚
    (((HUGS))) ๐Ÿคโ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*:๏ฝฅ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›โ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*๐Ÿค

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    1. Yeah, itโ€™s birthday day, July 20th 1951, 75 years ago โ€ฆ and the light is still brighter than white, Carolyn ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿฅฐ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿค—๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŒ–๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“˜๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒ

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      2. Me and Frankie are going to the Cafe, the winter sun is shining and we will a wonderfully relaxing dayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿถ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŽ‚

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