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.
I was dreaming Plotting and scheming Following you skiing Running the slope, gliding Twists and twirls Loops and hoops Our hearts were racing Downhill and dancing Spirals and swirls Joyous smiles Swishing faster and faster Swooping last to first Silver and gold Winners and grinners Your curls unfurl Ruby hair unfolds Beauty I behold Frozen bliss We kiss Soul to soul
Thank you to the editor, Jo, and her team, for selecting my piece in the Geelong Writers Inc. “AnoMaly Street”, Chapbook, Poetry With A Difference, Volume 3, No. 2
The anthology “Cadence-Life’s Poetic Rhythms” has been nominated as a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Congratulations to all who have contributed to this anthology! The recently published collection is a truly international poetry anthology found on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Bookshop.org.
The collection includes poems by Sarfraz Ahmed, Rita Anderson, Nanci Arvizu, Bartholomew Barker, arlene bice, A. C. Blake, Susi Bocks, Yasmin S. Brown, Lin Marshall Brummels, Stephen W. Buchanan, Anupama Sham Budhrani, Migel Bung, Joni Karen Caggiano, Theresa Carlie, Elizabeth Esquerra Castillo, Carla M. Cherry, Lauren M. Clemmons, Ambika Devi, Richard Fireman, Nolcha Fox, Carol Coven Grannick, Joel Haas, Mark Andrew Heathcote, Duane L. Hermann, Chyrel J. Jackson, Gerald Jatzek, Zaneta Varnado Johns, Cody Jones, Eftichia Kapardeli, Jill Sharon Kimmelman, Teresa H. Klepac, Barbara Harris Leonhard, Donna McKinney, Danielle Martin, Karuna Mistry, Howard Moon, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Nimitok, Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris, Thomas King Oloo (Babs), K. Ann Pennington, Dawn Pisturino, Sarah Merritt Ryan, Pratibha Savani, Shiela Denise Scott, Richa Dinesh Sharma, Nicole Smith, Ivor Steven, Gabriel S. Weah, Lynn White, Charlotte Alexandria Williams, Lindsay Soberano Wilson, Chanah Wizenberg, and Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld.
Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld & Zaneta Varnado Jones (eds.): Cadence – Life’s Poetic Rhythms, Prolific Pulse Press LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA, ISBN: 978-1962374903
I am a scrubby tree Shaggy like a wild woolly bee However, the birds always befriend me Perching on my bent knees And pecking at my flowers and leaves Like a flock of grub-thieves
I am unselfish and kind And intuitively, I do not mind My branches are there to be shared My sacred patch has been spared And is politically unimpaired
Thanks to Mad Missy, of MAD – Works blog site (https://mad-missy-work.blog/2024/11/23/embracing-the-struggle/). I wrote a poetic response to her thoughtful poem, “Embracing the Struggle”, which I later edited to create my poem ‘Thoughts Winnow Into Words’
Thoughts Winnow Into Words
Words waver and wander around In the weighty shadows of the whispering moon And we warily wonder why But there’s no need to worry
Thoughts winnow into words When wistful eyes hear sound
For today’s Throwback Friday poem, written in April 2021, I have revised the first stanza and altered the final line.
A Line in the Sand (Revised #3)
Did you hear the latest hocus pocus? About the world’s leaders’ lack of focus Who resemble mythical fiery dragons Ready to torch the refugee wagons With their sponsored guns and cannons
In my mind, I am searching for the olive tree Please come walk with me We will go to the seashore And watch the dove’s soar
Hold my other hand As I scribe a line in the sand
A message to the sky Love and peace I decry Will I receive an honest reply? Or nothing, but more blind eyes?
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 