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 am ecstatic that my poem “A Poet’s Grotto”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor, Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a “💖” for my article, by clicking on this link >> A Poet’s grotto, poetry by Ivor Steven at Spillwords.com
Please Note: featured image above, supplied by Spillwords Press
A Poet’s Grotto
My writer’s studio, is the littered part of my bedroom A paper tiger’s haven, has become a messy grotto I am ruefully feeling muddled and befuddled Pieces of paper and cardboard kites Scatter the atmosphere like withered autumn leaves Falling upon my untidy and cluttered archives
Scribbled words are yet to be decoded Foolscap pages overwritten and eroded Undefined and unlisted Out of focus and twisted Upside down and inside out Uncategorised and full of self-doubt My desk, once a dreamy picture postcard Looks like a moonscape’s junkyard
My poetic writing quill has been the mythological ruler Showing no regard for my bedroom’s demeanour I am sleeping covered in my hurdy gurdy verses It is time to cull the pretentious cosmic curses Free myself of all unpublished jabberwocky And let my imagination create a new poetic hard copy
Since I am attending the Indie Author Book Fair as a “participant”, this Sunday, I thought it would be appropriate to present a poem from my Tullawalla Book, “Lost on the River”, page 123.
Hello dear readers and followers, the Coffee House Writers Magazine had a 2 week break for the holiday season, but we are back, and I am again writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “The Unreachable Horizon”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … To Read my poem, please click on the link below to visit the article, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> The Unreachable Horizon – Coffee House Writers
Music Video:Poets of the Fall, “Beyond The Horizon
Great News. Yesterday I received an acceptance for my submission to Cadence: Life’s Poetic Rhythms, an upcoming anthology (for Spring 2024), from Prolific Pulse Press.
They’re open to “more submissions” until the 31st of January, so I encourage all my poet friends to offer the Editor, Lisa, some joyful poetry. Details via this link >> https://www.prolificpulse.com/
Featured Image Above: A photo collage of my “Flowers in the Sky”
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