An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
The Full Moon and the Corellas (a Tanka)
Please note: All the images are mine and then sharpened and enhanced by Copilot.
Under the full moon’s watch, the Corellas turn the late afternoon sky into a jubilant parade.
The Full Moon and the Corellas(a Tanka)
I hear them squawking As they fly through my blue sky Those white Corellas May look very elegant But they sound like elephants
As a small tribute to Glen Hansard, whose music has long travelled beside me — a voice that rose and broke like birds in the late‑afternoon sky — here is his unforgettable performance of Bird of Sorrow.
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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7 thoughts on “The Full Moon and the Corellas (a Tanka)”
No shame in sharpening the pictures. Makes them all the lovelier. And as for squawking … that’s the way I sound when I sing.
Lovely poem, and pretty moon and sky. The sound of the birds remind me of the Canada geese that fly over our house each year. ..Wonderful song. I hadn’t heard it before. Sad news, and my son in law wrote a tribute to him, relating of the time he met him years ago, and encouraged him to record ‘Sleeping’. 🙂
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No shame in sharpening the pictures. Makes them all the lovelier. And as for squawking … that’s the way I sound when I sing.
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I understand about the singing … at lower school I was the orange boy for the school choir …
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hahahaha I’m laughing at the squawking, Ivor! My cinnabar parrot was the same.. LOVE the song, my friend❣️
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Oh, Glen Hansard is quite a musical favourite of mine and it was so sad to hear about his tragic death 🥰💛🎶
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Lovely poem, and pretty moon and sky. The sound of the birds remind me of the Canada geese that fly over our house each year. ..Wonderful song. I hadn’t heard it before. Sad news, and my son in law wrote a tribute to him, relating of the time he met him years ago, and encouraged him to record ‘Sleeping’. 🙂
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Oh, I was so sad, and shocked, this past week to hear of Mr. Hansard’s death. 😦 His voice and music brought a lot of joy to my life.
The moon, the Corella’s, beauty, fun, and noise…sounds exactly like a parade! A wonderful parade! 😀
(((HUGS))) and ❤️❤️❤️
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beautiful, and i was so sad when i heard the news, my favorite musician from the first moment in heard him in ‘once,’ tragic
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