I Am Not Here Nor There


Today’s poem is one of my verses made up of Anecdote fragments, reshaped from comments I posted on some of my fellow WordPress writers’ articles over the last couple of months.
In stanza order, they are:
Mark – THE AGE – Havoc and Consequence
David – W3 Prompt #224: Wea’ve Written Weekly – The Skeptic’s Kaddish
Bree – Ribbon – Secret Thoughts Within
Nancy – Untold Story: A Quatrain – The Elephant’s Trunk
Nancy – Tell Me, Wind – The Elephant’s Trunk



I Am Not Here Nor There

When I was young and still alive
It was the Age of Aquarius,
there were no artificial hard drives
and worshiping the sun wasn’t temerarious

I am not aware
that the age is now, here nor there
I cannot find the fare
I’ve no one to tell me where

Loose bows and ribbons
Empty gloves and mittens
And youthfully smitten

Twilight time, the spring bugs are buzzing
As I sit under the verandah light
And gaze at my courtyard’s little garden
Frankie’s lying on the back door mat
I reach down and give him a pat
He gives me that quizzical doggie look,
And I reassuringly say to him
“Yep, it’s time to plant the sunflower seeds.”

The heavy lazy wind sighs and howls
then gently awakens the wise old owls
while blowing open the books of souls.




From a collection of thoughts, this “Ageless” classic tune seemed a fitting companion for today’s journey.



Ivor Steven © November 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.

24 thoughts on “I Am Not Here Nor There”

    1. Oh, this one took a to get the order of stanzas right, but I think reads coherent/cohesively ok … I hadn’t done one for a while, and the anecdote I wrote to you encouraged me to put this one together, my dear friend 📖📘🥰
      “The heavy lazy wind sighs and howls
      Then gently awakens the wise old owls
      While blowing open the books of souls”

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  5. OH! I so enjoy these creative poems you create from your thoughts/comments, Ivor! You weave them together so wonderfully! 🙂 And you “hugged” your poem with lovely photos and a fabulous song! 🙂
    (((HUGS))), ❤️❤️❤️, and please give Frankie some gentle PATS for me! 🙂

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