An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Author: ivor20
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.
Hello dear readers and followers, here’s a re-posting of a poem I wrote in September 2017, I didn’t have many followers back then, so this for all of my new readers, and anyone who needs a refresher….
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…
The midweek Word/Photo Challenge is on the concept of HOME CRAFTS. Please go over and visit their fabulous site, “Weekly Prompts”, by clicking >> HERE
Today I have chosen my recent home hobby, of growing succulents in pots, and below is my interesting abstract poem, “What Is Your Name”…. Here-in lies my problem, I do not know any of their names… So below, I have number the plants 1. to 10. , and if there is any keen gardeners out there, that know their succulents, I would really appreciate your feedback…..starting with the plant in the featured image above….
This weekend’s Word/Photo Challenge from ‘Weekly Prompts’ is:‘The Bridge’ …. My bridge is the picturesque Cunningham Pier, on the harbour, in Geelong. Please go and visit the ‘Weekly Prompts’ site by clicking >> HERE
At ‘The Pier Geelong’, homegrown singing sensation Taylor Henderson, headlined Sunday’s concert “GEELONG FIRES-UP”. The event’s a local collaborative initiative aiming to raise a $1 for every Geelong citizen, i.e. $260,000 in total, for the “Fire Fund Relief”, here in Australia.
Something Beautiful
On a balmy Sunday
I’m here at the function room
In the the grandiose, ‘The Pier Geelong’
Overlooking a calm Corio Bay
It’s only mid-afternoon
And already, there’s a wave of sound
Cascading upon the gathering crowd
Rhythmical music, pleasing this deck of hearts
The show rolls happily into the evening
Firing-up the charity event’s audience
Cheering, they all sing and dance
And the fund raiser’s been a burning success
Below: The afternoon view from inside ‘The Pier’s’, function room
Below Left: Taylor Henderson and his dad Cam… Right: The Piano Bar duet
Below Left: Me with Taylor after his gig ….. Right: ‘The Pier at night
And after the show, on my way to the Moorabool St Taxi rank, I happily took a couple more photos….. luckily they worked…. !!
Below Left: Cameron the Didgeredoo busker…. Right: Street art, ‘something beautiful’
Below: Here’s a music/video by Geelong singer/songwriter, Taylor Henderson.
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..
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Along side artworks painted directly onto the walls
All enhancing the Cafe’s peaceful aura
In front of the wine collection’s shelves
There’s a large table of magazines
Where my ‘Tullawalla Booklets’ lay for patrons to read
And as is my way, I started up a conversation
And there was a young lady at the adjacent table
Her name was Katie, and coincidently
She knew about the ‘Lowercase’ poetry group
I told her when and where, they were to next meet
Then she intimated she might attend the recital night
With a friendly smile, I handed her my poetry card
PS: Surprise, surprise, here I am back a the Box Office Cafe for breakfast, on Saturday morning, of the Australia Day, long weekend. I don’t often go out for breakfast, but the weather is perfect, and I’ve earned myself a treat this week. Below a couple of pic’s of my fabulous breakfast.
Hello readers and followers, this is poem I posted 3 weeks ago, but today I’ve revised some words and the format. I read this poem to my poetry group on Sunday, and after the usual discussion the group suggested some subtle changes, to give my piece an even more powerful punch….. and after swapping things around a little, this is my revised poem…. with sincere thanks to members of my wonderful poetry group…..below I’ve attached a photo of the original poem….
Waiting
The earth is waiting
Sick of humans stalling
And their time wasting
They know it’s time
Waiting for their promised cheers
Waiting for less destructive years
Will they give her resolutions
Of better times ahead
Will they finally read
Thor’s neon signs
Will they notice
A smoke covered sun
Will they be able to breathe the air
As a united one
The earth cannot watch
Nor wait
While humans
Fill their own greedy plates
Why are they celebrating?
Like blind fools, that are always pretending
As if nothing is going wrong
They can hear the whales crying songs
They can see the polar caps are melting
They can taste the venom of government’s lying
In the following video/song, if you could metaphorically place earth and human’s between the lyrics, you might understand why I chose this song by Damien Rice..
A Distant Ship
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